DEFINITION
Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.
Media Statistics > Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1
Luxembourg :
2,111.74 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#2
Sweden :
1,804.05 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#3
Hong Kong :
1,798.48 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#4
Iceland :
1,677.68 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#5
Italy :
1,659.34 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#6
Denmark :
1,628.45 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#7
Germany :
1,627.83 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#8
United Kingdom :
1,615.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#9
Switzerland :
1,609.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#10
Israel :
1,544.47 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#11
Macau :
1,536.73 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#12
Andorra :
1,510.63 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#13
Lithuania :
1,509.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#14
Cyprus :
1,502.87 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#15
Ireland :
1,501.05 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#16
Norway :
1,488.86 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#17
Portugal :
1,486.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#18
Greece :
1,472.09 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#19
Australia :
1,469.82 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#20
Czech Republic :
1,465.03 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#21
Austria :
1,441.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#22
Netherlands :
1,435.92 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#23
Singapore :
1,434.66 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#24
Estonia :
1,402.08 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#25
Finland :
1,401.23 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#26
France :
1,375.95 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#27
Spain :
1,374.48 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#28
Bermuda :
1,374.4 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#29
Liechtenstein :
1,365.58 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#30
San Marino :
1,351.39 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#31
Belgium :
1,336.97 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#32
Malta :
1,303.83 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#33
Bahrain :
1,300.85 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#34
Slovenia :
1,287.48 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#35
Korea, South :
1,285.61 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#36
New Zealand :
1,283.03 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#37
United Arab Emirates :
1,273.14 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#38
Barbados :
1,265.3 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#39
Hungary :
1,256.67 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#40
Virgin Islands :
1,241.9 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#41
United States :
1,227.11 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#42
Faroe Islands :
1,223.98 per 1,000 people
2003 ...
#43
Japan :
1,201.54 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#44
Jamaica :
1,145.98 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#45
Kuwait :
1,139.88 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#46
Qatar :
1,134.48 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#47
Latvia :
1,131.32 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#48
Antigua and Barbuda :
1,130.15 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#49
Bulgaria :
1,127.67 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#50
Russia :
1,118.69 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#51
Croatia :
1,096.79 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#52
Canada :
1,079.8 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#53
Poland :
1,073.47 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#54
Slovakia :
1,065.05 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#55
Bahamas, The :
1,022.53 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#56
Puerto Rico :
974.02 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#57
Malaysia :
943.33 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#58
Seychelles :
927.95 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#59
Serbia and Montenegro :
917.16 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#60
Macedonia, Republic of :
882.23 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#61
Dominica :
878.69 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#62
Turkey :
868.48 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#63
Mauritius :
862.5 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#64
Trinidad and Tobago :
860.75 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#65
Chile :
859.49 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#66
Brunei :
847.44 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#67
South Africa :
825.13 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#68
Romania :
820.22 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#69
New Caledonia :
808.49 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#70
Greenland :
799.54 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#71
Argentina :
797.48 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#72
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
782.23 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#73
Belarus :
755.17 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#74
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
744.92 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#75
Saudi Arabia :
739.65 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#76
Grenada :
718.86 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#77
Guam :
712.89 per 1,000 people
2001 ...
#78
Suriname :
698.61 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#79
Tunisia :
691.81 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#80
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
656.05 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#81
Mexico :
649.67 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#82
Colombia :
647.56 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#83
Uruguay :
623.97 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#84
Oman :
622.7 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#85
Netherlands Antilles :
616.64 per 1,000 people
1999 ...
#86
Venezuela :
605.83 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#87
Ecuador :
600.81 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#88
Brazil :
587.17 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#89
Costa Rica :
575.32 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#90
China :
570.23 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#91
Maldives :
564.06 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#92
Panama :
554.56 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#93
Lebanon :
553.56 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#94
French Polynesia :
547.11 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#95
Ukraine :
545.46 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#96
Botswana :
541.16 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#97
Thailand :
536.79 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#98
Guyana :
521.16 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#99
Dominican Republic :
508.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#100
Gabon :
497.84 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#101
Algeria :
494.11 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#102
Albania :
493.02 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#103
El Salvador :
491.68 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#104
Moldova :
480.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#105
Philippines :
459.29 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#106
Guatemala :
457.04 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#107
Morocco :
455.25 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#108
Belize :
433.07 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#109
Jordan :
422.79 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#110
Saint Lucia :
411.19 per 1,000 people
2002 ...
#111
Azerbaijan :
397.4 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#112
Iran :
384 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#113
Paraguay :
374.2 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#114
Kazakhstan :
350.3 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#115
Georgia :
337.28 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#116
Bolivia :
334.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#117
Egypt :
324.53 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#118
Syria :
307.36 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#119
Vietnam :
306.05 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#120
Cape Verde :
302.15 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#121
Peru :
280.1 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#122
Mongolia :
279.27 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#123
Indonesia :
270.6 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#124
Nicaragua :
260.28 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#125
Armenia :
259.67 per 1,000 people
2004 ...
#126
Mauritania :
256.33 per 1,000 people
2005 ...
#127
Fiji :
254.18 per 1,000 people