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United Kingdom: Fixed telephone subscriptions

34.38per 100 people · 2024-32.9% 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 United Kingdom from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202434.385
202339.131
202244.072
202147.133
202048.596
201948.797
201847.206
201747.876
201649.525
201550.796
201451.241
201351.847
201251.903
201152.358
201053.025
200953.604
200855.124
200754.378
200655.443
200556.222
200457.465
200357.757
200258.343
200158.324
200059.651
199957.8
199856
199754.5
199652.6
199550.6
199448.9
199347.2
199245.9
199145
199044.2
198943.446
198841.684
198739.883
198638.304
198537.383
198436.321
198335.169
198234.085
198133.33
198032.242
197930.793
197829.086
197726.794
197624.812
197523.513
197416.578
197316.578
197216.578
197116.578
197016.555
196912.046
196812.046
196712.046
196612.046
196512.049
19649.618
19639.618
19629.618
19619.618
19609.586

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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