Number of fixed lines rose 1.03% to 1.17 mil in Uruguay in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Uruguay reached an all time high of 1.17 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 0.110 mil in 1960. When compared to Uruguay's main peers, number of fixed lines in Argentina amounted to 7.76 mil, 33.7 mil in Brazil, 2.75 mil in Chile and 0.273 mil in Paraguay in 2019.
Uruguay has been ranked 71st within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 9 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 |
| Argentina | mil | 10.1 | 10.2 | 9.74 | 9.76 | 7.76 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bolivia | mil | 0.881 | 0.867 | 0.851 | 0.712 | 0.652 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | mil | 43.7 | 42.0 | 40.4 | 38.3 | 33.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | mil | 3.45 | 3.38 | 3.20 | 3.00 | 2.75 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | mil | 0.345 | 0.350 | 0.294 | 0.303 | 0.273 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | mil | 2.91 | 3.07 | 3.08 | 2.89 | 2.62 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | mil | 1.11 | 1.11 | 1.14 | 1.15 | 1.17 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | mil | 7.78 | 7.66 | 5.93 | 5.55 | 5.35 |
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