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Zambia: Fixed telephone subscriptions

0.35per 100 people · 2024-52.0% 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 Zambia from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
20240.346
20230.392
20220.478
20210.336
20200.377
20190.522
20180.559
20170.582
20160.6
20150.708
20140.72
20130.752
20120.553
20110.594
20100.848
20090.67
20080.696
20070.731
20060.77
20050.808
20040.809
20030.805
20020.823
20010.83
20000.832
19990.853
19980.819
19970.838
19960.866
19950.874
19940.93
19930.931
19920.928
19910.864
19900.836
19890.878
19880.802
19870.718
19860.684
19850.655
19840.645
19830.596
19820.596
19810.592
19800.571
19790.553
19780.556
19770.564
19760.555
19750.576
19740.555
19730.555
19720.555
19710.555
19700.542
19690.479
19680.479
19670.479
19660.479
19650.467
19640.488
19630.488
19620.488
19610.488
19600.481

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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