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Afghanistan: Fixed telephone subscriptions

0.44per 100 people · 2023+44.9% since 2013

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 1960 to 2023.

19792023

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
20230.439
20220.4
20210.364
20200.373
20190.356
20180.348
20170.333
20160.329
20150.325
20140.311
20130.303
20120.295
20110.046
20100.059
20090.019
20030.161
20020.155
20010.143
20000.144
19990.146
19980.151
19970.157
19960.163
19950.17
19940.178
19930.194
19920.218
19910.302
19900.301
19890.328
19880.327
19870.32
19860.306
19850.295
19840.293
19830.291
19820.278
19810.284
19800.207
19790.195
19780.196
19770.175
19760.179
19750.177
19740.143
19730.143
19720.143
19710.143
19700.149
19690.093
19680.093
19670.093
19660.093
19650.097
19640.086
19630.086
19620.086
19610.086
19600.089

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Fixed telephone subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-fixed-telephone-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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