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Australia: Fixed telephone subscriptions

22.28per 100 people · 2024-42.8% since 2014

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 Australia from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202422.285
202324.472
202224.462
202125.879
202021.191
201924.33
201832.644
201734.208
201634.854
201535.494
201438.948
201344.542
201245.82
201147.033
201047.987
200949.162
200843.845
200746.577
200648.275
200549.866
200451.729
200352.776
200253.074
200151.948
200052.528
199951.6
199851
199750.5
199650.1
199549.2
199449.4
199348.2
199247.1
199146.4
199045.5
198944.176
198842.912
198741.923
198640.603
198539.193
198437.553
198336.349
198235.314
198133.954
198032.249
197930.643
197829.019
197727.527
197626.357
197525.485
197421.137
197321.137
197221.137
197121.137
197021.469
196917.767
196817.767
196717.767
196617.767
196517.695
196415.251
196315.251
196215.251
196115.251
196015.184

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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