Number of fixed lines rose 0% to 1.18 mil in Dem. People's Republic of Korea in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Dem. People's Republic of Korea reached an all time high of 1.18 mil in 2018 and an all time low of 0.500 mil in 1983. When compared to Dem. People's Republic of Korea's main peers, number of fixed lines in China amounted to 191 mil, 62.7 mil in Japan, 24.7 mil in South Korea and 3.66 mil in Vietnam in 2019.
Dem. People's Republic of Korea has been ranked 70th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 2 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 |
| Cambodia | mil | 0.256 | 0.227 | 0.133 | 0.088 | 0.056 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 231 | 207 | 194 | 192 | 191 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. People's Republic of Korea | mil | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.18 | 1.18 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 25.5 | 24.4 | 23.2 | 21.9 | 21.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 63.7 | 64.1 | 64.0 | 63.4 | 62.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | mil | 0.962 | 1.27 | 1.13 | 1.48 | 1.45 | ||||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 35.6 | 32.3 | 32.0 | 30.1 | 27.7 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| South Korea | mil | 28.9 | 28.0 | 26.8 | 25.9 | 24.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | mil | 5.31 | 4.71 | 9.96 | 6.06 | 5.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 125 | 121 | 116 | 110 | 106 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | mil | 7.32 | 5.60 | 4.39 | 4.30 | 3.66 |
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