Singapore vs United Arab Emirates: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Singapore
2.04 million
in 2024
United Arab Emirates
2.29 million
in 2024
Singapore rank
48th
United Arab Emirates rank
47th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Singapore
  • United Arab Emirates
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How they compare

United Arab Emirates currently reports 2.29 million against 2.04 million in Singapore, a difference of 252,510.

That makes United Arab Emirates's figure about 1.1 times Singapore's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Singapore ahead.

Globally, Singapore ranks 48th and United Arab Emirates ranks 47th 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.