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France vs United Kingdom: Fixed telephone subscriptions

France
37.28 million
in 2023
United Kingdom
23.77 million
in 2024
France rank
6th
United Kingdom rank
9th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

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How they compare

France currently reports 37.28 million against 23.77 million in United Kingdom, a difference of 13.51 million.

That makes France's figure about 1.6 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Globally, France ranks 6th and United Kingdom ranks 9th 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.