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) |
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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 |
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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) |