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Fixed telephone lines — Hong Kong

Fixed telephone lines in Hong Kong in 2024 — 44.57 per 100. Ranked 9 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,654.2%.

2024 44.57 per 100 −4.85% vs 2023
World rank 9of 146
Period maximum 61.42 per 1002010
Period minimum 2.54 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Hong Kong, 1960–202402040608019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.54 per 1001962: 2.6 per 1001964: 2.6 per 1001967: 2.6 per 1001969: 2.6 per 1001971: 12.29 per 1001973: 12.29 per 1001975: 18.8 per 1001977: 21.31 per 1001979: 24.06 per 1001981: 27.25 per 1001983: 29.96 per 1001985: 32.6 per 1001987: 36.24 per 1001989: 40.77 per 1001991: 47 per 1001993: 50.7 per 1001995: 53.1 per 1001997: 56.8 per 1001999: 58.5 per 1002001: 57.53 per 1002003: 55.5 per 1002005: 54.9 per 1002007: 60.38 per 1002009: 60.55 per 1002011: 60.79 per 1002013: 60.84 per 1002015: 58.8 per 1002017: 57.08 per 1002019: 53.83 per 1002021: 50.83 per 1002023: 46.85 per 1002024: 44.57 per 100
Change over the period: +42.03 (+1,654.2%) Average annual rate: 4.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Hong Kong 44.57 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
East Asia & Pacific 12.6 per 100
Eastern Asia computed 12.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Hong Kong, by year Hong Kong All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 44.57 −2.27 −4.85%
2023 46.85 −2.35 −4.79%
2022 49.2 −1.63 −3.2%
2021 50.83 −1.25 −2.39%
2020 52.08 −1.75 −3.26%
2019 53.83 −2.33 −4.15%
2018 56.16 −0.91 −1.6%
2017 57.08 −1.22 −2.08%
2016 58.29 −0.51 −0.87%
2015 58.8 −1.55 −2.57%
2014 60.36 −0.48 −0.79%
2013 60.84 −0.01 −0.01%
2012 60.85 +0.06 +0.09%
2011 60.79 −0.63 −1.02%
2010 61.42 +0.87 +1.44%
2009 60.55 +0.97 +1.62%
2008 59.58 −0.8 −1.32%
2007 60.38 +5.03 +9.1%
2006 55.34 +0.44 +0.8%
2005 54.9 +0.27 +0.49%
2004 54.64 −0.86 −1.55%
2003 55.5 −0.68 −1.21%
2002 56.17 −1.36 −2.37%
2001 57.53 −1.02 −1.74%
2000 58.55 +0.05 +0.09%
1999 58.5 +1.3 +2.27%
1998 57.2 +0.4 +0.7%
1997 56.8 +2 +3.65%
1996 54.8 +1.7 +3.2%
1995 53.1 +1 +1.92%
1994 52.1 +1.4 +2.76%
1993 50.7 +1.7 +3.47%
1992 49 +2 +4.26%
1991 47 +2.5 +5.62%
1990 44.5 +3.73 +9.16%
1989 40.77 +2.1 +5.42%
1988 38.67 +2.44 +6.72%
1987 36.24 +2.06 +6.02%
1986 34.18 +1.58 +4.83%
1985 32.6 +1.4 +4.48%
1984 31.21 +1.25 +4.17%
1983 29.96 +1.37 +4.8%
1982 28.59 +1.34 +4.9%
1981 27.25 +1.56 +6.08%
1980 25.69 +1.62 +6.75%
1979 24.06 +1.37 +6.02%
1978 22.7 +1.39 +6.53%
1977 21.31 +1.35 +6.77%
1976 19.95 +1.15 +6.11%
1975 18.8 +6.52 +53.02%
1974 12.29 +0 +0%
1973 12.29 +0 +0%
1972 12.29 +0 +0%
1971 12.29 +0.33 +2.76%
1970 11.96 +9.36 +360.28%
1969 2.6 +0 +0%
1968 2.6 +0 +0%
1967 2.6 +0 +0%
1966 2.6 — —
1964 2.6 +0 +0%
1963 2.6 +0 +0%
1962 2.6 +0 +0%
1961 2.6 +0.06 +2.25%
1960 2.54 — —

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

HK Hong Kong 44.57 KR South Korea 41.17 MN Mongolia 14.94 CN China 11.73 MO Macao 11.28
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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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