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Malawi: Fixed telephone subscriptions

0.02per 100 people · 2024-80.3% 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 Malawi from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
20240.022
20230.023
20220.046
20210.062
20200.064
20190.069
20180.081
20170.096
20160.064
20150.085
20140.114
20130.208
20121.447
20111.136
20101.026
20090.773
20080.797
20071.291
20060.985
20050.8
20040.744
20030.698
20020.615
20010.471
20000.41
19990.376
19980.346
19970.348
19960.343
19950.338
19940.325
19930.319
19920.304
19910.29
19900.279
19890.283
19880.27
19870.271
19860.268
19850.26
19840.248
19830.242
19820.242
19810.237
19800.232
19790.218
19780.203
19770.191
19760.175
19750.165
19740.128
19730.128
19720.128
19710.128
19700.13
19690.094
19680.094
19670.094
19660.094
19650.095
19640.096
19630.096
19620.096
19610.096
19600.097

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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