What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Brunei?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Brunei was 27.72 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Brunei?

The highest recorded value was 27.72 per 100 people in 2024.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Brunei?

The lowest recorded value was 4.22 per 100 people in 1977.

How does Brunei rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Brunei ranks 39th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Brunei?

Over the last ten years it is up 61.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this Brunei data come from?

The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Brunei

Name: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Brunei
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Brunei: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 27.72 per 100 people in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)

27.72 per 100 people

Change on year

up 4.4%

World rank

39th

of 213 countries

All-time high

27.72 per 100 people

in 2024

All-time low

4.22 per 100 people

in 1977

Years of data

1977–2024

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Brunei, 1977–2024

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.

Analysis

Brunei recorded 27.72 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2024. That is the highest value across all 47 years on record.

The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and up 61.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Brunei peaked at 27.72 per 100 people in 2024 and was at its lowest, 4.22 per 100 people, in 1977.

That places Brunei 39th out of 213 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 47 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	4.7 per 100 people	4.22 per 100 people	5.22 per 100 people	3
1980s	9.02 per 100 people	5.91 per 100 people	11.9 per 100 people	10
1990s	21.26 per 100 people	13.7 per 100 people	26.4 per 100 people	10
2000s	23.14 per 100 people	20.92 per 100 people	26.53 per 100 people	10
2010s	18.69 per 100 people	17.19 per 100 people	20.37 per 100 people	9
2020s	25.84 per 100 people	23.22 per 100 people	27.72 per 100 people	5

Countries ranked near Brunei

36 Antigua and Barbuda 29.43 per 100 people compare
37 Slovenia 28.67 per 100 people compare
38 Croatia 28.46 per 100 people compare
40 Faroe Islands 27.66 per 100 people compare
41 Israel 27.66 per 100 people compare
42 Canada 27.6 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for Brunei

Fixed telephone subscriptions 128,276 (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 118.13 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 546,615 (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 820,886 (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 7,522 (2023)
Air transport, freight 45.91 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 8.5 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 18,666 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 96.3% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 164.7% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Brunei?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Brunei was 27.72 per 100 people in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Brunei?: The highest recorded value was 27.72 per 100 people in 2024.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Brunei?: The lowest recorded value was 4.22 per 100 people in 1977.
How does Brunei rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Brunei ranks 39th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Brunei?: Over the last ten years it is up 61.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Brunei data come from?: The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit: per 100 people
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 14,528 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.