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Informations about Telephones - main lines in use in 2001 year

	Afghanistan	29,000 (1996) note: there were 21,000 main lines in service in Kabul in 1998
	Albania	87,000 (1997)
	Algeria	2.3 million (1998)
	American Samoa	13,000 (1997)
	Andorra	32,946 (December 1998)
	Angola	62,000 (1997)
	Anguilla	5,000 (1997)
	Antarctica	0 note: information for US bases only (2001)
	Antigua and Barbuda	28,000 (1996)
	Argentina	7.5 million (1998)
	Armenia	568,000 (1997)
	Aruba	33,000 (1997)
	Australia	9.58 million (1998)
	Austria	4 million (3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1999)
	Azerbaijan	663,000 (1997)
	Bahamas, The	96,000 (1997)
	Bahrain	152,000 (1997)
	Bangladesh	500,000 (2000)
	Barbados	108,000 (1997)
	Belarus	2.313 million (1997)
	Belgium	4.769 million (1997)
	Belize	31,000 (1997)
	Benin	36,000 (1997)
	Bermuda	52,000 (1997)
	Bhutan	6,000 (1997)
	Bolivia	327,600 (1996)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	303,000 (1997)
	Botswana	86,000 (1997)
	Brazil	17.039 million (1997)
	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA
	British Virgin Islands	10,000 (1996)
	Brunei	79,000 (1996)
	Bulgaria	3.255 million (2000)
	Burkina Faso	36,000 (1997)
	Burma	250,000 (2000)
	Burundi	16,000 (1997)
	Cambodia	21,800 (mid-1998)
	Cameroon	75,000 (1997)
	Canada	18.5 million (1999)
	Cape Verde	45,644 (2000)
	Cayman Islands	19,000 (1995)
	Central African Republic	10,000 (1997)
	Chad	7,000 (1997)
	Chile	2.603 million (1998)
	China	135 million (2000)
	Christmas Island	NA
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA (1999)
	Colombia	5,433,565 (December 1997)
	Comoros	6,000 (1997)
	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	21,000 (1997)
	Congo, Republic of the	22,000 (1997)
	Cook Islands	5,000 (1997)
	Costa Rica	450,000 (1998) note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use 1998
	Cote d'Ivoire	219,283 (31 December 1999)
	Croatia	1.488 million (1997)
	Cuba	473,031 (2000)
	Cyprus	Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 83,162 (1998)
	Czech Republic	3.869 million (2000)
	Denmark	4.785 million (1997)
	Djibouti	8,000 (1997)
	Dominica	19,000 (1996)
	Dominican Republic	709,000 (1997)
	Ecuador	899,000 (1997)
	Egypt	3,971,500 (December 1998)
	El Salvador	380,000 (1998)
	Equatorial Guinea	4,000 (1996)
	Eritrea	23,578 (2000)
	Estonia	476,078 (yearend 1998)
	Ethiopia	157,000 (1997)
	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA
	Faroe Islands	24,851 (1999)
	Fiji	72,000 (1997)
	Finland	2.861 million (1997)
	France	34.86 million (yearend 1998)
	French Guiana	47,000 (1997)
	French Polynesia	52,000 (1997)
	Gabon	37,000 (1997)
	Gambia, The	31,900 (2000)
	Gaza Strip	95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)
	Georgia	620,000 (1997)
	Germany	45.2 million (1997) note: 46.5 million main lines were installed by yearend 1998
	Ghana	200,000 (1998)
	Gibraltar	19,000 (1997)
	Greece	5.431 million (1997)
	Greenland	25,617 (end 1999)
	Grenada	27,000 (1997)
	Guadeloupe	171,000 (1996)
	Guam	84,134 (1998)
	Guatemala	665,061 (June 2000)
	Guernsey	44,000 (1996)
	Guinea	20,000 (1997)
	Guinea-Bissau	8,000 (1997)
	Guyana	70,000 (2000)
	Haiti	60,000 (1997)
	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA
	Honduras	234,000 (1997)
	Hong Kong	3.839 million (1999)
	Hungary	3.095 million (1997)
	Iceland	168,000 (1997)
	India	27.7 million (October 2000)
	Indonesia	5,588,310 (1998)
	Iran	6.313 million (1997)
	Iraq	675,000 (1997)
	Ireland	1.59 million (2001)
	Isle of Man	51,000 (1999)
	Israel	2.8 million (1999)
	Italy	25 million (1999)
	Jamaica	353,000 (1996)
	Japan	60.381 million (1997)
	Jersey	65,500 (1997)
	Jordan	403,000 (1997)
	Kazakhstan	1.818 million (1997)
	Kenya	290,000 (1998)
	Kiribati	2,000 (1997)
	Korea, North	1.1 million (1997)
	Korea, South	24 million (1999)
	Kuwait	412,000 (1997)
	Kyrgyzstan	351,000 (1997)
	Laos	25,000 (1997)
	Latvia	748,000 (1997)
	Lebanon	700,000 (1999)
	Lesotho	20,000 (1997)
	Liberia	6,000 (1997)
	Libya	380,000 (1996)
	Liechtenstein	20,000 (1997)
	Lithuania	1.048 million (1997)
	Luxembourg	314,700 (1999)
	Macau	176,837 (2000)
	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	408,000 (1997)
	Madagascar	43,000 (1997)
	Malawi	37,000 (1997)
	Malaysia	4.5 million (1999)
	Maldives	21,000 (1999)
	Mali	23,000 (1997)
	Malta	187,000 (1997)
	Marshall Islands	3,000 (1996)
	Martinique	170,000 (1997)
	Mauritania	26,000 (2000)
	Mauritius	223,000 (1997)
	Mayotte	9,314 (1997)
	Mexico	9.6 million (1998)
	Micronesia, Federated States of	11,000 (2001)
	Moldova	627,000 (1997)
	Monaco	31,027 (1995)
	Mongolia	104,100 (1999)
	Montserrat	4,000 (1997)
	Morocco	1.391 million (1998)
	Mozambique	65,354 (2000)
	Namibia	100,848 (1997)
	Nauru	2,000 (1996)
	Nepal	236,816 (January 2000)
	Netherlands	9,132,400 (1999)
	Netherlands Antilles	76,000 (1995)
	New Caledonia	47,000 (1997)
	New Zealand	1.84 million (1997)
	Nicaragua	140,000 (1996)
	Niger	16,000 (1997)
	Nigeria	500,000 (2000)
	Niue	376 (1991)
	Norfolk Island	1,087 (1983)
	Northern Mariana Islands	21,000 (1996)
	Norway	2.735 million (1998)
	Oman	201,000 (1997)
	Pakistan	2.861 million (March 1999)
	Palau	1,500 (1988)
	Panama	396,000 (1997)
	Papua New Guinea	47,000 (1996)
	Paraguay	290,475 (2001)
	Peru	1.509 million (1998)
	Philippines	1.9 million (1997)
	Pitcairn Islands	1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (1997)
	Poland	8.07 million (1998)
	Portugal	5.3 million (end 1998)
	Puerto Rico	1.322 million (1997)
	Qatar	142,000 (1997)
	Reunion	236,500 (1997)
	Romania	3.777 million (1997)
	Russia	30 million (1998)
	Rwanda	15,000 (1995)
	Saint Helena	2,000 (1997)
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	17,000 (1997)
	Saint Lucia	37,000 (1997)
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,000 (1997)
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20,500 (1998)
	Samoa	8,000 (1997)
	San Marino	18,000 (1998)
	Sao Tome and Principe	3,000 (1997)
	Saudi Arabia	3.1 million (1998)
	Senegal	116,000 (1997)
	Seychelles	19,635 (1997)
	Sierra Leone	17,000 (1997)
	Singapore	1.928 million (November 2000)
	Slovakia	1,934,558 (1998)
	Slovenia	722,000 (1997)
	Solomon Islands	8,000 (1997)
	Somalia	NA
	South Africa	5.075 million (1999)
	Spain	17.336 million (1999)
	Sri Lanka	494,509 (1998)
	Sudan	400,000 (2000)
	Suriname	64,000 (1997)
	Svalbard	NA
	Swaziland	33,500 (2000)
	Sweden	6.017 million (December 1998)
	Switzerland	4.82 million (1998)
	Syria	1.313 million (1997)
	Taiwan	12.49 million (September 2000)
	Tajikistan	363,000 (1997)
	Tanzania	127,000 (1998)
	Thailand	5.4 million (1998)
	Togo	25,000 (1997)
	Tokelau	NA
	Tonga	8,000 (1996)
	Trinidad and Tobago	243,000 (1997)
	Tunisia	654,000 (1997)
	Turkey	19.5 million (1999)
	Turkmenistan	363,000 (1997)
	Turks and Caicos Islands	3,000 (1994)
	Tuvalu	1,000 (1997)
	Uganda	50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998)
	Ukraine	9.45 million (April 1999)
	United Arab Emirates	915,223 (1998)
	United Kingdom	34.878 million (1997)
	United States	194 million (1997)
	Uruguay	850,000 (2000)
	Uzbekistan	1.98 million (1999)
	Vanuatu	4,000 (1996)
	Venezuela	2,600,000.00; however, 3,500,000 were installed (1998)
	Vietnam	2.6 million (2000)
	Virgin Islands	62,000 (1997)
	Wallis and Futuna	1,125 (1994)
	West Bank	95,729 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (1997)
	Western Sahara	about 2,000 (1999 est.)
	World	NA
	Yemen	291,359 (1999)
	Yugoslavia	2.017 million (1995)
	Zambia	77,935 (in addition there are about 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)
	Zimbabwe	212,000 (in addition there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)