Telephones - main lines in use (2008)

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- Telephones - main lines in use (2007) (compare)

Informations about Telephones - main lines in use in 2008 year

	Afghanistan	280,000 (2005)
	Albania	353,600 (2005)
	Algeria	2.841 million (2006)
	American Samoa	10,400 (2004)
	Andorra	35,400 (2005)
	Angola	98,200 (2006)
	Anguilla	6,200 (2002)
	Antarctica	0; note - information for US bases only (2001)
	Antigua and Barbuda	40,000 (2006)
	Argentina	9.46 million (2006)
	Armenia	594,400 (2005)
	Aruba	38,300 (2005)
	Australia	9.94 million (2006)
	Austria	3.564 million (2006)
	Azerbaijan	1.189 million (2006)
	Bahamas, The	133,100 (2005)
	Bahrain	193,300 (2006)
	Bangladesh	1.134 million (2006)
	Barbados	134,900 (2005)
	Belarus	3.368 million (2006)
	Belgium	4.719 million (2006)
	Belize	33,900 (2006)
	Benin	77,300 (2006)
	Bermuda	57,700 (2006)
	Bhutan	31,500 (2006)
	Bolivia	646,300 (2005)
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	989,000 (2006)
	Botswana	136,900 (2006)
	Brazil	38.8 million (2006)
	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA
	British Virgin Islands	11,700 (2002)
	Brunei	80,200 (2006)
	Bulgaria	2.399 million (2006)
	Burkina Faso	94,800 (2006)
	Burma	503,900 (2005)
	Burundi	31,100 (2005)
	Cambodia	32,800 (2006)
	Cameroon	100,300 (2005)
	Canada	20.78 million (2005)
	Cape Verde	71,600 (2006)
	Cayman Islands	38,000 (2002)
	Central African Republic	10,000 (2005)
	Chad	13,000 (2006)
	Chile	3.326 million (2006)
	China	368 million (2006)
	Christmas Island	NA
	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287 (1992)
	Colombia	7.865 million (2006)
	Comoros	16,900 (2005)
	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	9,700 (2006)
	Congo, Republic of the	15,900 (2005)
	Cook Islands	6,200 (2002)
	Costa Rica	1.351 million (2006)
	Cote d'Ivoire	260,900 (2006)
	Croatia	1.832 million (2006)
	Cuba	972,900 (2006)
	Cyprus	area under government control: 408,300 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)
	Czech Republic	3,217,300 (2005)
	Denmark	3.098 million (2006)
	Djibouti	10,800 (2005)
	Dominica	21,000 (2004)
	Dominican Republic	897,000 (2006)
	Ecuador	1.754 million (2006)
	Egypt	10.808 million (2006)
	El Salvador	1.037 million (2006)
	Equatorial Guinea	10,000 (2005)
	Eritrea	37,700 (2006)
	Estonia	541,900 (2006)
	Ethiopia	725,000 (2006)
	European Union	238 million (2005)
	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,400 (2002)
	Faroe Islands	23,000 (2006)
	Fiji	112,500 (2005)
	Finland	1.92 million (2006)
	France	34.63 million; 33,897,000 (metropolitan France) (2006)
	French Polynesia	53,600 (2006)
	Gabon	36,500 (2006)
	Gambia, The	52,900 (2006)
	Gaza Strip	349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)
	Georgia	544,000 (2007)
	Germany	54.2 million (2006)
	Ghana	356,400 (2006)
	Gibraltar	24,512 (2002)
	Greece	6.185 million (2006)
	Greenland	25,300 (2002)
	Grenada	27,700 (2006)
	Guam	80,000 (2001)
	Guatemala	1.355 million (2006)
	Guernsey	45,100 (2005)
	Guinea	26,300 (2005)
	Guinea-Bissau	10,200 (2005)
	Guyana	110,100 (2005)
	Haiti	145,300 (2005)
	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120 (2005)
	Honduras	708,400 (2006)
	Hong Kong	3.87 million (2007)
	Hungary	3.35 million (2006)
	Iceland	193,700 (2006)
	India	49.75 million (2005)
	Indonesia	14.821 million (2006)
	Iran	21.981 million (2006)
	Iraq	1.547 million (2005)
	Ireland	2.097 million (2006)
	Isle of Man	51,000 (1999)
	Israel	3.005 million (2006)
	Italy	25.049 million (2005)
	Jamaica	319,000 (2005)
	Japan	55.155 million (2006)
	Jersey	73,900 (2001)
	Jordan	614,000 (2006)
	Kazakhstan	2.928 million (2006)
	Kenya	293,400 (2006)
	Kiribati	4,500 (2002)
	Korea, North	980,000 (2003)
	Korea, South	26.866 million (2006)
	Kosovo	106,300 (2006)
	Kuwait	510,300 (2005)
	Kyrgyzstan	440,400 (2005)
	Laos	90,067 (2006)
	Latvia	657,400 (2006)
	Lebanon	681,400 (2006)
	Lesotho	48,000 (2005)
	Liberia	6,900 (2002)
	Libya	483,000 (2006)
	Liechtenstein	20,000 (2005)
	Lithuania	792,400 (2006)
	Luxembourg	246,700 (2006)
	Macau	178,013 (2007)
	Macedonia	490,900 (2006)
	Madagascar	129,800 (2006)
	Malawi	102,700 (2005)
	Malaysia	4.342 million (2006)
	Maldives	32,500 (2006)
	Mali	82,500 (2006)
	Malta	202,300 (2006)
	Marshall Islands	4,500 (2004)
	Mauritania	34,900 (2006)
	Mauritius	357,300 (2006)
	Mayotte	10,000 (2002)
	Mexico	19.861 million (2006)
	Micronesia, Federated States of	12,400 (2005)
	Moldova	1.018 million (2006)
	Monaco	34,000 (2005)
	Mongolia	158,900 (2006)
	Montenegro	353,300 (2006)
	Montserrat	NA
	Morocco	1.266 million (2006)
	Mozambique	67,000 (2006)
	Namibia	138,900 (2005)
	Nauru	1,900 (2002)
	Nepal	595,800 (2006)
	Netherlands	7.6 million (2005)
	Netherlands Antilles	81,000 (2001)
	New Caledonia	55,300 (2005)
	New Zealand	1.729 million (2005)
	Nicaragua	247,900 (2006)
	Niger	24,000 (2005)
	Nigeria	1.688 million (2006)
	Niue	1,100 (2002 est.)
	Norfolk Island	2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
	Northern Mariana Islands	21,000 (2000)
	Norway	2.055 million (2006)
	Oman	278,300 (2006)
	Pakistan	5.24 million (2006)
	Palau	6,700 (2002)
	Panama	432,900 (2006)
	Papua New Guinea	63,700 (2005)
	Paraguay	331,100 (2006)
	Peru	2.332 million (2006)
	Philippines	3.633 million (2006)
	Pitcairn Islands	1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)
	Poland	11.475 million (2006)
	Portugal	4.231 million (2006)
	Puerto Rico	1.038 million (2005)
	Qatar	228,300 (2006)
	Romania	4.231 million (2006)
	Russia	40.1 million (2005)
	Rwanda	22,000 (2005)
	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	22,600 (2006)
	Samoa	19,500 (2005)
	San Marino	21,000 (2006)
	Sao Tome and Principe	7,100 (2005)
	Saudi Arabia	4.5 million (2006)
	Senegal	282,600 (2006)
	Serbia	2.719 million (2006)
	Seychelles	20,700 (2006)
	Sierra Leone	24,000 (2002)
	Singapore	1.854 million (2006)
	Slovakia	1.167 million (2006)
	Slovenia	837,500 (2006)
	Solomon Islands	7,400 (2005)
	Somalia	100,000 (2005)
	South Africa	4.729 million (2005)
	Spain	18.385 million (2006)
	Sri Lanka	2.742 million (2007)
	Sudan	636,900 (2006)
	Suriname	81,500 (2006)
	Svalbard	NA
	Swaziland	44,000 (2006)
	Sweden	6.379 million (2005)
	Switzerland	5.04 million (2006)
	Syria	3.243 million (2006)
	Taiwan	14.497 million (2006)
	Tajikistan	280,200 (2005)
	Tanzania	169,135 (2007)
	Thailand	7.073 million (2006)
	Timor-Leste	2,500 (2006)
	Togo	82,100 (2006)
	Tokelau	300 (2002)
	Tonga	13,700 (2005)
	Trinidad and Tobago	325,500 (2006)
	Tunisia	1.268 million (2006)
	Turkey	18.978 million (2005)
	Turkmenistan	495,000 (2006)
	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,700 (2002)
	Tuvalu	900 (2005)
	Uganda	108,100 (2006)
	Ukraine	12.341 million (2006)
	United Arab Emirates	1.31 million (2006)
	United Kingdom	33.602 million (2006)
	United States	172 million (2006)
	Uruguay	987,000 (2006)
	Uzbekistan	1.793 million (2005)
	Vanuatu	7,000 (2005)
	Venezuela	4.217 million (2006)
	Vietnam	10.8 million (2007)
	Virgin Islands	71,700 (2005)
	Wallis and Futuna	1,900 (2002)
	West Bank	349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
	Western Sahara	about 2,000 (1999 est.)
	World	1,263,367,600 (2005)
	Yemen	968,400 (2006)
	Zambia	93,400 (2006)
	Zimbabwe	331,700 (2006)