Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | Telephone lines (per 100 people)
Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.
| year | value |
|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.50780672 |
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| 1970 | 0.62881236 |
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| 1975 | 0.71336713 |
| 1976 | 0.70448217 |
| 1977 | 0.737459 |
| 1978 | 0.80018155 |
| 1979 | 0.83491639 |
| 1980 | 0.8663965 |
| 1981 | 0.71094156 |
| 1982 | 0.74181082 |
| 1983 | 0.77432119 |
| 1984 | 0.78718908 |
| 1985 | 0.81446492 |
| 1986 | 0.86175537 |
| 1987 | 0.88525322 |
| 1988 | 0.91831095 |
| 1989 | 0.95715482 |
| 1990 | 1.00238568 |
| 1991 | 1.02059389 |
| 1992 | 1.01220846 |
| 1993 | 1.0317721 |
| 1994 | 1.06378906 |
| 1995 | 1.11316351 |
| 1996 | 1.16651333 |
| 1997 | 1.24064306 |
| 1998 | 1.33482542 |
| 1999 | 1.42796207 |
| 2000 | 1.39406447 |
| 2001 | 1.41703822 |
| 2002 | 1.45289298 |
| 2003 | 1.50112119 |
| 2004 | 1.52988177 |
| 2005 | 1.47783328 |
| 2006 | 1.53355315 |
| 2007 | 1.51918409 |
| 2008 | 1.47144941 |
| 2009 | 1.53506419 |
| 2010 | 1.46531075 |
| 2011 | 1.39712818 |
| 2012 |
Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) | Telephone lines (per 100 people)
Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.