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
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
2003
# 128
Honduras :
246.48 per 1,000 people
2005
# 129
Micronesia, Federated States of :
240.24 per 1,000 people
2005
# 130
Sri Lanka :
234.68 per 1,000 people
2005
# 131
American Samoa :
221.12 per 1,000 people
2004
# 132
Equatorial Guinea :
212.31 per 1,000 people
2005
# 133
Swaziland :
207.82 per 1,000 people
2005
# 134
Namibia :
206.06 per 1,000 people
2004
# 135
Gambia, The :
192.13 per 1,000 people
2005
# 136
Kyrgyzstan :
190.49 per 1,000 people
2005
# 137
Senegal :
171.27 per 1,000 people
2005
# 138
Lesotho :
163.26 per 1,000 people
2005
# 139
Libya :
155.81 per 1,000 people
2003
# 140
Nigeria :
150.61 per 1,000 people
2005
# 141
Tonga :
143.82 per 1,000 people
2002
# 142
Ghana :
143.08 per 1,000 people
2005
# 143
Kenya :
142.86 per 1,000 people
2005
# 144
Samoa :
130.44 per 1,000 people
2003
# 145
India :
127.67 per 1,000 people
2005
# 146
Laos :
120.44 per 1,000 people
2005
# 147
Pakistan :
115.87 per 1,000 people
2005
# 148
Bhutan :
110.82 per 1,000 people
2005
# 149
Côte d'Ivoire :
108.12 per 1,000 people
2004
# 150
Congo, Republic of the :
102.36 per 1,000 people
2004
# 151
Cameroon :
102.01 per 1,000 people
2004
# 152
Benin :
97.91 per 1,000 people
2005
# 153
São Tomé and Príncipe :
96.72 per 1,000 people
2004
# 154
Yemen :
91.99 per 1,000 people
2004
# 155
Zambia :
89.23 per 1,000 people
2005
# 156
Cuba :
87.35 per 1,000 people
2005
# 157
Marshall Islands :
85.74 per 1,000 people
2003
# 158
Vanuatu :
83.26 per 1,000 people
2004
# 159
Turkmenistan :
82.01 per 1,000 people
2003
# 160
Togo :
81.74 per 1,000 people
2005
# 161
Uzbekistan :
79.71 per 1,000 people
2003
# 162
Zimbabwe :
78.94 per 1,000 people
2005
# 163
Angola :
74.55 per 1,000 people
2005
# 164
Somalia :
72.92 per 1,000 people
2005
# 165
Bangladesh :
71 per 1,000 people
2005
# 166
Mali :
69.87 per 1,000 people
2005
# 167
Djibouti :
69.14 per 1,000 people
2005
# 168
Sudan :
68.94 per 1,000 people
2005
# 169
Haiti :
64.23 per 1,000 people
2004
# 170
Iraq :
57.32 per 1,000 people
2004
# 171
Uganda :
56.42 per 1,000 people
2005
# 172
Tanzania :
55.55 per 1,000 people
2004
# 173
Comoros :
54.96 per 1,000 people
2005
# 174
Kiribati :
52.47 per 1,000 people
2002
# 175
Burkina Faso :
50.62 per 1,000 people
2005
# 176
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
47.9 per 1,000 people
2005
# 177
Tajikistan :
46.04 per 1,000 people
2003
# 178
Afghanistan :
43.53 per 1,000 people
2005
# 179
Korea, North :
41.36 per 1,000 people
2002
# 180
Malawi :
41.29 per 1,000 people
2005
# 181
Mozambique :
40.04 per 1,000 people
2004
# 182
Cambodia :
39.52 per 1,000 people
2003
# 183
Madagascar :
30.72 per 1,000 people
2005
# 184
Solomon Islands :
28.06 per 1,000 people
2005
# 185
Central African Republic :
27.24 per 1,000 people
2005
# 186
Nepal :
25.71 per 1,000 people
2005
# 187
Niger :
23.2 per 1,000 people
2005
# 188
Guinea :
19.68 per 1,000 people
2004
# 189
Sierra Leone :
18.6 per 1,000 people
2002
# 190
Rwanda :
18.2 per 1,000 people
2004
# 191
Eritrea :
17.76 per 1,000 people
2005
# 192
Burundi :
17.62 per 1,000 people
2004
# 193
Papua New Guinea :
14.55 per 1,000 people
2004
# 194
Chad :
14.39 per 1,000 people
2004
# 195
Ethiopia :
14.33 per 1,000 people
2005
# 196
Burma :
13.06 per 1,000 people
2005
# 197
Guinea-Bissau :
7.92 per 1,000 people
2003
# 198
Liberia :
2.78 per 1,000 people
2001
Weighted average:
625.0 per 1,000 people
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.
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