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Somalia: Fixed telephone subscriptions

0.30per 100 people · 2023-46.7% since 2012

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 Somalia from 1960 to 2023.

19832023

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
20230.3
20220.511
20210.527
20200.547
20190.568
20180.484
20160.335
20150.369
20140.429
20130.497
20120.562
20110.729
20100.816
20090.836
20080.857
20070.883
20060.911
20050.939
20040.973
20031.009
20020.366
20010.38
20000.283
19990.283
19980.282
19970.192
19960.199
19950.206
19940.213
19930.225
19920.231
19910.22
19900.212
19890.213
19880.209
19870.21
19860.217
19850.121
19840.126
19830.13
19820.134
19810.135
19740.045
19730.045
19720.045
19710.045
19690.045
19680.045
19670.045
19660.045
19640.045
19630.045
19620.045
19610.045
19600.044

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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