Number of fixed lines rose 0.279% to 5.09 mil in Portugal in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Portugal reached an all time high of 5.09 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 0.096 mil in 1960. When compared to Portugal's main peers, number of fixed lines in France amounted to 37.8 mil, 1.77 mil in Ireland, 2.05 mil in Morocco and 19.6 mil in Spain in 2019.
Portugal has been ranked 28th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 8 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 |
| Algeria | mil | 3.27 | 3.40 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.64 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | mil | 4.49 | 4.37 | 4.28 | 4.11 | 3.93 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil | 15.6 | 15.2 | 14.5 | 13.8 | 13.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | mil | 1.93 | 1.92 | 1.87 | 1.83 | 1.77 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | 20.2 | 20.3 | 20.7 | 20.4 | 19.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | mil | 0.051 | 0.053 | 0.057 | 0.060 | 0.062 | ||||||||||||||||
| Morocco | mil | 2.22 | 2.07 | 2.05 | 2.20 | 2.05 | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | mil | 4.68 | 4.79 | 4.83 | 5.07 | 5.09 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 19.4 | 19.5 | 19.6 | 19.8 | 19.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | mil | 0.944 | 0.974 | 1.11 | 1.30 | 1.45 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil | 33.2 | 32.6 | 31.8 | 31.5 | 32.7 |
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