What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Middle income?

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Middle income was 415.79 million in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Middle income?

The highest recorded value was 656.84 million in 2007.

What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Middle income?

The lowest recorded value was 20.10 million in 1975.

Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Middle income?

Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Where does this Middle income 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 Middle income

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

Middle income: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 415.79 million in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)

415.79 million

Change on year

down 1.6%

All-time high

656.84 million

in 2007

All-time low

20.10 million

in 1975

Years of data

1975–2022

Fixed telephone subscriptions in Middle income, 1975–2022

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

Analysis

In 2022, fixed telephone subscriptions in Middle income stood at 415.79 million.

That represents a change of down 1.6% on the previous year and down 29.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in Middle income peaked at 656.84 million in 2007 and was at its lowest, 20.10 million, in 1975.

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	24.24 million	20.10 million	28.56 million	5
1980s	47.07 million	30.68 million	67.57 million	10
1990s	156.50 million	74.26 million	284.75 million	10
2000s	547.46 million	341.68 million	656.84 million	10
2010s	516.88 million	432.36 million	613.69 million	10
2020s	420.13 million	415.79 million	422.59 million	3

More infrastructure data for Middle income

Fixed telephone subscriptions 7.26 per 100 people (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 108.26 per 100 people (2022)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 6.20 billion (2022)
Air transport, passengers carried 1.66 billion (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 13.02 million (2023)
Air transport, freight 51,933 million ton-km (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 25,616 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 4,360 cubic meters (2022)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 12.1% (2022)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 8.0% (2022)

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Frequently asked questions

What is fixed telephone subscriptions in Middle income?: Fixed telephone subscriptions in Middle income was 415.79 million in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Middle income?: The highest recorded value was 656.84 million in 2007.
What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in Middle income?: The lowest recorded value was 20.10 million in 1975.
Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in Middle income?: Over the last ten years it is down 29.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Middle income 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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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: 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.