Based on a comparison of 174 countries in 2018, Monaco ranked the highest in fixed line penetration as a percentage of population with 121% followed by France and Hong Kong. On the other end of the scale was Taiwan with 0%, Somalia with < 0.001% and Central African Republic with 0.043%.
Average fixed line penetration as a percentage of population reached 12.7% in 2018 in the World according to World Bank. This is 2.82 % less than in the previous year and -46.2 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average fixed line penetration as a percentage of population reached an all time high of 19.4% in 2005 and an all time low of 6.00% in 1975. The average annual growth amounted to 1.56 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) indicator page.
| Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) | Unit | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |
| Belarus | % | 44.4% | 46.5% | 47.1% | 47.6% | 47.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cayman Islands | % | 65.8% | 65.0% | 62.9% | 55.6% | 55.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| France | % | 63.7% | 62.4% | 61.1% | 60.5% | 60.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 63.5% | 61.8% | 59.9% | 57.7% | 55.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 50.3% | 48.0% | 47.6% | 47.2% | 46.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | % | 61.5% | 61.7% | 61.8% | 61.4% | 59.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | % | 59.1% | 55.3% | 51.4% | 52.2% | 50.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 50.3% | 50.0% | 49.9% | 49.6% | 49.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 53.7% | 50.1% | 49.1% | 48.7% | 48.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | % | 55.5% | 54.6% | 54.7% | 54.1% | 53.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Monaco | % | 119% | 121% | 123% | 133% | 128% | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 42.8% | 43.1% | 43.0% | 43.8% | 44.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 59.2% | 60.3% | 60.5% | 58.5% | 57.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | % | 61.8% | 58.8% | 56.5% | 53.2% | 49.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 52.1% | 51.7% | 51.6% | 51.1% | 50.8% |
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