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China vs Japan: Fixed telephone subscriptions

China
166.51 million
in 2024
Japan
59.33 million
in 2023
China rank
1st
Japan rank
3rd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

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  • Japan
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How they compare

China currently reports 166.51 million against 59.33 million in Japan, a difference of 107.18 million.

That makes China's figure about 2.8 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 49 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, China ranks 1st and Japan ranks 3rd of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,482 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.