France vs Iran: Fixed telephone subscriptions

France
37.28 million
in 2023
Iran
28.23 million
in 2024
France rank
6th
Iran rank
8th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • France
  • Iran
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How they compare

France currently reports 37.28 million against 28.23 million in Iran, a difference of 9.06 million.

That makes France's figure about 1.3 times Iran's.

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

Globally, France ranks 6th and Iran ranks 8th 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.