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United States: Fixed telephone subscriptions

23.61per 100 people · 2024-40.6% 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 States from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202423.608
202324.697
202226.63
202128.579
202029.991
201931.508
201832.93
201735.008
201636.862
201538.282
201439.768
201341.621
201243.705
201145.628
201048.11
200949.63
200853.37
200752.483
200656.057
200559.233
200460.69
200363.1
200265.921
200167.388
200068.392
199968
199865.1
199763.6
199661.5
199559.5
199457.8
199356.4
199255.2
199154.4
199053.7
198953.685
198852.453
198751.194
198649.803
198549.325
198448.354
198348.011
198247.157
198146.779
198042.252
197941.397
197840.587
197739.652
197638.825
197538.109
197432.952
197332.952
197232.952
197132.952
197034.463
196929.183
196829.183
196729.183
196629.183
196530.726
196426.387
196326.387
196226.387
196126.387
196027.964

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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