France vs Japan: Landline phone subscriptions per 100 people

France
56.11 per 100 people
in 2023
Japan
47.7 per 100 people
in 2023
France rank
5th
Japan rank
8th

Landline phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

  • France
  • Japan
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How they compare

France currently reports 56.11 per 100 people against 47.7 per 100 people in Japan, a difference of 8.41 per 100 people.

That makes France's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1960 it was France ahead.

France ranks 5th and Japan ranks 8th of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Landline phone subscriptions per 100 people
Unit
per 100 people
Source
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 11,787 data points, 1960–2024
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