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Costa Rica: Fixed telephone subscriptions

11.90per 100 people · 2024-35.6% 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 Costa Rica from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202411.9
202312.382
20229.667
20219.95
202011.121
201912.807
201815.487
201716.56
201617.225
201517.84
201418.485
201320.535
201221.336
201122.381
201023.275
200933.326
200832.381
200732.799
200630.766
200532.584
200431.98
200328.009
200225.468
200123.571
200022.824
199920.8
199819.6
199718.5
199614.5
199513.5
199412.5
199310.8
19929.95
19919.52
19909.02
19898.834
19888.547
19878.221
19867.539
19857.575
19847.509
19837.43
19827.392
19816.875
19806.519
19795.687
19785.384
19774.772
19764.189
19753.835
19742.165
19732.165
19722.165
19712.165
19702.156
19691.256
19681.256
19671.256
19661.256
19651.248
19640.751
19630.751
19620.751
19610.751
19600.743

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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