Number of fixed lines fell 20.6% to 0.872 mil in Sweden in 2023, according to World Bank.
Historically, number of fixed lines in Sweden reached an all time high of 6.39 mil in 1998 and an all time low of 0.872 mil in 2023.
Sweden has been ranked 66th within the group of 141 countries we follow in terms of number of fixed lines, 26 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 |
| Australia | mil | 8.46 | 8.20 | 6.20 | 5.46 | 6.72 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 194 | 192 | 191 | 182 | 181 | ||||||||||||||||
| Denmark | mil | 1.10 | 1.12 | 1.00 | 0.734 | 0.729 | ||||||||||||||||
| Finland | mil | 0.378 | 0.323 | 0.269 | 0.225 | 0.207 | ||||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 44.4 | 42.5 | 38.3 | 38.4 | 38.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | mil | 0.146 | 0.125 | 0.116 | 0.107 | 0.100 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 11.1 | 8.30 | 9.66 | 9.66 | 9.02 | ||||||||||||||||
| Japan | mil | 64.0 | 63.4 | 62.7 | 62.0 | 61.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | mil | 6.55 | 5.90 | 5.56 | 4.94 | 5.02 | ||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | mil | 1.79 | 1.07 | 0.967 | 0.844 | 0.908 | ||||||||||||||||
| Norway | mil | 0.687 | 0.565 | 0.445 | 0.349 | 0.234 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | mil | 0.158 | 0.158 | 0.166 | 0.166 | 0.166 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Russia | mil | 32.0 | 30.1 | 27.7 | 25.9 | 23.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sweden | mil | 2.62 | 2.16 | 1.75 | 1.48 | 1.26 | ||||||||||||||||
| USA | mil | 116 | 110 | 106 | 102 | 97.2 |
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