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China: Fixed telephone subscriptions

11.73per 100 people · 2024-34.7% 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 China from 1975 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202411.731
202312.612
202212.589
202112.668
202012.756
201913.42
201813.537
201713.719
201614.716
201516.545
201417.971
201319.361
201220.31
201120.96
201021.781
200923.369
200825.518
200727.578
200627.904
200526.751
200423.943
200320.297
200216.647
200114.105
200011.408
19998.63
19986.99
19975.66
19964.46
19953.34
19942.26
19931.45
19920.968
19910.722
19900.594
19890.501
19880.424
19870.356
19860.325
19850.294
19840.266
19830.244
19820.231
19810.223
19800.218
19790.21
19780.202
19770.194
19760.189
19750.185

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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