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Fixed telephone lines — Türkiye

Fixed telephone lines in Türkiye in 2024 — 10.32 per 100. Ranked 76 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 1,476.9%.

2024 10.32 per 100 −9.27% vs 2023
World rank 76of 146
Period maximum 28.54 per 1002001
Period minimum 0.65 per 1001960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 100 people

Fixed telephone lines — Türkiye, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0.65 per 1001962: 0.66 per 1001964: 0.66 per 1001966: 0.79 per 1001968: 0.79 per 1001970: 1.06 per 1001972: 1.08 per 1001974: 1.08 per 1001976: 1.9 per 1001978: 2.33 per 1001980: 2.6 per 1001982: 3.27 per 1001984: 4.03 per 1001986: 5.53 per 1001988: 9.39 per 1001990: 12.2 per 1001992: 16.2 per 1001994: 20.3 per 1001996: 23.1 per 1001998: 26.4 per 1002000: 28.12 per 1002002: 28.17 per 1002004: 27.88 per 1002006: 26.88 per 1002008: 24.46 per 1002010: 22.09 per 1002012: 18.43 per 1002014: 16.06 per 1002016: 13.57 per 1002018: 13.78 per 1002020: 14.46 per 1002022: 12.86 per 1002024: 10.32 per 100
Change over the period: +9.66 (+1,476.86%) Average annual rate: 4.4 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Türkiye 10.32 per 100
World 10.2 per 100
Europe & Central Asia 24.3 per 100
Western Asia computed 12.42 per 100
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.94 per 100
Fixed telephone lines — Türkiye, by year Türkiye All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100 Change Change, %
2024 10.32 −1.05 −9.27%
2023 11.37 −1.49 −11.58%
2022 12.86 −1.34 −9.42%
2021 14.2 −0.26 −1.79%
2020 14.46 +0.95 +7.02%
2019 13.51 −0.27 −1.96%
2018 13.78 +0.17 +1.25%
2017 13.61 +0.04 +0.33%
2016 13.57 −0.8 −5.55%
2015 14.36 −1.69 −10.54%
2014 16.06 −1.68 −9.48%
2013 17.74 −0.69 −3.77%
2012 18.43 −2.06 −10.07%
2011 20.5 −1.59 −7.21%
2010 22.09 −0.73 −3.19%
2009 22.82 −1.64 −6.71%
2008 24.46 −1.27 −4.93%
2007 25.73 −1.16 −4.31%
2006 26.88 −0.49 −1.79%
2005 27.37 −0.51 −1.82%
2004 27.88 −0.01 −0.02%
2003 27.89 −0.29 −1.01%
2002 28.17 −0.36 −1.27%
2001 28.54 +0.42 +1.5%
2000 28.12 +0.42 +1.5%
1999 27.7 +1.3 +4.92%
1998 26.4 +1.6 +6.45%
1997 24.8 +1.7 +7.36%
1996 23.1 +1.6 +7.44%
1995 21.5 +1.2 +5.91%
1994 20.3 +1.8 +9.73%
1993 18.5 +2.3 +14.2%
1992 16.2 +1.9 +13.29%
1991 14.3 +2.1 +17.21%
1990 12.2 +1.2 +10.95%
1989 11 +1.6 +17.05%
1988 9.39 +2.18 +30.23%
1987 7.21 +1.68 +30.34%
1986 5.53 +0.96 +21.07%
1985 4.57 +0.54 +13.29%
1984 4.03 +0.48 +13.4%
1983 3.56 +0.29 +8.85%
1982 3.27 +0.38 +12.97%
1981 2.89 +0.29 +11.15%
1980 2.6 +0.07 +2.95%
1979 2.53 +0.2 +8.38%
1978 2.33 +0.28 +13.43%
1977 2.06 +0.16 +8.21%
1976 1.9 +0.19 +10.81%
1975 1.72 +0.63 +58.7%
1974 1.08 +0 +0%
1973 1.08 +0 +0%
1972 1.08 +0 +0%
1971 1.08 +0.02 +1.91%
1970 1.06 +0.27 +35%
1969 0.79 +0 +0%
1968 0.79 +0 +0%
1967 0.79 +0 +0%
1966 0.79 +0.01 +1.3%
1965 0.78 +0.12 +18.37%
1964 0.66 +0 +0%
1963 0.66 +0 +0%
1962 0.66 +0 +0%
1961 0.66 +0 +0.14%
1960 0.65 — —

Western Asia, 2024

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

CY Cyprus 25.4 AE United Arab Emirates 20.8 SA Saudi Arabia 19.75 QA Qatar 17.21 BH Bahrain 15.93 AZ Azerbaijan 12.82 SY Syria 11.52 IQ Iraq 11.46 TR Türkiye 10.32 AM Armenia 10 OM Oman 8.27 GE Georgia 6.78 JO Jordan 4.21
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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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