Countries with the Most Landline Phones 2024
Source:
World Bank
Key Findings
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Monaco leads in Fixed Telephone Lines (per 100 People) with 95.48 in 2024.
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Average Fixed Telephone Lines (per 100 People) in 2024: 45.49 · median: 42.38.
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Gap in 2024: Monaco is 3.1× larger than Iran.
About This Dataset
Countries with the Most Landline Phones 2024
Countries ranked by fixed telephone lines (per 100 people) in 2024, using World Bank figures for the 146 countries that reported that year. Monaco leads on 95.48, ahead of Andorra (64.95) and British Virgin Islands (61.93). Fixed telephone lines per 100 people. The measure is falling almost everywhere as mobile replaces it, so the ranking now describes where copper networks were built rather than where communication is strongest.
Analysis
Monaco (95.48), Andorra (64.95) and British Virgin Islands (61.93) take the top three. Across the twenty shown, values run from 95.48 down to 30.83, a spread of 64.65. Monaco is 1.47 times Andorra, the country in second place. 4 of the 20 reach half the leading figure, 47.74 or more. The chart shows the twenty highest of 146 reporting countries, so it describes the top of the distribution rather than the world average.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- World Bank
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 2024 · 20 observations
- Measure
- Fixed Telephone Lines (per 100 People)
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value in 2024.
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