Number of fixed lines fell 16.7% to 0.269 mil in Finland in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Finland reached an all time high of 2.86 mil in 1997 and an all time low of 0.269 mil in 2019. When compared to Finland's main peers, number of fixed lines in Australia amounted to 7.82 mil, 9.66 mil in Indonesia, 1.76 mil in New Zealand and 0.158 mil in Papua New Guinea in 2019.
Finland has been ranked 112th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 46 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 |
| Australia | mil | 8.50 | 8.48 | 8.46 | 8.20 | 6.20 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | mil | 0.537 | 0.457 | 0.378 | 0.323 | 0.269 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 8.30 | 9.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | mil | 4.49 | 4.84 | 6.58 | 7.43 | 7.41 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | mil | 1.85 | 1.76 | 1.79 | 1.07 | 0.967 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | mil | 0.150 | 0.154 | 0.158 | 0.158 | 0.166 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Philippines | mil | 3.22 | 3.78 | 4.16 | 4.13 | 4.26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | mil | 2.02 | 2.00 | 1.99 | 2.00 | 1.91 |
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