China vs United States: Landline phone subscriptions

China
166.51 million
in 2024
United States
81.55 million
in 2024
China rank
1st
United States rank
2nd

Landline phone subscriptions over time

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  • United States
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How they compare

China currently reports 166.51 million against 81.55 million in United States, a difference of 84.96 million.

That makes China's figure about 2.0 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was United States ahead.

China ranks 1st and United States ranks 2nd of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Landline phone subscriptions
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, 11,803 data points, 1960–2024
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