Fixed telephone lines — all countries

Fixed telephone lines — France

Fixed telephone lines in France in 2023 — 56.11 per 100. Ranked 4 in the world out of 165. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,067.9%.

2023 56.11 per 100 −1.79% vs 2022
World rank 4of 165
Period maximum 64.86 per 1002009
Period minimum 4.8 per 1001961

Trend over time

1960–2023 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — France, 1960–202302040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.8 per 1001962: 4.8 per 1001964: 4.8 per 1001966: 6.29 per 1001968: 6.29 per 1001970: 8.45 per 1001972: 8.41 per 1001974: 8.41 per 1001976: 16.03 per 1001978: 22.59 per 1001980: 29.6 per 1001982: 35.86 per 1001984: 40.27 per 1001986: 43.18 per 1001988: 46.19 per 1001990: 49.3 per 1001992: 52.3 per 1001994: 54.7 per 1001996: 56.4 per 1001998: 58 per 1002000: 57.14 per 1002002: 56.57 per 1002004: 55.09 per 1002006: 55 per 1002008: 55.91 per 1002010: 64.06 per 1002012: 61.99 per 1002014: 59.98 per 1002016: 59.93 per 1002018: 58.2 per 1002020: 57.29 per 1002022: 57.14 per 1002023: 56.11 per 100
Change over the period: +51.31 (+1,067.93%) Average annual rate: 3.98 %

Comparison, 2023

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: France

France 56.11 per 100
World 10.6 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 25.5 per 100
Western Europe computed 45.13 per 100
High-income countries computed 30.06 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — France, by year France All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2023 56.11 −1.02 −1.79%
2022 57.14 −0.49 −0.86%
2021 57.63 +0.34 +0.59%
2020 57.29 −0.21 −0.37%
2019 57.5 −0.7 −1.2%
2018 58.2 −1.12 −1.89%
2017 59.32 −0.61 −1.01%
2016 59.93 −0.04 −0.06%
2015 59.97 −0.02 −0.03%
2014 59.98 −0.71 −1.17%
2013 60.69 −1.3 −2.09%
2012 61.99 −1.35 −2.13%
2011 63.34 −0.71 −1.11%
2010 64.06 −0.81 −1.25%
2009 64.86 +8.96 +16.02%
2008 55.91 +0.17 +0.3%
2007 55.74 +0.74 +1.35%
2006 55 +0.3 +0.55%
2005 54.7 −0.4 −0.72%
2004 55.09 −0.74 −1.32%
2003 55.83 −0.73 −1.3%
2002 56.57 −0.33 −0.58%
2001 56.9 −0.24 −0.42%
2000 57.14 −0.26 −0.46%
1999 57.4 −0.6 −1.03%
1998 58 +0.5 +0.87%
1997 57.5 +1.1 +1.95%
1996 56.4 +0.7 +1.26%
1995 55.7 +1 +1.83%
1994 54.7 +1.2 +2.24%
1993 53.5 +1.2 +2.29%
1992 52.3 +1.5 +2.95%
1991 50.8 +1.5 +3.04%
1990 49.3 +1.33 +2.78%
1989 47.97 +1.77 +3.84%
1988 46.19 +1.62 +3.62%
1987 44.58 +1.39 +3.23%
1986 43.18 +1.39 +3.33%
1985 41.79 +1.52 +3.78%
1984 40.27 +1.91 +4.98%
1983 38.36 +2.5 +6.98%
1982 35.86 +3.01 +9.17%
1981 32.85 +3.25 +10.98%
1980 29.6 +3.47 +13.29%
1979 26.13 +3.54 +15.68%
1978 22.59 +3.58 +18.82%
1977 19.01 +2.98 +18.6%
1976 16.03 +2.49 +18.42%
1975 13.53 +5.13 +60.98%
1974 8.41 +0 +0%
1973 8.41 +0 +0%
1972 8.41 +0 +0%
1971 8.41 −0.04 −0.47%
1970 8.45 +2.16 +34.35%
1969 6.29 +0 +0%
1968 6.29 +0 +0%
1967 6.29 +0 +0%
1966 6.29 −0.08 −1.19%
1965 6.36 +1.56 +32.48%
1964 4.8 +0 +0%
1963 4.8 +0 +0%
1962 4.8 +0 +0%
1961 4.8 −0 −0.03%
1960 4.8

Western Europe, 2023

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About the indicator

The number of active fixed telephone lines per 100 people. One of the few telecom indicators that is steadily falling the world over: mobile service and IP telephony are pushing landlines out. The trend of the series is a plain illustration of technological substitution.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.