Laos vs Uruguay: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Laos

1.23 million

in 2023

Uruguay

1.21 million

in 2024

Laos rank

58th

Uruguay rank

61st

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Laos
Uruguay

How they compare

Laos currently reports 1.23 million against 1.21 million in Uruguay, a difference of 27,470.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uruguay ahead.

Globally, Laos ranks 58th and Uruguay ranks 61st 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.