India vs Japan: Landline phone subscriptions

India
39.24 million
in 2024
Japan
59.33 million
in 2023
India rank
4th
Japan rank
3rd

Landline phone subscriptions over time

  • India
  • Japan
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 59.33 million against 39.24 million in India, a difference of 20.09 million.

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

Across all 64 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

India ranks 4th 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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