Based on a comparison of 174 countries in 2020, Monaco ranked the highest in fixed line penetration as a percentage of population with 111% followed by Malta and France. On the other end of the scale was Somalia with < 0.001%, Sierra Leone with 0.002% and Chad with 0.033%.
Average fixed line penetration as a percentage of population reached 12.3% in 2020 in the World according to World Bank. This is 2.48 % less than in the previous year and -44.2 % 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 5.02% in 1969. The average annual growth amounted to 1.27 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) indicator page.
| Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | % | 40.8% | 41.6% | 40.8% | 42.1% | 42.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | % | 47.9% | 48.1% | 47.8% | 47.6% | 47.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cayman Islands | % | 54.1% | 54.3% | 54.5% | 54.9% | 54.9% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | % | 60.4% | 60.4% | 60.3% | 59.7% | 58.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 57.7% | 55.4% | 55.1% | 53.7% | 51.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 49.7% | 49.3% | 49.0% | 49.0% | 48.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | % | 61.9% | 60.3% | 59.6% | 58.2% | 56.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 49.6% | 49.8% | 50.2% | 50.2% | 49.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 48.9% | 48.9% | 47.7% | 46.5% | 45.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Malta | % | 53.5% | 53.1% | 53.7% | 54.9% | 58.2% | ||||||||||||||||
| Monaco | % | 136% | 130% | 122% | 122% | 112% | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 44.0% | 45.2% | 46.4% | 47.0% | 49.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 58.3% | 56.8% | 55.0% | 52.5% | 50.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 41.1% | 41.5% | 41.8% | 42.0% | 42.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 50.8% | 50.4% | 49.2% | 47.6% | 46.9% |
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