France vs India: Landline phone subscriptions

France
37.28 million
in 2023
India
39.24 million
in 2024
France rank
6th
India rank
4th

Landline phone subscriptions over time

  • France
  • India
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How they compare

India currently reports 39.24 million against 37.28 million in France, a difference of 1.95 million.

That makes India's figure about 1.1 times France's.

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

France ranks 6th and India ranks 4th 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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