Landline phone subscriptions, per square kilometre by country
Landline phone subscriptions divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
212
Highest
20,754 units per square kilometre
Monaco
Lowest
0 units per square kilometre
Chad
Median
5.74 units per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,974
What the numbers show
Landline phone subscriptions, per square kilometre is currently reported for 212 countries. The highest value is 20,754 units per square kilometre in Monaco; the lowest is 0 units per square kilometre in Chad.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.74 units per square kilometre, and the mean is 179.15 units per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 147 fell. The largest increase was in Uzbekistan (up 204.0%), and the largest decrease in Chad (down 100.0%).
Landline phone subscriptions, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 20,754 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Hong Kong | 3,321 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Singapore | 2,647 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Macao | 2,638 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 1,716 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 25.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Malta | 812.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Bermuda | 464.07 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Bahrain | 327.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Barbados | 282.13 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 10 | San Marino | 266.67 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 11 | Mauritius | 232.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 12 | South Korea | 227 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 13 | United States Virgin Islands | 216.67 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 14 | Aruba | 191.94 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 15 | British Virgin Islands | 162.96 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 102.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Japan | 162.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 17 | Cayman Islands | 149.05 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 18 | Guam | 132.05 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Netherlands | 126.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.2% | rising |
| 20 | Israel | 118.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 21 | United Kingdom | 111.09 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 22 | Germany | 110.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 23 | Andorra | 109.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Curacao | 103.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 101.02 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 26 | Belgium | 90.72 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 27 | Lebanon | 90.37 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 28 | Puerto Rico | 85.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 29 | Switzerland | 72.75 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.4% | rising |
| 30 | Tuvalu | 70.43 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 31 | France | 69.17 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | volatile |
| 32 | Italy | 67.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 33 | Liechtenstein | 64.25 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 34 | Palestine | 63.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 35 | Antigua and Barbuda | 62.09 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Trinidad and Tobago | 60.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 37 | Portugal | 60.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 60.01 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 39 | Saint Lucia | 50.23 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 16.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Grenada | 49.97 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 38.7% | volatile |
| 41 | American Samoa | 48.47 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 42 | Qatar | 45.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Austria | 43.68 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 44 | Maldives | 43.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 45 | El Salvador | 42.45 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Jamaica | 42.36 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 83.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Northern Mariana Islands | 42.33 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 48 | Seychelles | 40.1 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Greece | 37.83 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Spain | 36.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Kuwait | 32.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Slovenia | 32.13 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.9% | rising |
| 53 | United Arab Emirates | 31.8 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Serbia | 29.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 55 | Hungary | 29.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Cyprus | 29.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Sri Lanka | 27.59 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 26.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 59 | Moldova | 25.73 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 60 | Malaysia | 25.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.2% | volatile |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 23.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Brunei | 23.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 71.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Croatia | 21.5 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | flat |
| 64 | Belarus | 20.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 19.79 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 66 | China | 19.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 67 | French Polynesia | 19.01 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Denmark | 18.46 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.7% | rising |
| 69 | Guatemala | 18.11 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Iran | 17.89 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 17.77 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.0% | flat |
| 72 | Ireland | 17.08 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Poland | 16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Czechia | 15.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.9% | falling |
| 75 | Philippines | 15.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Syria | 15.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Cuba | 15.31 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Cape Verde | 14.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Mexico | 14.81 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Montenegro | 14.15 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 81 | Uzbekistan | 13.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 204.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Palau | 13.38 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 16.0% | flat |
| 83 | Turkey | 12.9 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Egypt | 12.53 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Costa Rica | 12.38 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Tunisia | 11.99 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 82.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.98 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 88 | Armenia | 11.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.2% | falling |
| 89 | Faroe Islands | 10.91 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 90 | Marshall Islands | 10.82 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 91 | Slovakia | 10.51 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 92 | Panama | 10.43 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 93 | India | 10.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | volatile |
| 94 | Dominica | 9.95 units per square kilometre | 2021 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 95 | North Korea | 9.8 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 96 | Bahamas | 9.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 97 | United States | 9.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 36.3% | rising |
| 98 | Micronesia (country) | 9.25 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 22.9% | flat |
| 99 | Romania | 8.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Thailand | 8.02 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Vietnam | 7.39 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Uruguay | 6.88 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 103 | Colombia | 6.56 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 104 | Morocco | 6.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Albania | 6.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Ecuador | 5.78 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.1% | volatile |
| 107 | Bulgaria | 5.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.1% | falling |
| 108 | Estonia | 5.58 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 109 | Jordan | 5.55 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 30.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Iraq | 5.51 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Laos | 5.35 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 75.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Indonesia | 4.84 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Comoros | 4.74 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 114 | Tonga | 4.56 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 89.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Gambia | 4.32 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.27 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 117 | Fiji | 4.26 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Nepal | 4.21 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Georgia | 4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 76.8% | rising |
| 120 | Honduras | 3.97 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Lithuania | 3.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 122 | Latvia | 3.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.2% | falling |
| 123 | Pakistan | 3.34 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 124 | Saudi Arabia | 3.16 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 37.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Brazil | 3.06 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Venezuela | 2.71 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 69.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Chile | 2.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.9% | volatile |
| 128 | Algeria | 2.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.9% | volatile |
| 129 | Argentina | 2.57 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 130 | New Caledonia | 2.55 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 41.8% | volatile |
| 131 | New Zealand | 2.52 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 64.2% | rising |
| 132 | Ukraine | 2.48 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 87.9% | falling |
| 133 | Eswatini | 2.44 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Bangladesh | 2.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Sweden | 2.14 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.8% | flat |
| 136 | Senegal | 2.07 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 137 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.04 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 138 | Nicaragua | 1.95 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.9% | volatile |
| 139 | Cameroon | 1.9 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 21.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Oman | 1.87 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 1.66 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 45.5% | rising |
| 142 | Samoa | 1.64 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 43.8% | rising |
| 143 | Turkmenistan | 1.57 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 144 | Ghana | 1.4 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Yemen | 1.38 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 34.1% | volatile |
| 146 | Canada | 1.29 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 31.9% | rising |
| 147 | Togo | 1.28 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.6% | volatile |
| 148 | Russia | 1.27 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.6% | rising |
| 149 | Djibouti | 1.24 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Peru | 1.18 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 151 | South Africa | 1.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Kazakhstan | 0.9953 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 38.8% | rising |
| 153 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.967 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.8% | falling |
| 154 | Myanmar | 0.9005 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.0% | volatile |
| 155 | Australia | 0.8415 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 37.5% | rising |
| 156 | Iceland | 0.8181 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.2% | rising |
| 157 | Suriname | 0.8031 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 51.8% | volatile |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 0.8004 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Belize | 0.7806 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.7685 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Ethiopia | 0.7391 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Libya | 0.6923 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 163 | Uganda | 0.654 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Guyana | 0.5854 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 25.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Eritrea | 0.5629 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 13.4% | rising |
| 166 | Burundi | 0.5593 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Finland | 0.5198 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 79.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Paraguay | 0.519 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Bhutan | 0.4827 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.406 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 23.4% | volatile |
| 171 | Bolivia | 0.3901 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 172 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3813 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Rwanda | 0.3389 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 81.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Mongolia | 0.3091 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 173.9% | volatile |
| 175 | Burkina Faso | 0.3014 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 0.279 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 90.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Vanuatu | 0.2595 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 178 | Mali | 0.2515 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Solomon Islands | 0.2493 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 180 | Lesotho | 0.2418 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Norway | 0.2205 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 93.5% | volatile |
| 182 | Gabon | 0.2117 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 183.4% | rising |
| 183 | Cambodia | 0.1854 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.2% | volatile |
| 184 | Botswana | 0.1584 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Niger | 0.1354 units per square kilometre | 2023 | up 70.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Nigeria | 0.1229 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 187 | East Timor | 0.12 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.5% | falling |
| 188 | Kenya | 0.1168 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Zambia | 0.1093 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Namibia | 0.0985 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Somalia | 0.0877 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 14.1% | volatile |
| 192 | Tanzania | 0.0855 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 54.1% | volatile |
| 193 | Sudan | 0.0834 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Angola | 0.0695 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 195 | Liberia | 0.0649 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 54.5% | flat |
| 196 | Congo | 0.0515 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 197 | Malawi | 0.051 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 198 | Haiti | 0.0492 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 97.3% | volatile |
| 199 | Mozambique | 0.0385 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 61.0% | volatile |
| 200 | Mauritania | 0.0293 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 201 | Kiribati | 0.021 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.7% | volatile |
| 202 | Benin | 0.0127 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 99.1% | volatile |
| 203 | Greenland | 0.0122 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 73.6% | volatile |
| 204 | Madagascar | 0.0059 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 97.7% | volatile |
| 205 | Sierra Leone | 0.0037 units per square kilometre | 2022 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 206 | Central African Republic | 0.0034 units per square kilometre | 2022 | up 153.7% | volatile |
| 207 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Guinea | 0 units per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 units per square kilometre | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Nauru | 0 units per square kilometre | 2022 | — | falling |
| 207 | South Sudan | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 207 | Chad | 0 units per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Landline phone subscriptions divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Landline phone subscriptions ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Landline phone subscriptions International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Landline phone subscriptions divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.