Number of fixed lines fell 21.4% to 0.445 mil in Norway in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Norway reached an all time high of 2.78 mil in 1997 and an all time low of 0.445 mil in 2019. When compared to Norway's main peers, number of fixed lines in Denmark amounted to 1.00 mil, 0.269 mil in Finland, 0.126 mil in Iceland and 1.75 mil in Sweden in 2019.
Norway has been ranked 98th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 37 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil | 33.2 | 32.6 | 31.8 | 31.5 | 32.7 |
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