Number of fixed lines rose 13.2% to 0.583 mil in Kuwait in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Kuwait reached an all time high of 0.583 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 0.003 mil in 1960. When compared to Kuwait's main peers, number of fixed lines in Bahrain amounted to 0.273 mil, 2.86 mil in Iraq, 29.0 mil in Iran and 5.38 mil in Saudi Arabia in 2019.
Kuwait has been ranked 89th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 5 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 |
| Bahrain | mil | 0.280 | 0.280 | 0.284 | 0.275 | 0.273 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 30.4 | 30.9 | 31.1 | 30.5 | 29.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 2.00 | 2.03 | 3.24 | 2.71 | 2.86 | ||||||||||||||||
| Jordan | mil | 0.369 | 0.404 | 0.357 | 0.369 | 0.356 | ||||||||||||||||
| Kuwait | mil | 0.480 | 0.533 | 0.542 | 0.516 | 0.583 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 3.54 | 3.10 | 2.94 | 2.93 | 2.78 | ||||||||||||||||
| Qatar | mil | 0.460 | 0.467 | 0.462 | 0.452 | 0.461 | ||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | mil | 3.75 | 4.24 | 4.66 | 5.39 | 5.38 | ||||||||||||||||
| Syria | mil | 3.54 | 3.46 | 2.73 | 2.74 | 2.84 | ||||||||||||||||
| Turkmenistan | mil | 0.648 | 0.665 | 0.682 | 0.682 | 0.717 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| United Arab Emirates | mil | 2.26 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.34 | 2.36 | ||||||||||||||||
| Yemen | mil | 1.14 | 1.17 | 1.19 | 1.19 | 1.24 | ... |
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