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Germany vs Japan: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Germany
38.40 million
in 2024
Japan
59.33 million
in 2023
Germany rank
5th
Japan rank
3rd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Germany
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 59.33 million against 38.40 million in Germany, a difference of 20.93 million.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Germany's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 5th 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.