Number of fixed lines rose 5.70% to 2.86 mil in Iraq in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Iraq reached an all time high of 3.24 mil in 2017 and an all time low of 0.092 mil in 1970. When compared to Iraq's main peers, number of fixed lines in Iran amounted to 29.0 mil, 0.583 mil in Kuwait, 5.38 mil in Saudi Arabia and 2.84 mil in Syria in 2019.
Iraq has been ranked 45th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 17 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 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Lebanon | mil | 1.01 | 1.82 | 0.908 | 0.894 | 0.882 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Pakistan | mil | 3.54 | 3.10 | 2.94 | 2.93 | 2.78 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||
Turkey | mil | 11.5 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||
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 | ... |