Fixed telephone lines in North America in 2025 — 23 per 100. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 17.7%.
1960–2025 · per 100 people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: North America
| Year | per 100 | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | −1 | −4.17% |
| 2024 | 24 | −1.1 | −4.38% |
| 2023 | 25.1 | −1.8 | −6.69% |
| 2022 | 26.9 | −2 | −6.92% |
| 2021 | 28.9 | −1.6 | −5.25% |
| 2020 | 30.5 | −1.5 | −4.69% |
| 2019 | 32 | −1.3 | −3.9% |
| 2018 | 33.3 | −2.1 | −5.93% |
| 2017 | 35.4 | −1.9 | −5.09% |
| 2016 | 37.3 | −1.5 | −3.87% |
| 2015 | 38.8 | −1.74 | −4.29% |
| 2014 | 40.54 | −1.84 | −4.34% |
| 2013 | 42.38 | −2.13 | −4.78% |
| 2012 | 44.5 | −1.9 | −4.1% |
| 2011 | 46.41 | −2.29 | −4.7% |
| 2010 | 48.7 | −1.47 | −2.92% |
| 2009 | 50.16 | −3.25 | −6.09% |
| 2008 | 53.42 | +0.76 | +1.44% |
| 2007 | 52.66 | −3.23 | −5.78% |
| 2006 | 55.89 | −2.86 | −4.87% |
| 2005 | 58.75 | −2.09 | −3.44% |
| 2004 | 60.85 | −2.23 | −3.53% |
| 2003 | 63.07 | −2.58 | −3.93% |
| 2002 | 65.66 | −1.56 | −2.32% |
| 2001 | 67.21 | −0.94 | −1.38% |
| 2000 | 68.15 | +0.35 | +0.52% |
| 1999 | 67.8 | +2.71 | +4.17% |
| 1998 | 65.09 | +1.39 | +2.19% |
| 1997 | 63.7 | +1.93 | +3.12% |
| 1996 | 61.77 | +1.68 | +2.79% |
| 1995 | 60.09 | +1.48 | +2.52% |
| 1994 | 58.61 | +1.27 | +2.21% |
| 1993 | 57.34 | +1.05 | +1.87% |
| 1992 | 56.29 | +0.76 | +1.38% |
| 1991 | 55.53 | +0.61 | +1.12% |
| 1990 | 54.91 | +1.22 | +2.27% |
| 1989 | 53.7 | +1.27 | +2.43% |
| 1988 | 52.42 | +1.26 | +2.46% |
| 1987 | 51.16 | +1.38 | +2.77% |
| 1986 | 49.78 | +0.56 | +1.13% |
| 1985 | 49.22 | +1.08 | +2.25% |
| 1984 | 48.14 | +0.8 | +1.68% |
| 1983 | 47.34 | +0.78 | +1.67% |
| 1982 | 46.56 | +0.31 | +0.67% |
| 1981 | 46.25 | +4.15 | +9.87% |
| 1980 | 42.1 | +0.88 | +2.13% |
| 1979 | 41.22 | +0.82 | +2.04% |
| 1978 | 40.4 | +0.95 | +2.41% |
| 1977 | 39.45 | +0.83 | +2.15% |
| 1976 | 38.62 | +0.74 | +1.95% |
| 1975 | 37.88 | +5.16 | +15.78% |
| 1974 | 32.72 | −0 | −0% |
| 1973 | 32.72 | −0 | −0% |
| 1972 | 32.72 | −0 | −0% |
| 1971 | 32.72 | −1.35 | −3.96% |
| 1970 | 34.07 | +5.1 | +17.61% |
| 1969 | 28.97 | −0 | −0.01% |
| 1968 | 28.97 | −0 | −0.01% |
| 1967 | 28.97 | −0 | −0% |
| 1966 | 28.97 | −1.38 | −4.55% |
| 1965 | 30.35 | +3.83 | +14.43% |
| 1964 | 26.52 | +0 | +0% |
| 1963 | 26.52 | +0 | +0% |
| 1962 | 26.52 | +0 | +0% |
| 1961 | 26.52 | −1.43 | −5.11% |
| 1960 | 27.95 | — | — |
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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