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Lao People's Democratic Republic: Fixed telephone subscriptions

16.10per 100 people · 2023+51.7% 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic from 1960 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202316.096
202217.536
202117.445
202018.58
201920.079
201820.795
201716.037
201618.333
201514.151
201413.736
201310.614
20126.903
20111.675
20101.628
20091.606
20082.078
20071.566
20061.545
20051.547
20041.297
20031.224
20021.103
20010.953
20000.753
19990.657
19980.543
19970.477
19960.386
19950.337
19940.377
19930.184
19920.187
19910.164
19900.16
19890.149
19880.159
19870.157
19860.159
19850.159
19840.159
19830.158
19820.156
19810.163
19800.167
19790.17
19780.173
19770.182
19760.186
19750.179
19740.041
19730.041
19720.041
19710.041
19700.041
19690.042
19680.042
19670.042
19660.042
19650.042
19640.035
19630.035
19620.035
19610.035
19600.035

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Fixed telephone subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-fixed-telephone-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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