Number of fixed lines fell 5.25% to 1.21 mil in Dominican Republic in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Dominican Republic reached an all time high of 1.35 mil in 2016 and an all time low of 0.109 mil in 1980. When compared to Dominican Republic's main peers, number of fixed lines in Cuba amounted to 1.45 mil, 0.398 mil in Jamaica, 22.7 mil in Mexico and 108 mil in USA in 2019.
Dominican Republic has been ranked 68th 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 |
| Belize | mil | 0.024 | 0.022 | 0.021 | 0.021 | 0.019 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil | 15.6 | 15.2 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 13.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cayman Islands | mil | 0.034 | 0.034 | 0.035 | 0.035 | 0.036 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 231 | 207 | 194 | 192 | 191 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cuba | mil | 1.30 | 1.32 | 1.35 | 1.38 | 1.45 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dominican Republic | mil | 1.30 | 1.35 | 1.33 | 1.28 | 1.21 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guatemala | mil | 1.72 | 2.45 | 2.46 | 2.44 | 1.97 | ||||||||||||||||
| Haiti | mil | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.006 | 0.006 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Honduras | mil | 0.497 | 0.443 | 0.491 | 0.532 | 0.490 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jamaica | mil | 0.253 | 0.310 | 0.297 | 0.364 | 0.398 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 63.7 | 64.1 | 64.0 | 63.4 | 62.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mexico | mil | 20.2 | 20.8 | 20.8 | 21.6 | 22.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 125 | 121 | 116 | 110 | 106 |
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