Iceland vs Norway: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Iceland

68,518

in 2024

Norway

73,208

in 2024

Iceland rank

144th

Norway rank

142nd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Iceland
Norway

How they compare

Norway currently reports 73,208 against 68,518 in Iceland, a difference of 4,690.

That makes Norway's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Norway ahead.

Globally, Iceland ranks 144th and Norway ranks 142nd 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: 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.