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Papua New Guinea: Fixed telephone subscriptions

1.69per 100 people · 2022+2.3% since 2011

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 Papua New Guinea from 1965 to 2022.

19822022

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
20221.693
20211.658
20201.691
20191.728
20171.721
20161.718
20151.716
20141.702
20131.686
20121.72
20111.654
20101.587
20091.23
20080.931
20070.862
20060.911
20050.975
20041.003
20031.027
20021.048
20011.076
20001.171
19991.12
19981.1
19971.08
19960.972
19950.94
19940.893
19930.91
19920.875
19910.842
19900.775
19890.823
19880.842
19870.845
19860.844
19850.87
19840.83
19830.834
19820.78
19810.806
19800.819
19790.75
19780.695
19770.631
19760.623
19750.626
19740.377
19730.377
19720.377
19710.377
19700.422
19690.172
19680.172
19670.172
19660.172
19650.192

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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