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Fixed telephone lines — Germany

Fixed telephone lines in Germany in 2024 — 45.42 per 100. Ranked 8 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 930.2%.

2024 45.42 per 100 −0.78% vs 2023
World rank 8of 146
Period maximum 66.78 per 1002005
Period minimum 4.39 per 1001961

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Germany, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 4.41 per 1001962: 4.39 per 1001964: 4.39 per 1001966: 6.35 per 1001968: 6.35 per 1001970: 10.97 per 1001972: 10.93 per 1001974: 10.93 per 1001976: 18.14 per 1001978: 22.17 per 1001980: 26.27 per 1001982: 29.08 per 1001984: 31.48 per 1001986: 33.66 per 1001988: 35.45 per 1001990: 40 per 1001992: 43.8 per 1001994: 47.4 per 1001996: 53.6 per 1001998: 56.7 per 1002000: 61.4 per 1002002: 65.4 per 1002004: 66.42 per 1002006: 66.58 per 1002008: 62.01 per 1002010: 65.45 per 1002012: 61.92 per 1002014: 57.78 per 1002016: 54.74 per 1002018: 50.98 per 1002020: 45.89 per 1002022: 45.88 per 1002024: 45.42 per 100
Change over the period: +41.01 (+930.19%) Average annual rate: 3.71 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Germany 45.42 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 24.3 per 100
Western Europe computed 38.48 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Germany, by year Germany All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 45.42 −0.36 −0.78%
2023 45.77 −0.11 −0.24%
2022 45.88 −0.11 −0.23%
2021 45.99 +0.09 +0.2%
2020 45.89 +0.09 +0.2%
2019 45.8 −5.18 −10.16%
2018 50.98 −2.45 −4.58%
2017 53.43 −1.31 −2.39%
2016 54.74 −0.52 −0.93%
2015 55.25 −2.53 −4.38%
2014 57.78 −2.31 −3.84%
2013 60.09 −1.82 −2.94%
2012 61.92 −1.65 −2.6%
2011 63.57 −1.88 −2.87%
2010 65.45 −0.9 −1.36%
2009 66.35 +4.34 +6.99%
2008 62.01 −3.3 −5.05%
2007 65.31 −1.27 −1.91%
2006 66.58 −0.2 −0.29%
2005 66.78 +0.36 +0.54%
2004 66.42 +0.37 +0.56%
2003 66.05 +0.65 +1%
2002 65.4 +1.53 +2.39%
2001 63.87 +2.47 +4.03%
2000 61.4 +2.4 +4.06%
1999 59 +2.3 +4.06%
1998 56.7 +1.8 +3.28%
1997 54.9 +1.3 +2.43%
1996 53.6 +2.4 +4.69%
1995 51.2 +3.8 +8.02%
1994 47.4 +2 +4.41%
1993 45.4 +1.6 +3.65%
1992 43.8 +2 +4.78%
1991 41.8 +1.8 +4.5%
1990 40 +3.45 +9.42%
1989 36.55 +1.1 +3.11%
1988 35.45 +0.87 +2.51%
1987 34.58 +0.92 +2.74%
1986 33.66 +0.96 +2.92%
1985 32.71 +1.22 +3.88%
1984 31.48 +1.33 +4.42%
1983 30.15 +1.07 +3.67%
1982 29.08 +1.22 +4.38%
1981 27.86 +1.6 +6.08%
1980 26.27 +1.99 +8.19%
1979 24.28 +2.11 +9.53%
1978 22.17 +2.03 +10.1%
1977 20.13 +2 +11.01%
1976 18.14 +1.79 +10.95%
1975 16.35 +5.42 +49.58%
1974 10.93 +0 +0%
1973 10.93 +0 +0%
1972 10.93 +0 +0%
1971 10.93 −0.04 −0.36%
1970 10.97 +4.61 +72.62%
1969 6.35 +0 +0%
1968 6.35 +0 +0%
1967 6.35 +0 +0%
1966 6.35 −0.02 −0.29%
1965 6.37 +1.98 +45.23%
1964 4.39 +0 +0%
1963 4.39 +0 +0%
1962 4.39 +0 +0%
1961 4.39 −0.02 −0.48%
1960 4.41 — —

Western Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DE Germany 45.42 AT Austria 38.17 CH Switzerland 30.59 LI Liechtenstein 24.81 NL Netherlands 21.81 BE Belgium 21.18
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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.

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