Number of fixed lines fell 7.54% to 1.44 mil in Denmark in 2017, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Denmark reached an all time high of 3.86 mil in 2001 and an all time low of 0.834 mil in 1960. When compared to Denmark's main peers, number of fixed lines in Germany amounted to 44.4 mil, 6.55 mil in Netherlands, 0.677 mil in Norway and 2.62 mil in Sweden in 2017.
Denmark has been ranked 63rd within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 13 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 |
| Austria | mil | 3.61 | 3.57 | 3.71 | 3.74 | 3.72 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | mil | 4.49 | 4.37 | 4.28 | 4.11 | 3.93 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | mil | 1.52 | 1.40 | 1.10 | 1.12 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | mil | 0.537 | 0.457 | 0.378 | 0.323 | 0.269 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | mil | 38.9 | 39.0 | 38.7 | 38.1 | 37.8 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 45.4 | 45.3 | 44.4 | 42.5 | 40.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | mil | 0.168 | 0.165 | 0.146 | 0.125 | 0.116 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | mil | 6.95 | 6.77 | 6.55 | 5.90 | 5.56 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | mil | 0.945 | 0.807 | 0.687 | 0.565 | 0.445 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil | 9.05 | 8.14 | 7.41 | 6.58 | 6.04 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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