Telephones - main lines in use (2003)

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Informations about Telephones - main lines in use in 2003 year

	Afghanistan	29,000 (1998)
	Albania	120,000 (2001)
	Algeria	2.3 million (1998)
	American Samoa	13,000 (1997)
	Andorra	32,946 (December 1998)
	Angola	72,000 (1998)
	Anguilla	4,974 (2000)
	Antarctica	0 note: information for US bases only (2001)
	Antigua and Barbuda	28,000 (1996)
	Argentina	7.5 million (1998)
	Armenia	600,000 (2002)
	Aruba	33,000 (1997)
	Australia	10.05 million (2000)
	Austria	4 million (consisting of 3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 Integrated Services Digital Network connections); in addition, there are 100,000 Asymmetric Digital Services lines (2001)
	Azerbaijan	865,000 (2002)
	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	51,000 (2000)
	Bermuda	52,000 (1997)
	Bhutan	6,000 (1997)
	Bolivia	327,600 (1996)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	303,000 (1997)
	Botswana	131,000 (September 2001)
	Brazil	17.039 million (1997)
	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA
	British Virgin Islands	10,000 (1996)
	Brunei	79,000 (1996)
	Bulgaria	3,186,731 (2001)
	Burkina Faso	53,200 (2000)
	Burma	250,000 (2000)
	Burundi	18,000 (2002)
	Cambodia	21,800 (mid-1998)
	Cameroon	95,000 (2001)
	Canada	20,802,900 (1999)
	Cape Verde	60,935 (2002)
	Cayman Islands	19,000 (1995)
	Central African Republic	9,500 (2000)
	Chad	9,700 (1999)
	Chile	2.603 million (1998)
	China	135 million (2000)
	Christmas Island	NA
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287 (1992)
	Colombia	5,433,565 (December 1997)
	Comoros	7,000 (2000)
	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	20,000 (2000)
	Congo, Republic of the	22,000 (1998)
	Cook Islands	5,000 (1997)
	Costa Rica	450,000 (1998) note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use in 1998
	Cote d'Ivoire	263,700 (2000)
	Croatia	1,721,139 (2000)
	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	10,000 (2002)
	Dominica	19,000 (1996)
	Dominican Republic	709,000 (1997)
	East Timor	NA
	Ecuador	1,115,272 (1999)
	Egypt	3,971,500 (December 1998)
	El Salvador	380,000 (1998)
	Equatorial Guinea	6,000 (1998)
	Eritrea	30,000 (2001)
	Estonia	501,691 (2000)
	Ethiopia	231,900 (2000)
	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA
	Faroe Islands	24,851 (1999)
	Fiji	80,901 (1999)
	Finland	2,847,900 (2001)
	France	34.86 million (yearend 1998)
	French Guiana	47,000 (1997)
	French Polynesia	52,000 (1997)
	Gabon	39,000 (1998)
	Gambia, The	31,900 (2000)
	Gaza Strip	95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)
	Georgia	620,000 (1997)
	Germany	50.9 million (March 2001)
	Ghana	240,000 (2001)
	Gibraltar	19,000 (1997)
	Greece	5.431 million (1997)
	Greenland	25,617 (yearend 1999)
	Grenada	27,000 (1997)
	Guadeloupe	171,000 (1996)
	Guam	84,134 (1998)
	Guatemala	665,061 (June 2000)
	Guernsey	44,000 (1996)
	Guinea	37,000 (1998)
	Guinea-Bissau	10,000 (2001)
	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	196,984 (2001)
	India	27.7 million (October 2000)
	Indonesia	5,588,310 (1998)
	Iran	6.313 million (1997)
	Iraq	675,000 (1997); note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April war
	Ireland	1.6 million (2002)
	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	1.92 million (2001)
	Kenya	310,000 (2001)
	Kiribati	3,800 (1999)
	Korea, North	1.1 million (1997)
	Korea, South	24 million (2000)
	Kuwait	412,000 (1997)
	Kyrgyzstan	351,000 (1997)
	Laos	25,000 (1997)
	Latvia	734,693 (2000)
	Lebanon	700,000 (1999)
	Lesotho	22,200 (2000)
	Liberia	6,700 (2000)
	Libya	500,000 (1998)
	Liechtenstein	20,072 (2000)
	Lithuania	1.142 million (2001)
	Luxembourg	314,700 (1999)
	Macau	176,902 (November 2001)
	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	408,000 (1997)
	Madagascar	55,000 (2000)
	Malawi	45,000 (2000)
	Malaysia	4.6 million (2000)
	Maldives	21,000 (1999)
	Mali	45,000 (2000)
	Malta	187,000 (1997)
	Marshall Islands	4,186 (2001)
	Martinique	170,000 (1997)
	Mauritania	26,500 (2001)
	Mauritius	280,900 (2000)
	Mayotte	12,000 (1998)
	Mexico	12.332 million (2000)
	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	90,000 (2001)
	Namibia	110,200 (2000)
	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	1.92 million (2000)
	Nicaragua	140,000 (1996)
	Niger	20,000 (2001)
	Nigeria	500,000 (2000 est.)
	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	6,700 (2002)
	Panama	396,000 (1997)
	Papua New Guinea	61,152 (1999)
	Paraguay	290,475 (2001)
	Peru	1.8 million (2000)
	Philippines	6.98 million (2001)
	Pitcairn Islands	1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (1997)
	Poland	8.07 million (1998)
	Portugal	5.3 million (yearend 1998)
	Puerto Rico	1.322 million (1997)
	Qatar	142,000 (1997)
	Reunion	268,500 (1999)
	Romania	3.777 million (1997)
	Russia	30 million (1998)
	Rwanda	600,000 note - 90% in Kigali (2002)
	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	8,183 (1998)
	San Marino	18,000 (1998)
	Sao Tome and Principe	4,600 (2000)
	Saudi Arabia	3.9 million (2002 est.)
	Senegal	234,916 (2001)
	Serbia and Montenegro	2.017 million (1995)
	Seychelles	19,635 (1997)
	Sierra Leone	25,000 (2001)
	Singapore	1.95 million (2000)
	Slovakia	1,934,558 (1998)
	Slovenia	722,000 (1997)
	Solomon Islands	8,000 (1997)
	Somalia	15,000 (2000)
	South Africa	more than 5 million (2001)
	Spain	17.336 million (1999)
	Sri Lanka	494,509 (1998)
	Sudan	400,000 (2000)
	Suriname	64,000 (1997)
	Svalbard	NA
	Swaziland	38,500 (2001)
	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	5.6 million (2000)
	Togo	25,000 (1997)
	Tokelau	NA
	Tonga	8,000 (1996)
	Trinidad and Tobago	252,000 (1999)
	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 have been 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	929,141 (2001)
	Uzbekistan	1.98 million (1999)
	Vanuatu	5,500 (1998)
	Venezuela	2.6 million (however, 3,500,000 have been installed) (1998)
	Vietnam	2.6 million (2000)
	Virgin Islands	65,000 (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)
	Zambia	130,000 (including approximately 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (2002)
	Zimbabwe	212,000 (in addition, there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)