Number of fixed lines fell 12.9% to 0.975 mil in Bulgaria in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 2.89 mil in 2001 and an all time low of 0.805 mil in 1979. When compared to Bulgaria's main peers, number of fixed lines in Greece amounted to 4.82 mil, 3.38 mil in Romania, 2.57 mil in Serbia and 11.5 mil in Turkey in 2019.
Bulgaria has been ranked 75th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 21 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| 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 |
| Albania | mil | 0.227 | 0.249 | 0.247 | 0.249 | 0.243 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | mil | 0.773 | 0.745 | 0.759 | 0.793 | 0.728 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | mil | 1.65 | 1.48 | 1.29 | 1.12 | 0.975 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | mil | 1.48 | 1.44 | 1.40 | 1.36 | 1.33 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | mil | 5.26 | 5.20 | 5.18 | 5.11 | 4.81 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | mil | 3.09 | 3.12 | 3.13 | 3.08 | 3.05 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 30.4 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 30.5 | 29.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 2.00 | 2.03 | 3.24 | 2.71 | 2.86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | mil | 0.371 | 0.368 | 0.367 | 0.383 | 0.400 | ||||||||||||||||
| Moldova | mil | 1.20 | 1.17 | 1.14 | 1.11 | 1.07 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | mil | 4.27 | 4.11 | 3.89 | 3.66 | 3.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | mil | ... | ... | ... | 2.77 | 2.68 | 2.61 | 2.57 | 2.57 | |||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | mil | 9.11 | 8.45 | 7.19 | 6.07 | 4.18 |
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