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Ireland vs South Africa: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Ireland
1.08 million
in 2024
South Africa
1.01 million
in 2024
Ireland rank
66th
South Africa rank
67th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Ireland
  • South Africa
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How they compare

Ireland currently reports 1.08 million against 1.01 million in South Africa, a difference of 65,000.

That makes Ireland's figure about 1.1 times South Africa's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was South Africa ahead.

Globally, Ireland ranks 66th and South Africa ranks 67th 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.