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France vs Japan: Fixed telephone subscriptions

France
37.28 million
in 2023
Japan
59.33 million
in 2023
France rank
6th
Japan rank
3rd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • France
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 59.33 million against 37.28 million in France, a difference of 22.05 million.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.6 times France's.

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

Globally, France ranks 6th 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.