Number of fixed lines rose 0% to 0.158 mil in Papua New Guinea in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Papua New Guinea reached an all time high of 0.158 mil in 2018 and an all time low of 0.004 mil in 1965. When compared to Papua New Guinea's main peers, number of fixed lines in Australia amounted to 7.82 mil, 9.66 mil in Indonesia, 1.76 mil in New Zealand and 4.26 mil in Philippines in 2019.
Papua New Guinea has been ranked 122nd within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 20 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 |
| Australia | mil | 8.50 | 8.48 | 8.46 | 8.20 | 6.20 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 231 | 207 | 194 | 192 | 191 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 8.30 | 9.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | mil | 4.49 | 4.84 | 6.58 | 7.43 | 7.41 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | mil | 1.85 | 1.76 | 1.79 | 1.07 | 0.967 | ||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | mil | 0.150 | 0.154 | 0.158 | 0.158 | 0.166 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Philippines | mil | 3.22 | 3.78 | 4.16 | 4.13 | 4.26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | mil | 2.02 | 2.00 | 1.99 | 2.00 | 1.91 | ||||||||||||||||
| Taiwan | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Vietnam | mil | 7.32 | 5.60 | 4.39 | 4.30 | 3.66 |
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