Number of fixed lines rose 0.219% to 7.45 mil in Malaysia in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Malaysia reached an all time high of 7.45 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 0.048 mil in 1960. When compared to Malaysia's main peers, number of fixed lines in Cambodia amounted to 0.056 mil, 1.91 mil in Singapore, 5.42 mil in Thailand and 3.66 mil in Vietnam in 2019.
Malaysia has been ranked 21st within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 14 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 10.4 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 8.30 | 9.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | mil | 0.962 | 1.27 | 1.13 | 1.48 | 1.45 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | mil | 4.49 | 4.84 | 6.58 | 7.43 | 7.41 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | mil | 0.515 | 0.514 | 0.556 | 0.521 | 0.523 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | mil | 3.22 | 3.78 | 4.16 | 4.13 | 4.26 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | mil | 2.02 | 2.00 | 1.99 | 2.00 | 1.91 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | mil | 5.31 | 4.71 | 9.96 | 6.06 | 5.42 | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | mil | 7.32 | 5.60 | 4.39 | 4.30 | 3.66 |
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