Number of fixed lines fell 21.5% to 0.349 mil in Norway in 2020, 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 0.349 mil in 2020. When compared to Norway's main peers, number of fixed lines in Denmark amounted to 0.734 mil, 0.225 mil in Finland, 0.107 mil in Iceland and 1.48 mil in Sweden in 2020.
Norway has been ranked 101st within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 39 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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