Number of fixed lines fell 10.4% to 0.619 mil in Bulgaria in 2023, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Bulgaria reached an all time high of 2.89 mil in 2001 and an all time low of 0.619 mil in 2023. When compared to Bulgaria's main peers, number of fixed lines in Greece amounted to 5.09 mil, 1.96 mil in Romania, 2.48 mil in Serbia and 9.93 mil in Turkey in 2023.
Bulgaria has been ranked 74th within the group of 141 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 15 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Number of Fixed Lines | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Albania | mil | 0.247 | 0.249 | 0.243 | 0.223 | 0.198 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | mil | 0.759 | 0.741 | 0.728 | 0.707 | 0.689 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bulgaria | mil | 1.29 | 1.12 | 0.975 | 0.873 | 0.788 | ||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | mil | 1.40 | 1.36 | 1.33 | 1.30 | 1.27 | ||||||||||||||||
| Greece | mil | 5.18 | 5.11 | 4.81 | 4.86 | 4.91 | ||||||||||||||||
| Hungary | mil | 3.13 | 3.08 | 3.05 | 2.97 | 2.96 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iran | mil | 31.1 | 30.5 | 29.0 | 29.1 | 29.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iraq | mil | 3.24 | 2.71 | 2.86 | 2.70 | 2.54 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Macedonia | mil | 0.367 | 0.383 | 0.400 | 0.415 | 0.426 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Moldova | mil | 1.14 | 1.11 | 1.07 | 1.03 | 1.00 | ||||||||||||||||
| Romania | mil | 3.89 | 3.66 | 3.38 | 3.03 | 2.61 | ||||||||||||||||
| Serbia | mil | ... | 2.61 | 2.57 | 2.57 | 2.57 | 2.54 | |||||||||||||||
| Turkey | mil | 11.3 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 12.4 | 12.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | mil | 7.19 | 6.07 | 4.18 | 3.31 | 2.28 |
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