Number of fixed lines fell 1.88% to 3.14 mil in Israel in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Israel reached an all time high of 3.59 mil in 2012 and an all time low of 0.065 mil in 1960. When compared to Israel's main peers, number of fixed lines in Egypt amounted to 8.76 mil, 0.356 mil in Jordan, 0.882 mil in Lebanon and 2.84 mil in Syria in 2019.
Israel has been ranked 40th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 7 places above 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 |
| Cyprus | mil | 0.324 | 0.321 | 0.317 | 0.312 | 0.324 | ||||||||||||||||
| Egypt | mil | 6.24 | 6.12 | 6.60 | 7.87 | 8.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 2.00 | 2.03 | 3.24 | 2.71 | 2.86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Israel | mil | 3.41 | 3.34 | 3.24 | 3.20 | 3.14 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 0.369 | 0.404 | 0.357 | 0.369 | 0.356 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | mil | 1.01 | 1.82 | 0.908 | 0.894 | 0.882 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 1.06 | 1.37 | 1.58 | 1.58 | 1.58 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 3.75 | 4.24 | 4.66 | 5.39 | 5.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | mil | 0.119 | 0.136 | 0.143 | 0.137 | 0.138 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 3.54 | 3.46 | 2.73 | 2.74 | 2.84 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.5 |
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