Fixed telephone subscriptions in North America
North America: Fixed telephone subscriptions was 89.00 million in 2025. ▲ Rising
Fixed telephone subscriptions in North America, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
North America recorded 89.00 million for fixed telephone subscriptions in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.3% on the previous year and down 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fixed telephone subscriptions in North America peaked at 213.41 million in 2000 and was at its lowest, 54.27 million, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 58.92 million | 54.27 million | 63.57 million | 10 |
| 1970s | 85.11 million | 75.57 million | 100.88 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 126.69 million | 104.28 million | 146.19 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 176.54 million | 151.45 million | 209.94 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 194.66 million | 171.64 million | 213.41 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 143.33 million | 120.10 million | 168.10 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 100.67 million | 89.00 million | 115.00 million | 6 |
More infrastructure data for North America
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 23 per 100 people (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 112 per 100 people (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 434.00 million (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.03 billion (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 10.35 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 44,799 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 5,668 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 15,198 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 95.6% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 13.2% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fixed telephone subscriptions in North America?
- Fixed telephone subscriptions in North America was 89.00 million in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in North America?
- The highest recorded value was 213.41 million in 2000.
- What is the lowest fixed telephone subscriptions recorded in North America?
- The lowest recorded value was 54.27 million in 1961.
- Is fixed telephone subscriptions rising or falling in North America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North America 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
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.