Number of fixed lines fell 4.77% to 0.275 mil in Bahrain in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Bahrain reached an all time high of 0.300 mil in 2017 and an all time low of 0.003 mil in 1965. When compared to Bahrain's main peers, number of fixed lines in Iran amounted to 29.0 mil, 0.516 mil in Kuwait, 0.461 mil in Qatar and 5.38 mil in Saudi Arabia in 2019.
Bahrain has been ranked 110th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 11 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 |
| Bahrain | mil | 0.280 | 0.280 | 0.284 | 0.275 | 0.273 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 30.4 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 30.5 | 29.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 2.00 | 2.03 | 3.24 | 2.71 | 2.86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 0.369 | 0.404 | 0.357 | 0.369 | 0.356 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 0.480 | 0.533 | 0.542 | 0.516 | 0.583 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 3.54 | 3.10 | 2.94 | 2.93 | 2.78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | mil | 0.460 | 0.467 | 0.462 | 0.452 | 0.461 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 3.75 | 4.24 | 4.66 | 5.39 | 5.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 0.648 | 0.665 | 0.682 | 0.682 | 0.717 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil | 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.34 | 2.36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 1.14 | 1.17 | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.24 | ... |
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