Number of fixed lines fell 12.0% to 33.7 mil in Brazil in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Brazil reached an all time high of 45.0 mil in 2013 and an all time low of 0.650 mil in 1960. When compared to Brazil's main peers, number of fixed lines in Bolivia amounted to 0.652 mil, 3.08 mil in Peru and 5.47 mil in Venezuela in 2019.
Brazil has been ranked 6th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines.
| Number of Fixed Lines | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Bolivia | mil | 0.881 | 0.867 | 0.851 | 0.712 | 0.652 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | mil | 43.7 | 42.0 | 40.4 | 38.3 | 33.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | mil | 3.45 | 3.38 | 3.20 | 3.00 | 2.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | mil | 7.11 | 7.12 | 6.99 | 6.97 | 7.01 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guyana | mil | 0.154 | 0.142 | 0.136 | 0.136 | 0.125 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | mil | 0.345 | 0.350 | 0.294 | 0.303 | 0.273 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | mil | 2.91 | 3.07 | 3.08 | 2.89 | 2.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | mil | 0.271 | 0.272 | 0.257 | 0.319 | 0.343 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | mil | 7.78 | 7.66 | 5.93 | 5.55 | 5.35 |
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