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Nigeria: Fixed telephone subscriptions

0.04per 100 people · 2024-55.2% 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 Nigeria from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
20240.044
20230.049
20220.043
20210.049
20200.05
20190.051
20180.069
20170.07
20160.079
20150.098
20140.099
20130.199
20120.237
20110.42
20100.63
20090.915
20080.83
20071.031
20061.132
20050.844
20040.728
20030.648
20020.526
20010.462
20000.438
19990.385
19980.366
19970.346
19960.363
19950.366
19940.342
19930.326
19920.313
19910.295
19900.298
19890.27
19880.261
19870.258
19860.251
19850.244
19840.237
19830.23
19820.196
19810.217
19740.046
19730.046
19720.046
19710.046
19690.046
19680.046
19670.046
19660.046
19640.046
19630.046
19620.046
19610.046
19600.046

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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