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STAT Japan United Kingdom HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 64.27 million
Ranked 3rd. 95% more than United Kingdom
33.01 million
Ranked 9th.

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 503.86
Ranked 19th.
522.08
Ranked 16th. 4% more than Japan

Landlines 47.58 million
Ranked 4th. 43% more than United Kingdom
33.21 million
Ranked 8th.
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 50.47
Ranked 16th.
52.88
Ranked 12th. 5% more than Japan

Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 113.1%
Ranked 2nd. 57% more than United Kingdom
72%
Ranked 14th.
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 121.25 million
Ranked 8th. 60% more than United Kingdom
75.75 million
Ranked 17th.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 144.08 million
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than United Kingdom
45.42 million
Ranked 9th.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 1,132.21
Ranked 2nd. 58% more than United Kingdom
716.45
Ranked 13th.
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 141.13 million
Ranked 7th. 66% more than United Kingdom
84.94 million
Ranked 18th.

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,106.36
Ranked 84th.
1,343.35
Ranked 40th. 21% more than Japan

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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