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South Africa: Fixed telephone subscriptions

1.58per 100 people · 2024-75.9% 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 South Africa from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
20241.583
20232.141
20222.099
20212.394
20203.466
20193.398
20185.708
20178.346
20167.899
20157.283
20146.561
20137.088
20129.012
20119.159
20109.287
20099.411
20089.537
20079.662
20069.778
20059.893
200410.008
200310.124
200210.24
200110.353
200010.521
199911.8
199811
199710.2
19969.44
19958.99
19948.58
19938.3
19928.15
19918.24
19908.14
19897.966
19887.664
19877.388
19867.262
19856.808
19846.57
19836.502
19826.243
19815.916
19805.539
19795.255
19785.003
19774.816
19764.641
19754.484
19744.15
19734.15
19724.15
19714.15
19704.095
19693.895
19683.895
19673.895
19663.895
19653.935
19643.801
19633.801
19623.801
19613.801
19603.935

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 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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