What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Cuba?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Cuba was 1.59 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Cuba?

The highest recorded value was 1.59 million in 2024.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Cuba?

The lowest recorded value was 155,402 in 1960.

How does Cuba rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?

Cuba ranks 53rd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Cuba?

Over the last ten years it is up 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Cuba data come from?

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

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Cuba

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

Cuba: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 1.59 million in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)

1.59 million

Change on year

up 0.1%

World rank

53rd

of 213 countries

All-time high

1.59 million

in 2024

All-time low

155,402

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2024

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Cuba, 1960–2024

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Analysis

Cuba recorded 1.59 million for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2024. That is the highest value across all 61 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 25.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Cuba peaked at 1.59 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 155,402, in 1960.

Cuba ranks 53rd of 213 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	155,402	155,402	155,402	9
1970s	177,826	155,402	211,000	8
1980s	285,756	232,100	370,400	9
1990s	361,265	336,648	433,762	10
2000s	830,165	488,606	1.12 million	10
2010s	1.29 million	1.16 million	1.45 million	10
2020s	1.56 million	1.50 million	1.59 million	5

Countries ranked near Cuba

50 Tunisia 1.96 million compare
51 Chile 1.74 million compare
52 Romania 1.72 million compare
54 Sri Lanka 1.58 million compare
55 Ukraine 1.43 million compare
56 Peru 1.40 million compare

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More infrastructure data for Cuba

Fixed telephone subscriptions 14.49 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 72.93 per 100 people (2024)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 8.01 million (2024)
Air transport, passengers carried 136,998 (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 1,694 (2023)
Air transport, freight 5.16 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 38.12 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,447 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 70.5% (2024)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 24.4% (2022)

All data for Cuba →

Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Cuba?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Cuba was 1.59 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Cuba?: The highest recorded value was 1.59 million in 2024.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Cuba?: The lowest recorded value was 155,402 in 1960.
How does Cuba rank for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Cuba ranks 53rd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Cuba?: Over the last ten years it is up 25.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Cuba data come from?: The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Fixed telephone subscriptions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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.