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Japan vs United States: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Japan
59.33 million
in 2023
United States
81.55 million
in 2024
Japan rank
3rd
United States rank
2nd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Japan
  • United States
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How they compare

United States currently reports 81.55 million against 59.33 million in Japan, a difference of 22.22 million.

That makes United States's figure about 1.4 times Japan's.

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

Globally, Japan ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd 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.