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Japan: Fixed telephone subscriptions

47.70per 100 people · 2023-4.8% 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 Japan from 1960 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202347.701
202248.401
202148.878
202049.071
201949.521
201849.989
201750.332
201650.433
201550.053
201449.854
201350.123
201250.204
201150.484
201051.191
200952.105
200837.787
200740
200643.774
200545.385
200446.636
200347.167
200247.67
200148.189
200048.774
199948.9
199849.3
199752.1
199650.8
199549.6
199448.4
199347.1
199246.4
199145.4
199044.2
198942.552
198840.994
198739.601
198638.429
198537.401
198436.489
198335.794
198234.846
198134.021
198033.95
197933.067
197832.134
197731.227
197630.314
197528.802
197415.632
197315.632
197215.632
197115.632
197015.56
19697.516
19687.516
19677.516
19667.516
19657.439
19643.878
19633.878
19623.878
19613.878
19603.846

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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