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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 (1981) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Sweden :
590.79 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Sweden
# 2
Switzerland :
460.34 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Switzerland
# 3
Denmark :
446.82 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Denmark
# 4
Bermuda :
431.97 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Bermuda
# 5
Canada :
413.43 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Canada
# 6
Finland :
388.81 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Finland
# 7
Iceland :
380.38 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Iceland
# 8
New Zealand :
373.06 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in New Zealand
# 9
Luxembourg :
369.26 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Luxembourg
# 10
Netherlands :
358.2 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Netherlands
# 11
Japan :
342.45 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Japan
# 12
Australia :
339.61 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Australia
# 13
United Kingdom :
333.56 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in United Kingdom
# 14
France :
327.47 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in France
# 15
Norway :
316.91 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Norway
# 16
Austria :
307.07 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Austria
# 17
Virgin Islands :
295.92 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Virgin Islands
# 18
Germany :
276.03 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Germany
# 19
Hong Kong :
266.94 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Hong Kong
# 20
Belgium :
262.6 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Belgium
# 21
Guam :
251.17 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Guam
# 22
Greece :
246.81 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Greece
# 23
Italy :
245.3 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Italy
# 24
Netherlands Antilles :
239.33 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Netherlands Antilles
# 25
Singapore :
232.77 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Singapore
# 26
Spain :
202.81 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Spain
# 27
Greenland :
198.1 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Greenland
# 28
Latvia :
183.67 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Latvia
# 29
Qatar :
164.17 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Qatar
# 30
Malta :
158.34 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Malta
# 31
Ireland :
155.68 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Ireland
# 32
Estonia :
154.57 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Estonia
# 33
Bahamas, The :
150.15 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Bahamas, The
# 34
Cyprus :
148.78 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Cyprus
# 35
Barbados :
140.01 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Barbados
# 36
Puerto Rico :
139.27 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Puerto Rico
# 37
Bulgaria :
128.89 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Bulgaria
# 38
Bahrain :
126.44 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Bahrain
# 39
Lithuania :
122.43 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Lithuania
# 40
Czech Republic :
117.35 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Czech Republic
# 41
Kuwait :
117.27 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Kuwait
# 42
Armenia :
108.08 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Armenia
# 43
Portugal :
107.33 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Portugal
# 44
New Caledonia :
98.68 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in New Caledonia
# 45
Slovakia :
94.87 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Slovakia
# 46
Croatia :
85.94 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Croatia
# 47
French Polynesia :
84.81 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in French Polynesia
# 48
Korea, South :
84.27 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Korea, South
# 49
Ukraine :
79.65 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Ukraine
# 50
Russia :
78.82 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Russia
# 51
Serbia and Montenegro :
78.19 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Serbia and Montenegro
# 52
Belarus :
77.93 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Belarus
# 53
Uruguay :
77.22 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Uruguay
# 54
Argentina :
77.1 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Argentina
# 55
Romania :
76.05 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Romania
# 56
Costa Rica :
70.69 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Costa Rica
# 57
Brunei :
70.35 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Brunei
# 58
Panama :
68.6 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Panama
# 59
Georgia :
66.52 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Georgia
# 60
South Africa :
63.3 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in South Africa
# 61
Azerbaijan :
62.25 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Azerbaijan
# 62
Hungary :
59.49 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Hungary
# 63
Moldova :
59.28 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Moldova
# 64
Poland :
56.35 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Poland
# 65
Venezuela :
55.22 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Venezuela
# 66
Antigua and Barbuda :
55.17 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Antigua and Barbuda
# 67
Seychelles :
53.74 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Seychelles
# 68
Kazakhstan :
46.28 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Kazakhstan
# 69
Suriname :
45 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Suriname
# 70
Kyrgyzstan :
42.97 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Kyrgyzstan
# 71
Brazil :
42.82 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Brazil
# 72
Saint Lucia :
42.59 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Saint Lucia
# 73
Mexico :
42.55 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Mexico
# 74
Trinidad and Tobago :
41.01 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Trinidad and Tobago
# 75
Turkmenistan :
40.94 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Turkmenistan
# 76
Uzbekistan :
40.3 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Uzbekistan
# 77
Colombia :
39.01 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Colombia
# 78
Fiji :
37.73 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Fiji
# 79
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
36.76 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 80
Malaysia :
34.62 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Malaysia
# 81
Tajikistan :
34.44 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Tajikistan
# 82
Chile :
34.09 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Chile
# 83
Grenada :
33.71 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Grenada
# 84
Namibia :
32.78 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Namibia
# 85
Syria :
32.73 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Syria
# 86
Jordan :
31.6 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Jordan
# 87
Ecuador :
29.54 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Ecuador
# 88
Turkey :
28.58 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Turkey
# 89
Libya :
28.01 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Libya
# 90
Belize :
26.01 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Belize
# 91
Jamaica :
25.99 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Jamaica
# 92
Bolivia :
25.94 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Bolivia
# 93
Mauritius :
25.42 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Mauritius
# 94
Iran :
25.28 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Iran
# 95
Cuba :
23.89 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Cuba
# 96
Samoa :
22.33 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Samoa
# 97
Guyana :
21.31 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Guyana
# 98
Dominican Republic :
19.43 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Dominican Republic
# 99
Iraq :
18.92 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Iraq
# 100
Algeria :
18.67 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Algeria
# 101
Tunisia :
18.53 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Tunisia
# 102
Peru :
18.11 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Peru
# 103
Tonga :
17.53 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Tonga
# 104
Paraguay :
17.06 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Paraguay
# 105
El Salvador :
15.67 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in El Salvador
# 106
Gabon :
14.54 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Gabon
# 107
Oman :
13.8 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Oman
# 108
Zimbabwe :
12.78 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Zimbabwe
# 109
Guatemala :
12.33 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Guatemala
# 110
Albania :
10.64 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Albania
# 111
Nicaragua :
10.45 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Nicaragua
# 112
Swaziland :
10.36 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Swaziland
# 113
Egypt :
9.57 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Egypt
# 114
Maldives :
9.46 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Maldives
# 115
Philippines :
8.98 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Philippines
# 116
Morocco :
8.98 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Morocco
# 117
Honduras :
8.54 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Honduras
# 118
Djibouti :
8.44 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Djibouti
# 119
São Tomé and Príncipe :
8.29 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 120
Thailand :
8.09 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Thailand
# 121
Papua New Guinea :
7.69 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Papua New Guinea
# 122
Botswana :
7.2 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Botswana
# 123
Zambia :
5.58 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Zambia
# 124
Cape Verde :
5.33 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Cape Verde
# 125
Côte d'Ivoire :
4.87 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Côte d'Ivoire
# 126
Congo, Republic of the :
4.77 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Congo, Republic of the
# 127
Kenya :
4.74 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Kenya
# 128
Angola :
4.53 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Angola
# 129
Sri Lanka :
4.4 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Sri Lanka
# 130
Pakistan :
3.84 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Pakistan
# 131
Liberia :
3.62 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Liberia
# 132
Haiti :
3.59 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Haiti
# 133
Sierra Leone :
3.49 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Sierra Leone
# 134
Gambia, The :
3.41 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Gambia, The
# 135
Lesotho :
3.37 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Lesotho
# 136
India :
3.27 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in India
# 137
Ghana :
3.19 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Ghana
# 138
Senegal :
3.09 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Senegal
# 139
Comoros :
2.91 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Comoros
# 140
Mozambique :
2.87 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Mozambique
# 141
Yemen :
2.84 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Yemen
# 142
Indonesia :
2.82 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Indonesia
# 143
Benin :
2.46 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Benin
# 144
Malawi :
2.43 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Malawi
# 145
Bhutan :
2.41 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Bhutan
# 146
Nigeria :
2.32 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Nigeria
# 147
Guinea-Bissau :
2.28 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Guinea-Bissau
# 148
China :
2.23 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in China
# 149
Sudan :
2.22 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Sudan
# 150
Equatorial Guinea :
2.14 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Equatorial Guinea
# 151
Togo :
2.12 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Togo
# 152
Afghanistan :
2.11 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Afghanistan
# 153
Guinea :
2.11 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Guinea
# 154
Tanzania :
2.09 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Tanzania
# 155
Madagascar :
2.07 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Madagascar
# 156
Cameroon :
2.03 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Cameroon
# 157
Mauritania :
2.03 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Mauritania
# 158
Ethiopia :
1.77 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Ethiopia
# 159
Laos :
1.68 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Laos
# 160
Uganda :
1.58 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Uganda
# 161
Somalia :
1.2 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Somalia
# 162
Bangladesh :
1.2 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Bangladesh
# 163
Central African Republic :
1.03 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Central African Republic
# 164
Burkina Faso :
0.99 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Burkina Faso
# 165
Niger :
0.99 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Niger
# 166
Nepal :
0.83 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Nepal
# 167
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.83 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 168
Mali :
0.75 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Mali
# 169
Rwanda :
0.62 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Rwanda
# 170
Burundi :
0.47 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Burundi
# 171
Chad :
0.12 per 1,000 people
1981
Media in Chad
Weighted average:
83.7 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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"Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers > per 1,000 people (1981) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/med_fix_lin_and_mob_pho_sub_per_1000_peo-subscribers-per-1-000-people&date=1981
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