Based on a comparison of 174 countries in 2021, Monaco ranked the highest in fixed line penetration as a percentage of population with 117% followed by France and Cayman Islands. On the other end of the scale was Sierra Leone with 0.003%, Chad with 0.032% and Central African Republic with 0.037%.
Average fixed line penetration as a percentage of population reached 11.4% in 2021 in the World according to World Bank. This is 1.52 % less than in the previous year and -49.5 % less than 10 years ago.
Historically, average fixed line penetration as a percentage of population reached an all time high of 19.3% in 2005 and an all time low of 5.02% in 1969. The average annual growth amounted to 1.11 % since 1960.
Data for more countries are available at Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) indicator page.
| Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Austria | % | 41.8% | 40.8% | 42.2% | 42.3% | 41.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Belarus | % | 46.8% | 46.5% | 46.4% | 46.3% | 46.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cayman Islands | % | 55.1% | 54.8% | 54.7% | 54.9% | 54.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| France | % | 61.0% | 61.0% | 60.4% | 59.3% | 58.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | % | 55.3% | 55.0% | 53.7% | 51.3% | 48.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | % | 48.7% | 48.4% | 48.4% | 48.1% | 45.5% | ||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | % | 58.5% | 58.1% | 57.0% | 56.1% | 53.8% | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | % | 50.1% | 50.5% | 50.5% | 50.2% | 49.9% | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | % | 48.6% | 47.4% | 46.2% | 45.0% | 43.1% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Malta | % | 50.4% | 50.1% | 50.1% | 52.0% | 51.0% | ||||||||||||||||
| Monaco | % | 134% | 126% | 127% | 117% | 119% | ||||||||||||||||
| Portugal | % | 45.2% | 46.3% | 46.9% | 49.3% | 49.4% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Korea | % | 56.6% | 54.6% | 52.1% | 50.1% | 47.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | % | 41.7% | 41.9% | 42.0% | 42.2% | 41.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | % | 50.9% | 49.7% | 48.1% | 47.4% | 49.0% |
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