The number of fixed telephone lines per 100 people — a vanishing technology.
The ranking uses the latest available value for each country — the year is shown in the row. The table spans 2021 to 2024.
Top-20 · per 100 people
The scale does not start at zero — the values lie in a narrow range, and starting from zero the bars would be indistinguishable. The axis ticks are labeled.
| # | Year | Subregion | World rank | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Monaco
|
95.48 | 2024 | 1 | |
| 2 |
United States Virgin Islands
|
87.66 | 2022 | 2 | |
| 3 |
Andorra
|
64.95 | 2024 | 3 | |
| 4 |
British Virgin Islands
|
61.93 | 2024 | 4 | |
| 5 |
France
|
56.11 | 2023 | 5 | |
| 6 |
Portugal
|
53 | 2024 | 6 | |
| 7 |
Cayman Islands
|
49.97 | 2022 | 7 | |
| 8 |
Japan
|
47.7 | 2023 | 8 | |
| 9 |
Malta
|
47.35 | 2024 | 9 | |
| 10 |
San Marino
|
46.93 | 2022 | 10 | |
| 11 |
Greece
|
46.69 | 2024 | 11 | |
| 12 |
Belarus
|
45.76 | 2024 | 12 | |
| 13 |
Gibraltar
|
45.61 | 2022 | 13 | |
| 14 |
Germany
|
45.42 | 2024 | 14 | |
| 15 |
Palau
|
45.1 | 2023 | 15 | |
| 16 |
Hong Kong
|
44.57 | 2024 | 16 | |
| 17 |
Bermuda
|
43.59 | 2024 | 17 | |
| 18 |
Guam
|
43.17 | 2022 | 18 | |
| 19 |
Barbados
|
42.97 | 2022 | 19 | |
| 20 |
Northern Mariana Islands
|
42.26 | 2022 | 20 | |
| 21 |
South Korea
|
41.17 | 2024 | 21 | |
| 22 |
Luxembourg
|
39.81 | 2022 | 22 | |
| 23 |
Austria
|
38.17 | 2024 | 23 | |
| 24 |
Spain
|
38.05 | 2024 | 24 | |
| 25 |
Mauritius
|
36.88 | 2024 | 25 | |
| 26 |
Serbia
|
36.69 | 2024 | 26 | |
| 27 |
Uruguay
|
35.62 | 2024 | 27 | |
| 28 |
Singapore
|
34.99 | 2024 | 28 | |
| 29 |
United Kingdom
|
34.38 | 2024 | 29 | |
| 30 |
Italy
|
34.21 | 2024 | 30 | |
| 31 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
33.4 | 2022 | 31 | |
| 32 |
Aruba
|
32.05 | 2022 | 32 | |
| 33 |
Iran
|
30.83 | 2024 | 33 | |
| 34 |
Switzerland
|
30.59 | 2024 | 34 | |
| 35 |
Montenegro
|
30.1 | 2024 | 35 | |
| 36 |
Antigua and Barbuda
|
29.43 | 2022 | 36 | |
| 37 |
Slovenia
|
28.67 | 2024 | 37 | |
| 38 |
Croatia
|
28.46 | 2024 | 38 | |
| 39 |
Brunei Darussalam
|
27.72 | 2024 | 39 | |
| 40 |
Faroe Islands
|
27.66 | 2022 | 40 | |
| 41 |
Israel
|
27.66 | 2023 | 41 | |
| 42 |
Canada
|
27.6 | 2024 | 42 | |
| 43 |
Hungary
|
26 | 2024 | 43 | |
| 44 |
Cyprus
|
25.4 | 2024 | 44 | |
| 45 |
North Macedonia
|
25.02 | 2024 | 45 | |
| 46 |
Liechtenstein
|
24.81 | 2024 | 46 | |
| 47 |
Curaçao
|
24.79 | 2023 | 47 | |
| 48 |
Moldova
|
24.19 | 2024 | 48 | |
| 49 |
Puerto Rico
|
23.84 | 2024 | 49 | |
| 50 |
United States
|
23.61 | 2024 | 50 | |
| 51 |
French Polynesia
|
23.47 | 2023 | 51 | |
| 52 |
Bahamas
|
23.2 | 2024 | 52 | |
| 53 |
Malaysia
|
23.11 | 2024 | 53 | |
| 54 |
Mexico
|
22.56 | 2024 | 54 | |
| 55 |
Australia
|
22.28 | 2024 | 55 | |
| 56 |
Netherlands
|
21.81 | 2024 | 56 | |
| 57 |
Belgium
|
21.18 | 2024 | 57 | |
| 58 |
Tuvalu
|
21.15 | 2022 | 58 | |
| 59 |
United Arab Emirates
|
20.8 | 2024 | 59 | |
| 60 |
Ireland
|
20.51 | 2024 | 60 | |
| 61 |
American Samoa
|
20.05 | 2022 | 61 | |
| 62 |
Saudi Arabia
|
19.75 | 2024 | 62 | |
| 63 |
Trinidad and Tobago
|
19.75 | 2024 | 63 | |
| 64 |
Suriname
|
19.56 | 2024 | 64 | |
| 65 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
18.43 | 2024 | 65 | |
| 66 |
Iceland
|
17.42 | 2024 | 66 | |
| 67 |
Uzbekistan
|
17.39 | 2024 | 67 | |
| 68 |
Panama
|
17.36 | 2023 | 68 | |
| 69 |
Qatar
|
17.21 | 2024 | 69 | |
| 70 |
Saint Lucia
|
17.14 | 2022 | 70 | |
| 71 |
Libya
|
16.86 | 2022 | 71 | |
| 72 |
Estonia
|
16.72 | 2024 | 72 | |
| 73 |
New Caledonia
|
16.22 | 2022 | 73 | |
| 74 |
Laos
|
16.1 | 2023 | 74 | |
| 75 |
Lebanon
|
16.09 | 2022 | 75 | |
| 76 |
Jamaica
|
15.99 | 2024 | 76 | |
| 77 |
Tunisia
|
15.97 | 2024 | 77 | |
| 78 |
Bahrain
|
15.93 | 2024 | 78 | |
| 79 |
Guyana
|
15.04 | 2022 | 79 | |
| 80 |
Mongolia
|
14.94 | 2024 | 80 | |
| 81 |
Algeria
|
14.81 | 2024 | 81 | |
| 82 |
Grenada
|
14.53 | 2022 | 82 | |
| 83 |
Cuba
|
14.49 | 2024 | 83 | |
| 84 |
Russia
|
14.31 | 2023 | 84 | |
| 85 |
Argentina
|
14.05 | 2024 | 85 | |
| 86 |
El Salvador
|
13.96 | 2024 | 86 | |
| 87 |
Azerbaijan
|
12.82 | 2024 | 87 | |
| 88 |
Seychelles
|
12.4 | 2024 | 88 | |
| 89 |
Colombia
|
11.94 | 2024 | 89 | |
| 90 |
Costa Rica
|
11.9 | 2024 | 90 | |
| 91 |
Kazakhstan
|
11.86 | 2024 | 91 | |
| 92 |
Kuwait
|
11.83 | 2023 | 92 | |
| 93 |
China
|
11.73 | 2024 | 93 | |
| 94 |
Cabo Verde
|
11.68 | 2024 | 94 | |
| 95 |
Denmark
|
11.68 | 2024 | 95 | |
| 96 |
Syria
|
11.52 | 2024 | 96 | |
| 97 |
Iraq
|
11.46 | 2024 | 97 | |
| 98 |
Poland
|
11.45 | 2024 | 98 | |
| 99 |
Egypt
|
11.37 | 2024 | 99 | |
| 100 |
Macao
|
11.28 | 2024 | 100 | |
| 101 |
Dominica
|
11.1 | 2021 | 101 | |
| 102 |
Latvia
|
10.94 | 2024 | 102 | |
| 103 |
New Zealand
|
10.82 | 2024 | 103 | |
| 104 |
Czechia
|
10.79 | 2024 | 104 | |
| 105 |
Guatemala
|
10.77 | 2024 | 105 | |
| 106 |
Brazil
|
10.63 | 2024 | 106 | |
| 107 |
Türkiye
|
10.32 | 2024 | 107 | |
| 108 |
Turkmenistan
|
10.17 | 2022 | 108 | |
| 109 |
Dominican Republic
|
10.06 | 2024 | 109 | |
| 110 |
Armenia
|
10 | 2024 | 110 | |
| 111 |
Romania
|
9.06 | 2024 | 111 | |
| 112 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
9.02 | 2024 | 112 | |
| 113 |
Greenland
|
8.92 | 2022 | 113 | |
| 114 |
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
8.84 | 2022 | 114 | |
| 115 |
Chile
|
8.79 | 2024 | 115 | |
| 116 |
Venezuela
|
8.51 | 2024 | 116 | |
| 117 |
Fiji
|
8.37 | 2024 | 117 | |
| 118 |
Oman
|
8.27 | 2024 | 118 | |
| 119 |
Slovakia
|
8.26 | 2024 | 119 | |
| 120 |
Bulgaria
|
8.17 | 2024 | 120 | |
| 121 |
Morocco
|
7.98 | 2024 | 121 | |
| 122 |
Sweden
|
7.51 | 2024 | 122 | |
| 123 |
Palestine
|
7.09 | 2023 | 123 | |
| 124 |
Lithuania
|
7.05 | 2024 | 124 | |
| 125 |
Sri Lanka
|
6.85 | 2024 | 125 | |
| 126 |
Georgia
|
6.78 | 2024 | 126 | |
| 127 |
Ecuador
|
6.72 | 2024 | 127 | |
| 128 |
Kosovo
|
6.53 | 2022 | 128 | |
| 129 |
Albania
|
5.92 | 2024 | 129 | |
| 130 |
Micronesia
|
5.78 | 2022 | 130 | |
| 131 |
Thailand
|
5.45 | 2024 | 131 | |
| 132 |
Marshall Islands
|
4.86 | 2022 | 132 | |
| 133 |
North Korea
|
4.48 | 2022 | 133 | |
| 134 |
Belize
|
4.42 | 2022 | 134 | |
| 135 |
Honduras
|
4.25 | 2024 | 135 | |
| 136 |
Jordan
|
4.21 | 2024 | 136 | |
| 137 |
Peru
|
4.08 | 2024 | 137 | |
| 138 |
Philippines
|
3.82 | 2024 | 138 | |
| 139 |
Ukraine
|
3.8 | 2023 | 139 | |
| 140 |
Nicaragua
|
3.54 | 2024 | 140 | |
| 141 |
Botswana
|
3.3 | 2024 | 141 | |
| 142 |
Tonga
|
3.12 | 2022 | 142 | |
| 143 |
Paraguay
|
3 | 2023 | 143 | |
| 144 |
Bolivia
|
2.97 | 2024 | 144 | |
| 145 |
Eswatini
|
2.87 | 2024 | 145 | |
| 146 |
India
|
2.7 | 2024 | 146 | |
| 147 |
Finland
|
2.67 | 2024 | 147 | |
| 148 |
Gabon
|
2.64 | 2024 | 148 | |
| 149 |
Vietnam
|
2.62 | 2024 | 149 | |
| 150 |
Namibia
|
2.55 | 2024 | 150 | |
| 151 |
Djibouti
|
2.49 | 2023 | 151 | |
| 152 |
Maldives
|
2.27 | 2024 | 152 | |
| 153 |
Tajikistan
|
2.21 | 2023 | 153 | |
| 154 |
Kyrgyzstan
|
2.18 | 2024 | 154 | |
| 155 |
Samoa
|
2.12 | 2022 | 155 | |
| 156 |
Eritrea
|
2 | 2022 | 156 | |
| 157 |
Yemen
|
1.9 | 2022 | 157 | |
| 158 |
Zimbabwe
|
1.79 | 2024 | 158 | |
| 159 |
Papua New Guinea
|
1.69 | 2022 | 159 | |
| 160 |
Indonesia
|
1.64 | 2024 | 160 | |
| 161 |
Senegal
|
1.61 | 2024 | 161 | |
| 162 |
Gambia
|
1.6 | 2024 | 162 | |
| 163 |
South Africa
|
1.58 | 2024 | 163 | |
| 164 |
Nepal
|
1.38 | 2024 | 164 | |
| 165 |
Mali
|
1.33 | 2022 | 165 | |
| 166 |
Norway
|
1.31 | 2024 | 166 | |
| 167 |
Comoros
|
1.04 | 2023 | 167 | |
| 168 |
Myanmar
|
1.03 | 2024 | 168 | |
| 169 |
Pakistan
|
1.01 | 2024 | 169 | |
| 170 |
Vanuatu
|
0.93 | 2024 | 170 | |
| 171 |
Solomon Islands
|
0.89 | 2022 | 171 | |
| 172 |
Togo
|
0.83 | 2024 | 172 | |
| 173 |
Ghana
|
0.78 | 2024 | 173 | |
| 174 |
Côte d'Ivoire
|
0.77 | 2024 | 174 | |
| 175 |
Sao Tome and Principe
|
0.76 | 2024 | 175 | |
| 176 |
Equatorial Guinea
|
0.63 | 2022 | 176 | |
| 177 |
Ethiopia
|
0.58 | 2024 | 177 | |
| 178 |
Afghanistan
|
0.44 | 2023 | 178 | |
| 179 |
Niger
|
0.43 | 2024 | 179 | |
| 180 |
Uganda
|
0.39 | 2024 | 180 | |
| 181 |
Burkina Faso
|
0.35 | 2024 | 181 | |
| 182 |
Zambia
|
0.35 | 2024 | 182 | |
| 183 |
Lesotho
|
0.34 | 2024 | 183 | |
| 184 |
Sudan
|
0.32 | 2022 | 184 | |
| 185 |
Mauritania
|
0.31 | 2024 | 185 | |
| 186 |
Somalia
|
0.3 | 2023 | 186 | |
| 187 |
Republic of the Congo
|
0.29 | 2022 | 187 | |
| 188 |
Cameroon
|
0.23 | 2024 | 188 | |
| 189 |
Angola
|
0.21 | 2024 | 189 | |
| 190 |
Cambodia
|
0.16 | 2024 | 190 | |
| 191 |
Bangladesh
|
0.16 | 2024 | 191 | |
| 192 |
Timor-Leste
|
0.12 | 2024 | 192 | |
| 193 |
Liberia
|
0.12 | 2022 | 193 | |
| 194 |
Tanzania
|
0.11 | 2024 | 194 | |
| 195 |
Burundi
|
0.1 | 2023 | 195 | |
| 196 |
Kenya
|
0.1 | 2024 | 196 | |
| 197 |
Mozambique
|
0.08 | 2024 | 197 | |
| 198 |
Rwanda
|
0.06 | 2024 | 198 | |
| 199 |
Nigeria
|
0.04 | 2024 | 199 | |
| 200 |
Central African Republic
|
0.04 | 2022 | 200 | |
| 201 |
Malawi
|
0.02 | 2024 | 201 | |
| 202 |
Haiti
|
0.01 | 2022 | 202 | |
| 203 |
Madagascar
|
0.01 | 2023 | 203 | |
| 204 |
Kiribati
|
0.01 | 2024 | 204 | |
| 205 |
Benin
|
0.01 | 2024 | 205 | |
| 206 |
Sierra Leone
|
0 | 2022 | 206 | |
| 207 |
Bhutan
|
0 | 2024 | 207 | |
| 208 |
Chad
|
0 | 2024 | 207 | |
| 209 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo
|
0 | 2024 | 207 | |
| 210 |
Guinea
|
0 | 2022 | 207 | |
| 211 |
Guinea-Bissau
|
0 | 2022 | 207 | |
| 212 |
Nauru
|
0 | 2022 | 207 | |
| 213 |
South Sudan
|
0 | 2023 | 207 |
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