What is fixed telephone subscriptions in World?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in World was 9.9 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in World?

The highest recorded value was 19.2 per 100 people in 2006.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in World?

The lowest recorded value was 5.02 per 100 people in 1969.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in World?

Over the last ten years it is down 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.

Where does this World 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 World

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

World: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 9.9 per 100 people in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)

9.9 per 100 people

Change on year

down 2.9%

All-time high

19.2 per 100 people

in 2006

All-time low

5.02 per 100 people

in 1969

Years of data

1966–2025

Fixed telephone subscriptions in World, 1966–2025

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

Analysis

The most recent figure for fixed telephone subscriptions in World is 9.9 per 100 people, measured in 2025.

The figure is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 29.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in World peaked at 19.2 per 100 people in 2006 and was at its lowest, 5.02 per 100 people, in 1969.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 59 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	5.09 per 100 people	5.02 per 100 people	5.15 per 100 people	4
1970s	6.31 per 100 people	5.91 per 100 people	7.16 per 100 people	9
1980s	8.32 per 100 people	7.52 per 100 people	9.42 per 100 people	10
1990s	11.97 per 100 people	9.79 per 100 people	14.96 per 100 people	10
2000s	18.03 per 100 people	15.91 per 100 people	19.2 per 100 people	10
2010s	14.76 per 100 people	11.9 per 100 people	17.8 per 100 people	10
2020s	10.72 per 100 people	9.9 per 100 people	11.5 per 100 people	6

More infrastructure data for World

Fixed telephone subscriptions 815.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 111.5 per 100 people (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 9.17 billion (2025)
Air transport, passengers carried 4.27 billion (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 34.76 million (2023)
Air transport, freight 213,782 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 42,807 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 5,393 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 73.6% (2025)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 13.3% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in World?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in World was 9.9 per 100 people in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in World?: The highest recorded value was 19.2 per 100 people in 2006.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in World?: The lowest recorded value was 5.02 per 100 people in 1969.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in World?: Over the last ten years it is down 29.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this World 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.