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Botswana: Fixed telephone subscriptions

3.30per 100 people · 2024-57.7% 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 Botswana from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
20243.299
20233.62
20223.759
20213.906
20205.918
20196.114
20186.197
20176.229
20166.36
20157.284
20147.792
20138.136
20127.611
20117.214
20106.759
20096.903
20087.297
20077.165
20067.044
20057.417
20047.292
20037.4
20028.491
20018.653
20008.102
19997.54
19986.35
19975.45
19964.7
19953.98
19943.46
19933.06
19922.64
19912.43
19902.02
19891.705
19881.444
19871.196
19860.996
19850.929
19840.917
19830.892
19820.83
19810.795
19800.759
19790.716
19780.695
19770.682
19760.652
19750.646
19740.366
19730.366
19720.366
19710.366
19700.388
19690.214
19680.214
19670.214
19660.214
19650.21
19640.08
19630.08
19620.08
19610.08
19600.078

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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