![]() | 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) |