Fixed telephone lines in the United States in 2024 — 23.61 per 100. Ranked 33 in the world out of 146. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 15.6%.
1960–2024 · per 100 people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: United States
| Year | per 100 | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23.61 | −1.09 | −4.41% |
| 2023 | 24.7 | −1.93 | −7.26% |
| 2022 | 26.63 | −1.95 | −6.82% |
| 2021 | 28.58 | −1.41 | −4.71% |
| 2020 | 29.99 | −1.52 | −4.82% |
| 2019 | 31.51 | −1.42 | −4.32% |
| 2018 | 32.93 | −2.08 | −5.94% |
| 2017 | 35.01 | −1.85 | −5.03% |
| 2016 | 36.86 | −1.42 | −3.71% |
| 2015 | 38.28 | −1.49 | −3.74% |
| 2014 | 39.77 | −1.85 | −4.45% |
| 2013 | 41.62 | −2.08 | −4.77% |
| 2012 | 43.7 | −1.92 | −4.21% |
| 2011 | 45.63 | −2.48 | −5.16% |
| 2010 | 48.11 | −1.52 | −3.06% |
| 2009 | 49.63 | −3.74 | −7.01% |
| 2008 | 53.37 | +0.89 | +1.69% |
| 2007 | 52.48 | −3.57 | −6.38% |
| 2006 | 56.06 | −3.18 | −5.36% |
| 2005 | 59.23 | −1.46 | −2.4% |
| 2004 | 60.69 | −2.41 | −3.82% |
| 2003 | 63.1 | −2.82 | −4.28% |
| 2002 | 65.92 | −1.47 | −2.18% |
| 2001 | 67.39 | −1 | −1.47% |
| 2000 | 68.39 | +0.39 | +0.58% |
| 1999 | 68 | +2.9 | +4.45% |
| 1998 | 65.1 | +1.5 | +2.36% |
| 1997 | 63.6 | +2.1 | +3.41% |
| 1996 | 61.5 | +2 | +3.36% |
| 1995 | 59.5 | +1.7 | +2.94% |
| 1994 | 57.8 | +1.4 | +2.48% |
| 1993 | 56.4 | +1.2 | +2.17% |
| 1992 | 55.2 | +0.8 | +1.47% |
| 1991 | 54.4 | +0.7 | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 53.7 | +0.01 | +0.03% |
| 1989 | 53.69 | +1.23 | +2.35% |
| 1988 | 52.45 | +1.26 | +2.46% |
| 1987 | 51.19 | +1.39 | +2.79% |
| 1986 | 49.8 | +0.48 | +0.97% |
| 1985 | 49.32 | +0.97 | +2.01% |
| 1984 | 48.35 | +0.34 | +0.71% |
| 1983 | 48.01 | +0.85 | +1.81% |
| 1982 | 47.16 | +0.38 | +0.81% |
| 1981 | 46.78 | +4.53 | +10.71% |
| 1980 | 42.25 | +0.86 | +2.07% |
| 1979 | 41.4 | +0.81 | +2% |
| 1978 | 40.59 | +0.93 | +2.36% |
| 1977 | 39.65 | +0.83 | +2.13% |
| 1976 | 38.82 | +0.72 | +1.88% |
| 1975 | 38.11 | +5.16 | +15.65% |
| 1974 | 32.95 | +0 | +0% |
| 1973 | 32.95 | +0 | +0% |
| 1972 | 32.95 | +0 | +0% |
| 1971 | 32.95 | −1.51 | −4.38% |
| 1970 | 34.46 | +5.28 | +18.09% |
| 1969 | 29.18 | +0 | +0% |
| 1968 | 29.18 | +0 | +0% |
| 1967 | 29.18 | +0 | +0% |
| 1966 | 29.18 | −1.54 | −5.02% |
| 1965 | 30.73 | +4.34 | +16.45% |
| 1964 | 26.39 | +0 | +0% |
| 1963 | 26.39 | +0 | +0% |
| 1962 | 26.39 | +0 | +0% |
| 1961 | 26.39 | −1.58 | −5.64% |
| 1960 | 27.96 | — | — |
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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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