Laos vs Libya: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Laos

1.23 million

in 2023

Libya

1.22 million

in 2022

Laos rank

58th

Libya rank

60th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Laos
Libya

How they compare

Laos currently reports 1.23 million against 1.22 million in Libya, a difference of 15,610.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 54 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Libya ahead.

Globally, Laos ranks 58th and Libya ranks 60th of 213 countries.

Individual pages

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Laos
Fixed telephone subscriptions in Libya
Full country ranking

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.