Telephones - main lines in use (2006)

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Informations about Telephones - main lines in use in 2006 year

	Afghanistan	100,000 (2005)
	Albania	255,000 (2003)
	Algeria	2.572 million (2005)
	American Samoa	15,000 (2001)
	Andorra	35,400 (2005)
	Angola	94,300 (2005)
	Anguilla	6,200 (2002)
	Antarctica	0; note - information for US bases only (2001)
	Antigua and Barbuda	38,000 (2004)
	Argentina	8.8 million (2005)
	Armenia	582,500 (2004)
	Aruba	37,100 (2002)
	Australia	11.46 million (2005)
	Austria	3.705 million (2005)
	Azerbaijan	1,091,400 (2005)
	Bahamas, The	139,900 (2004)
	Bahrain	196,500 (2005)
	Bangladesh	1.07 million (2005)
	Barbados	134,900 (2005)
	Belarus	3,284,300 (2005)
	Belgium	4.801 million (2004)
	Belize	33,300 (2005)
	Benin	76,300 (2005)
	Bermuda	56,000 (2002)
	Bhutan	32,700 (2005)
	Bolivia	646,300 (2005)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	968,900 (2005)
	Botswana	132,000 (2005)
	Brazil	42.382 million (2004)
	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA
	British Virgin Islands	11,700 (2002)
	Brunei	90,000 (2002)
	Bulgaria	2,483,500 (2005)
	Burkina Faso	97,400 (2005)
	Burma	476,200 (2005)
	Burundi	27,700 (2004)
	Cambodia	36,400 (2003)
	Cameroon	99,400 (2004)
	Canada	18.276 million (2005)
	Cape Verde	71,400 (2005)
	Cayman Islands	38,000 (2002)
	Central African Republic	10,000 (2004)
	Chad	13,000 (2004)
	Chile	3,435,900 (2005)
	China	350.433 million (2005)
	Christmas Island	NA
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287 (1992)
	Colombia	7,678,800 (2005)
	Comoros	16,900 (2005)
	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,600 (2005)
	Congo, Republic of the	13,800 (2004)
	Cook Islands	6,200 (2002)
	Costa Rica	1,388,500 (2005)
	Cote d'Ivoire	257,900 (2004)
	Croatia	1,889,500 (2005)
	Cuba	849,900 (2005)
	Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus: 420,000 (2005); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002)
	Czech Republic	3,217,300 (2005)
	Denmark	3.35 million (2005)
	Djibouti	11,100 (2004)
	Dominica	21,000 (2004)
	Dominican Republic	894,500 (2005)
	East Timor	NA
	Ecuador	1,701,500 (2005)
	Egypt	10,396,100 (2005)
	El Salvador	971,500 (2005)
	Equatorial Guinea	10,000 (2005)
	Eritrea	37,700 (2005)
	Estonia	442,000 (2005)
	Ethiopia	610,300 (2005)
	European Union	238,763,162 (2002)
	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,400 (2002)
	Faroe Islands	23,800 (2005)
	Fiji	102,000 (2003)
	Finland	2.12 million (2005)
	France	35.7 million (2005)
	French Guiana	51,000 (2001)
	French Polynesia	53,400 (2005)
	Gabon	39,100 (2005)
	Gambia, The	44,000 (2005)
	Gaza Strip	349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)
	Georgia	683,200 (2004)
	Germany	55.046 million (2005)
	Ghana	321,500 (2005)
	Gibraltar	24,512 (2002)
	Greece	6.303 million (2005)
	Greenland	25,300 (2002)
	Grenada	32,700 (2004)
	Guadeloupe	210,000 (2001)
	Guam	84,134 (2001)
	Guatemala	1,132,100 (2004)
	Guernsey	55,100 (2004)
	Guinea	26,200 (2003)
	Guinea-Bissau	10,600 (2003)
	Guyana	110,100 (2005)
	Haiti	140,000 (2004)
	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120 (2005)
	Honduras	494,400 (2005)
	Hong Kong	3,794,600 (2005)
	Hungary	3.356 million (2005)
	Iceland	193,900 (2005)
	India	49.75 million (2005)
	Indonesia	12.772 million (2005)
	Iran	18.986 million (2005)
	Iraq	1,034,200 (2004)
	Ireland	2.033 million (2005)
	Isle of Man	51,000 (1999)
	Israel	2,936,300 (2005)
	Italy	25.049 million (2005)
	Jamaica	342,000 (2005)
	Japan	58.78 million (2005)
	Jersey	73,900 (2001)
	Jordan	617,300 (2004)
	Kazakhstan	2.5 million (2004)
	Kenya	281,800 (2005)
	Kiribati	4,500 (2002)
	Korea, North	980,000 (2003)
	Korea, South	23.745 million (2005)
	Kuwait	510,300 (2005)
	Kyrgyzstan	438,200 (2005)
	Laos	90,067 (2006)
	Latvia	731,000 (2005)
	Lebanon	990,000 (2005)
	Lesotho	48,000 (2005)
	Liberia	6,900 (2002)
	Libya	750,000 (2003)
	Liechtenstein	19,900 (2002)
	Lithuania	801,100 (2005)
	Luxembourg	244,500 (2005)
	Macau	174,400 (2005)
	Macedonia	533,200 (2005)
	Madagascar	66,900 (2005)
	Malawi	102,700 (2005)
	Malaysia	4.366 million (2005)
	Maldives	32,300 (2005)
	Mali	75,000 (2005)
	Malta	202,100 (2005)
	Marshall Islands	5,510 (2004)
	Martinique	172,000 (2001)
	Mauritania	41,000 (2005)
	Mauritius	359,000 (2005)
	Mayotte	10,000 (2002)
	Mexico	19.512 million (2005)
	Micronesia, Federated States of	12,400 (2005)
	Moldova	929,400 (2005)
	Monaco	33,700 (2002)
	Mongolia	156,000 (2005)
	Montenegro	177,663 (2005)
	Montserrat	NA
	Morocco	1,341,200 (2005)
	Mozambique	69,700 (2004)
	Namibia	127,900 (2004)
	Nauru	1,900 (2002)
	Nepal	448,600 (2005)
	Netherlands	7.6 million (2005)
	Netherlands Antilles	81,000 (2001)
	New Caledonia	55,300 (2005)
	New Zealand	1,800,500 (2004)
	Nicaragua	220,900 (2005)
	Niger	24,000 (2005)
	Nigeria	1,223,300 (2005)
	Niue	1,100 est (2002)
	Norfolk Island	2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
	Northern Mariana Islands	21,000 (2000)
	Norway	2.129 million (2005)
	Oman	265,200 (2005)
	Pakistan	5,277,500 (2005)
	Palau	6,700 (2002)
	Panama	440,100 (2005)
	Papua New Guinea	62,000 (2002)
	Paraguay	320,300 (2005)
	Peru	2,250,500 (2005)
	Philippines	3,437,500 (2004)
	Pitcairn Islands	1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)
	Poland	11.803 million (2005)
	Portugal	4.234 million (2005)
	Puerto Rico	1,111,900 (2004)
	Qatar	205,400 (2005)
	Reunion	300,000 (2001)
	Romania	4.391 million (2005)
	Russia	40.1 million (2005)
	Rwanda	23,000 (2004)
	Saint Helena	2,200 (2002)
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	25,000 (2004)
	Saint Lucia	51,100 (2002)
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800 (2002)
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,500 (2005)
	Samoa	13,300 (2003)
	San Marino	20,600 (2002)
	Sao Tome and Principe	7,000 (2004)
	Saudi Arabia	3.8 million (2005)
	Senegal	266,600 (2005)
	Serbia	2,685,400 (2004)
	Seychelles	21,400 (2005)
	Sierra Leone	24,000 (2002)
	Singapore	1.848 million (2005)
	Slovakia	1.197 million (2005)
	Slovenia	816,400 (2005)
	Solomon Islands	7,400 (2005)
	Somalia	100,000 (2005)
	South Africa	4.729 million (2005)
	Spain	18.322 million (2005)
	Sri Lanka	1.244 million (2005)
	Sudan	670,000 (2005)
	Suriname	81,100 (2004)
	Svalbard	NA
	Swaziland	35,000 (2005)
	Sweden	6.447 million (2004)
	Switzerland	5.123 million (2005)
	Syria	2.903 million (2005)
	Taiwan	13.615 million (2005)
	Tajikistan	245,200 (2004)
	Tanzania	148,400 (2004)
	Thailand	7.035 million (2005)
	Togo	58,600 (2005)
	Tokelau	300 (2002)
	Tonga	11,200 (2002)
	Trinidad and Tobago	323,500 (2005)
	Tunisia	1,257,500 (2005)
	Turkey	18.978 million (2005)
	Turkmenistan	376,100 (2003)
	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,700 (2002)
	Tuvalu	700 (2002)
	Uganda	100,800 (2005)
	Ukraine	12.142 million (2004)
	United Arab Emirates	1.237 million (2005)
	United Kingdom	32.943 million (2005)
	United States	268 million (2003)
	Uruguay	1 million (2004)
	Uzbekistan	1,717,100 (2003)
	Vanuatu	6,800 (2004)
	Venezuela	3,605,500 (2005)
	Vietnam	15.845 million (2005)
	Virgin Islands	70,900 (2004)
	Wallis and Futuna	1,900 (2002)
	West Bank	357,300 (includes Gaza Strip) (2004)
	Western Sahara	about 2,000 (1999 est.)
	World	1,263,367,600 (2005)
	Yemen	798,100 (2004)
	Zambia	94,700 (2005)
	Zimbabwe	328,000 (2005)