Number of fixed lines fell 19.1% to 1.75 mil in Sweden in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Sweden reached an all time high of 6.39 mil in 1998 and an all time low of 1.75 mil in 2019. When compared to Sweden's main peers, number of fixed lines in Denmark amounted to 1.00 mil, 0.269 mil in Finland, 0.445 mil in Norway and 27.7 mil in Russia in 2019.
Sweden has been ranked 59th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 29 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 231 | 207 | 194 | 192 | 191 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | mil | 1.52 | 1.40 | 1.10 | 1.12 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | mil | 0.537 | 0.457 | 0.378 | 0.323 | 0.269 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 45.4 | 45.3 | 44.4 | 42.5 | 40.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | mil | 0.168 | 0.165 | 0.146 | 0.125 | 0.116 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 8.30 | 9.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 63.7 | 64.1 | 64.0 | 63.4 | 62.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | mil | 6.95 | 6.77 | 6.55 | 5.90 | 5.56 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | mil | 1.85 | 1.76 | 1.79 | 1.07 | 0.967 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | mil | 0.945 | 0.807 | 0.687 | 0.565 | 0.445 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | mil | 0.150 | 0.154 | 0.158 | 0.158 | 0.166 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 35.6 | 32.3 | 32.0 | 30.1 | 27.7 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Sweden | mil | 3.55 | 3.10 | 2.62 | 2.16 | 1.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 125 | 121 | 116 | 110 | 106 |
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