What is fixed telephone subscriptions in China?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in China was 11.73 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 China?

The highest recorded value was 27.9 per 100 people in 2006.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in China?

The lowest recorded value was 0.1849 per 100 people in 1975.

How does China rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

China ranks 93rd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in China?

Over the last ten years it is down 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this China 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 China

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

China: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 11.73 per 100 people in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

11.73 per 100 people

Change on year

down 7.0%

World rank

93rd

of 213 countries

All-time high

27.9 per 100 people

in 2006

All-time low

0.1849 per 100 people

in 1975

Years of data

1975–2024

Fixed telephone subscriptions in China, 1975–2024

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

Analysis

China recorded 11.73 per 100 people for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2024.

The figure is down 7.0% on the previous year and down 34.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in China peaked at 27.9 per 100 people in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.1849 per 100 people, in 1975.

China ranks 93rd of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1970s	0.1961 per 100 people	0.1849 per 100 people	0.21 per 100 people	5
1980s	0.3081 per 100 people	0.2179 per 100 people	0.5007 per 100 people	10
1990s	3.51 per 100 people	0.594 per 100 people	8.63 per 100 people	10
2000s	21.75 per 100 people	11.41 per 100 people	27.9 per 100 people	10
2010s	17.23 per 100 people	13.42 per 100 people	21.78 per 100 people	10
2020s	12.47 per 100 people	11.73 per 100 people	12.76 per 100 people	5

Countries ranked near China

90 Costa Rica 11.9 per 100 people compare
91 Kazakhstan 11.87 per 100 people compare
92 Kuwait 11.83 per 100 people compare
94 Cape Verde 11.68 per 100 people compare
95 Denmark 11.68 per 100 people compare
96 Syria 11.52 per 100 people compare

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More infrastructure data for China

Fixed telephone subscriptions 166.51 million (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 131.75 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.87 billion (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 619.22 million (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 4.91 million (2023)
Air transport, freight 26,170 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 2,813 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 1,992 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 91.6% (2025)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 20.1% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in China?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in China was 11.73 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 China?: The highest recorded value was 27.9 per 100 people in 2006.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in China?: The lowest recorded value was 0.1849 per 100 people in 1975.
How does China rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: China ranks 93rd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in China?: Over the last ten years it is down 34.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this China 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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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.