Germany vs Japan: Landline phone subscriptions

Germany
38.40 million
in 2024
Japan
59.33 million
in 2023
Germany rank
5th
Japan rank
3rd

Landline phone subscriptions over time

  • Germany
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 59.33 million against 38.40 million in Germany, a difference of 20.93 million.

That makes Japan's figure about 1.5 times Germany's.

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

Germany ranks 5th and Japan ranks 3rd 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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