France vs Germany: Fixed telephone subscriptions

France

37.28 million

in 2023

Germany

38.40 million

in 2024

France rank

6th

Germany rank

5th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

France
Germany

How they compare

Germany currently reports 38.40 million against 37.28 million in France, a difference of 1.12 million.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.

Globally, France ranks 6th and Germany ranks 5th of 213 countries.

Individual pages

Fixed telephone subscriptions in France
Fixed telephone subscriptions in Germany
Full country ranking

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: 06 August 2026

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.