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China vs United States: Fixed telephone subscriptions

China
166.51 million
in 2024
United States
81.55 million
in 2024
China rank
1st
United States rank
2nd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

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  • United States
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How they compare

China currently reports 166.51 million against 81.55 million in United States, a difference of 84.96 million.

That makes China's figure about 2.0 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was United States ahead.

Globally, China ranks 1st and United States ranks 2nd 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.