Year | Number of telephone main lines, thousandsa | Outgoing phonecalls, million |
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1960 | 243.4 | 538.2 |
1961 | 255.0 | 558.3 |
1962 | 265.7 | 572.3 |
1963 | 276.9 | 596.1 |
1964 | 291.4 | 606.4 |
1965 | 303.8 | 553.3 |
1966 | 319.2 | 569.8 |
1967 | 336.9 | 596.9 |
1968 | 360.0 | 618.1 |
1969 | 382.6 | 645.1 |
1970 | 399.1 | 638.8 |
1971 | 424.1 | 696.4 |
1972 | 451.2 | 765.2 |
1973 | 470.6 | 719.9 |
1974 | 493.6 | 762.4 |
1975 | 508.0 | 765.4 |
1976 | 516.6 | 714.3 |
1977 | 523.0 | 802.0 |
1978 | 533.3 | 1,033.8 |
1979 | 560.6 | 871.6 |
1980 | 617.2 | 915.5 |
1981 | 636.6 | 952.0 |
1982 | 655.3 | 989.8 |
1983 | 676.4 | 1,021.8 |
1984 | 705.4 | 1,048.5 |
1985 | 738.8 | 1,042.0 |
1986 | 770.2 | 1,105.5 |
1987 | 812.7 | 1,184.8 |
1988 | 858.2 | 1,237.9 |
1989 | 915.9 | 1,242.1 |
1990 | 995.8 | 1,300.8 |
1991 | 1,129.1 | 1,456.1 |
1992 | 1,292.1 | 1,638.1 |
1993 | 1,497.6 | 1,838.9 |
1994 | 1,785.4 | 2,349.9 |
1995 | 2,157.2 | 2,922.0 |
1996 | 2,651.2 | 3,433.0 |
1997 | 3,095.3 | 3,788.7 |
1998 | 3,385.1 | 4,143.9 |
1999 | 3,609.1 | 4,250.3 |
2000 | 3,799.1 | 4,223.0 |
2001 | 3,745.6 | 3,921.2 |
2002 | 3,670.0 | 3,727.8 |
2003 | 3,607.0 | 3,537.0 |
2004 | 3,569.7 | 3,258.0 |
2005 | 3,453.1 | 2,999.4 |
2006 | 3,364.9 | 2,636.2 |
2007 | 3,281.5 | 2,200.0 |
2008 | 3,114.9 | 1,981.4 |
2009 | 3,110.4b |
1,783.8b |
2010 | 2,933.0 | 1,678.0 |
2011 | 2,908.5 | 1,599.1 |
2012 | 2,927.4 | 1,425.6 |
2013 | 2,919.1 | 1,344.1 |
2014 | 3,011.6 | 1,187.8 |
2015 | 3,081.8 | 1,060.8 |
2016 | 3,155.2 | 946.5 |
2017 | 3,171.4 | 856.6 |
2018 | 3,230.0 | 761.1 |
2019 | 3,182.6 | 661.6 |
2020 | 3,085.4 | 603.1 |
2021 | 2,956.0 | 528.9 |
2022 | 2,845.4 | 440.6 |
a | From 1995 including the number of ISDN channels. |
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b | From 2009, fixed broadband VoIP channels (via DSL or optic cable) are included here. |