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Sao Tome and Principe: Fixed telephone subscriptions

0.76per 100 people · 2024-78.1% 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 Sao Tome and Principe from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
20240.756
20230.848
20221.105
20211.18
20201.283
20192.242
20182.521
20172.691
20162.815
20153.216
20143.456
20133.612
20124.241
20114.288
20104.293
20094.326
20084.398
20074.51
20064.584
20054.4
20044.47
20034.531
20024.246
20013.717
20003.204
19993.18
19983.05
19973.1
19961.9
19951.85
19941.85
19931.83
19921.84
19911.76
19901.79
19891.873
19881.956
19871.897
19861.836
19851.758
19841.689
19831.515
19821.211
19810.805
19780.648
19770.664
19760.568
19750.581
19740.547
19730.547
19720.547
19710.547
19690.547
19680.547
19670.547
19660.547
19640.547
19630.547
19620.547
19610.547
19600.517

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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