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	Telephones - main lines in use (2005)	Telephones - main lines in use (2004)
Afghanistan	33,100 (2002)	33,100 (2002)
Albania	255,000 (2003)	255,000 (2003)
Algeria	2,199,600 (2003)	2,199,600 (2003)
American Samoa	15,000 (2001)	15,000 (2001)
Andorra	35,000 (2001)	35,000 (2001)
Angola	96,300 (2003)	96,300 (2003)
Anguilla	6,200 (2002)	6,200 (2002)
Antarctica	0 note: information for US bases only (2001)	0 note: information for US bases only (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda	38,000 (2002)	38,000 (2002)
Argentina	8,009,400 (2002)	8,009,400 (2002)
Armenia	562,600 (2003)	562,600 (2003)
Aruba	37,100 (2002)	37,100 (2002)
Australia	10.815 million (2003)	10.815 million (2003)
Austria	3.881 million (2003)	3.881 million (2003)
Azerbaijan	923,800 (2002)	923,800 (2002)
Bahamas, The	131,700 (2003)	131,700 (2003)
Bahrain	185,800 (2003)	185,800 (2003)
Bangladesh	740,000 (2003)	740,000 (2003)
Barbados	134,000 (2003)	134,000 (2003)
Belarus	3,071,300 (2003)	3,071,300 (2003)
Belgium	5,120,400 (2002)	5,120,400 (2002)
Belize	33,300 (2003)	33,300 (2003)
Benin	66,500 (2003)	66,500 (2003)
Bermuda	56,000 (2002)	56,000 (2002)
Bhutan	25,200 (2003)	25,200 (2003)
Bolivia	600,100 (2003)	600,100 (2003)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	938,000 (2003)	938,000 (2003)
Botswana	142,400 (2002)	142,400 (2002)
Brazil	38.81 million (2002)	38.81 million (2002)
British Indian Ocean Territory	NA	NA
British Virgin Islands	11,700 (2002)	11,700 (2002)
Brunei	90,000 (2002)	90,000 (2002)
Bulgaria	2,868,200 (2002)	2,868,200 (2002)
Burkina Faso	65,400 (2003)	65,400 (2003)
Burma	357,300 (2003)	357,300 (2003)
Burundi	23,900 (2003)	23,900 (2003)
Cambodia	35,400 (2002)	35,400 (2002)
Cameroon	110,900 (2002)	110,900 (2002)
Canada	19,950,900 (2003)	19,950,900 (2003)
Cape Verde	71,700 (2003)	71,700 (2003)
Cayman Islands	38,000 (2002)	38,000 (2002)
Central African Republic	9,000 (2002)	9,000 (2002)
Chad	11,800 (2002)	11,800 (2002)
Chile	3.467 million (2002)	3.467 million (2002)
China	263 million (2003)	263 million (2003)
Christmas Island	NA	NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287 (1992)	287 (1992)
Colombia	8,768,100 (2003)	8,768,100 (2003)
Comoros	13,200 (2003)	13,200 (2003)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,000 (2002)	10,000 (2002)
Congo, Republic of the	7,000 (2003)	7,000 (2003)
Cook Islands	6,200 (2002)	6,200 (2002)
Costa Rica	1.132 million (2002)	1.132 million (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire	328,000 (2003)	328,000 (2003)
Croatia	1.825 million (2002)	1.825 million (2002)
Cuba	574,400 (2002)	574,400 (2002)
Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus: 427,400 (2002); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002)	Republic of Cyprus: 427,400 (2002); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002)
Czech Republic	3.626 million (2003)	3.626 million (2003)
Denmark	3,610,100 (2003)	3,610,100 (2003)
Djibouti	9,500 (2003)	9,500 (2003)
Dominica	23,700 (2002)	23,700 (2002)
Dominican Republic	901,800 (2003)	901,800 (2003)
East Timor	NA	NA
Ecuador	1.549 million (2003)	1.549 million (2003)
Egypt	9.6 million (2005)	8,735,700 (2003)
El Salvador	752,600 (2003)	752,600 (2003)
Equatorial Guinea	9,600 (2003)	9,600 (2003)
Eritrea	38,100 (2003)	38,100 (2003)
Estonia	475,000 (2002)	475,000 (2002)
Ethiopia	435,000 (2003)	435,000 (2003)
European Union	238,763,162 (2002)	238,763,162 (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,400 (2002)	2,400 (2002)
Faroe Islands	23,000 (2002)	23,000 (2002)
Fiji	102,000 (2003)	102,000 (2003)
Finland	2.548 million (2003)	2.548 million (2003)
France	33,905,400 (2003)	33,905,400 (2003)
French Guiana	51,000 (2001)	51,000 (2001)
French Polynesia	52,500 (2002)	52,500 (2002)
Gabon	38,400 (2003)	38,400 (2003)
Gambia, The	38,400 (2002)	38,400 (2002)
Gaza Strip	95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)	95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)
Georgia	650,500 (2003)	650,500 (2003)
Germany	54.35 million (2003)	54.35 million (2003)
Ghana	302,300 (2003)	302,300 (2003)
Gibraltar	24,512 (2002)	24,512 (2002)
Greece	5,205,100 (2003)	5,205,100 (2003)
Greenland	26,000 (2001)	26,000 (2001)
Grenada	33,500 (2002)	33,500 (2002)
Guadeloupe	210,000 (2001)	210,000 (2001)
Guam	84,134 (2001)	84,134 (2001)
Guatemala	846,000 (2002)	846,000 (2002)
Guernsey	55,000 (2001)	55,000 (2001)
Guinea	26,200 (2003)	26,200 (2003)
Guinea-Bissau	10,600 (2003)	10,600 (2003)
Guyana	80,400 (2002)	80,400 (2002)
Haiti	130,000 (2002)	130,000 (2002)
Holy See (Vatican City)	NA	NA
Honduras	322,500 (2002)	322,500 (2002)
Hong Kong	3,801,300 (2003)	3,801,300 (2003)
Hungary	3,666,400 (2002)	3,666,400 (2002)
Iceland	190,700 (2003)	190,700 (2003)
India	48.917 million (2003)	48.917 million (2003)
Indonesia	7.75 million (2002)	7.75 million (2002)
Iran	14,571,100 (2003)	14,571,100 (2003)
Iraq	675,000; note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April 2003 war (2003)	675,000; note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April 2003 war (2003)
Ireland	1.955 million (2003)	1.955 million (2003)
Isle of Man	51,000 (1999)	51,000 (1999)
Israel	3.006 million (2002)	3.006 million (2002)
Italy	26.596 million (2003)	26.596 million (2003)
Jamaica	444,400 (2002)	444,400 (2002)
Japan	71.149 million (2002)	71.149 million (2002)
Jersey	73,900 (2001)	73,900 (2001)
Jordan	622,600 (2003)	622,600 (2003)
Kazakhstan	2,081,900 (2002)	2,081,900 (2002)
Kenya	328,400 (2003)	328,400 (2003)
Kiribati	4,500 (2002)	4,500 (2002)
Korea, North	1.1 million (2001)	1.1 million (2001)
Korea, South	22.877 million (2003)	22.877 million (2003)
Kuwait	486,900 (2003)	486,900 (2003)
Kyrgyzstan	394,800 (2002)	394,800 (2002)
Laos	61,900 (2002)	61,900 (2002)
Latvia	653,900 (2003)	653,900 (2003)
Lebanon	678,800 (2002)	678,800 (2002)
Lesotho	28,600 (2002)	28,600 (2002)
Liberia	7,000 (2001)	7,000 (2001)
Libya	750,000 (2003)	750,000 (2003)
Liechtenstein	19,900 (2002)	19,900 (2002)
Lithuania	824,200 (2003)	824,200 (2003)
Luxembourg	355,400 (2002)	355,400 (2002)
Macau	174,600 (2003)	174,600 (2003)
Macedonia	560,000 (2002)	560,000 (2002)
Madagascar	59,600 (2003)	59,600 (2003)
Malawi	85,000 (2003)	85,000 (2003)
Malaysia	4,571,600 (2003)	4,571,600 (2003)
Maldives	28,700 (2002)	28,700 (2002)
Mali	56,600 (2002)	56,600 (2002)
Malta	208,300 (2003)	208,300 (2003)
Marshall Islands	4,500 (2003)	4,500 (2003)
Martinique	172,000 est (2001)	172,000 est (2001)
Mauritania	31,500 (2002)	31,500 (2002)
Mauritius	348,200 (2003)	348,200 (2003)
Mayotte	10,000 (2001)	10,000 (2001)
Mexico	15,958,700 (2003)	15,958,700 (2003)
Micronesia, Federated States of	10,100 (2001)	10,100 (2001)
Moldova	706,900 (2002)	706,900 (2002)
Monaco	33,700 (2002)	33,700 (2002)
Mongolia	142,300 (2004)	128,000 (2002)
Montserrat	NA	NA
Morocco	1,219,200 (2003)	1,219,200 (2003)
Mozambique	83,700 (2002)	83,700 (2002)
Namibia	127,400 (2003)	127,400 (2003)
Nauru	1,900 (2002)	1,900 (2002)
Nepal	371,800 (2003)	371,800 (2003)
Netherlands	10.004 million (2002)	10.004 million (2002)
Netherlands Antilles	81,000 (2001)	81,000 (2001)
New Caledonia	52,000 (2002)	52,000 (2002)
New Zealand	1.765 million (2002)	1.765 million (2002)
Nicaragua	171,600 (2002)	171,600 (2002)
Niger	22,400 (2002)	22,400 (2002)
Nigeria	853,100 (2003)	853,100 (2003)
Niue	1,100 est (2002)	1,100 est (2002)
Norfolk Island	2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)	2,532; note: a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
Northern Mariana Islands	21,000 (2000)	21,000 (2000)
Norway	3.343 million (2002)	3.343 million (2002)
Oman	233,900 (2002)	233,900 (2002)
Pakistan	3,982,800 (2003)	3,982,800 (2003)
Palau	6,700 (2002)	6,700 (2002)
Panama	386,900 (2002)	386,900 (2002)
Papua New Guinea	62,000 (2002)	62,000 (2002)
Paraguay	273,200 (2002)	273,200 (2002)
Peru	1,839,200 (2003)	1,839,200 (2003)
Philippines	3,310,900 (2002)	3,310,900 (2002)
Pitcairn Islands	1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)	1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)
Poland	12.3 million (2003)	12.3 million (2003)
Portugal	4,278,800 (2003)	4,278,800 (2003)
Puerto Rico	1,329,500 (2002)	1,329,500 (2002)
Qatar	184,500 (2003)	184,500 (2003)
Reunion	300,000 est (2001)	300,000 est (2001)
Romania	4.3 million (2003)	4.3 million (2003)
Russia	35.5 million (2002)	35.5 million (2002)
Rwanda	23,200 (2002)	23,200 (2002)
Saint Helena	2,200 (2002)	2,200 (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	23,500 (2002)	23,500 (2002)
Saint Lucia	51,100 (2002)	51,100 (2002)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800 (2002)	4,800 (2002)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27,300 (2002)	27,300 (2002)
Samoa	11,800 (2002)	11,800 (2002)
San Marino	20,600 (2002)	20,600 (2002)
Sao Tome and Principe	7,000 (2003)	7,000 (2003)
Saudi Arabia	3,502,600 (2003)	3,502,600 (2003)
Senegal	228,800 (2003)	228,800 (2003)
Serbia and Montenegro	2,611,700 (2003)	2,611,700 (2003)
Seychelles	21,700 (2002)	21,700 (2002)
Sierra Leone	24,000 (2002)	24,000 (2002)
Singapore	1,896,100 (2004)	1,896,100 (2004)
Slovakia	1,294,700 (2003)	1,294,700 (2003)
Slovenia	812,300 (2003)	812,300 (2003)
Solomon Islands	6,600 (2002)	6,600 (2002)
Somalia	100,000 (2002 est.)	100,000 est (2002)
South Africa	4.844 million (2002)	4.844 million (2002)
Spain	17,567,500 (2003)	17,567,500 (2003)
Sri Lanka	881,400 (2002)	881,400 (2002)
Sudan	900,000 (2003)	900,000 (2003)
Suriname	79,800 (2003)	79,800 (2003)
Svalbard	NA	NA
Swaziland	46,200 (2003)	46,200 (2003)
Sweden	6,579,200 (2002)	6,579,200 (2002)
Switzerland	5.419 million (2002)	5.419 million (2002)
Syria	2,099,300 (2002)	2,099,300 (2002)
Taiwan	13.355 million (2003)	13.355 million (2003)
Tajikistan	242,100 (2003)	242,100 (2003)
Tanzania	149,100 (2003)	149,100 (2003)
Thailand	6,617,400 (2003)	6.6 million (2003)
Togo	60,600 (2003)	60,600 (2003)
Tokelau	300 (2002)	300 (2002)
Tonga	11,200 (2002)	11,200 (2002)
Trinidad and Tobago	325,100 (2002)	325,100 (2002)
Tunisia	1,163,800 (2003)	1,163,800 (2003)
Turkey	18,916,700 (2003)	18,916,700 (2003)
Turkmenistan	374,000 (2002)	374,000 (2002)
Turks and Caicos Islands	5,700 (2002)	5,700 (2002)
Tuvalu	700 (2002)	700 (2002)
Uganda	61,000 (2003)	61,000 (2003)
Ukraine	10,833,300 (2002)	10,833,300 (2002)
United Arab Emirates	1,135,800 (2003)	1,135,800 (2003)
United Kingdom	34.898 million (2002)	34.898 million (2002)
United States	181,599,900 (2003)	181,599,900 (2003)
Uruguay	946,500 (2002)	946,500 (2002)
Uzbekistan	1,717,100 (2003)	1,717,100 (2003)
Vanuatu	6,500 (2003)	6,500 (2003)
Venezuela	2,841,800 (2002)	2,841,800 (2002)
Vietnam	4.402 million (2003)	4.402 million (2003)
Virgin Islands	69,400 (2002)	69,400 (2002)
Wallis and Futuna	1,900 (2002)	1,900 (2002)
West Bank	301,600 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2002)	301,600 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2002)
Western Sahara	about 2,000 (1999 est.)	about 2,000 (1999 est.)
World	843,923,500 (2003)	843,923,500 (2003)
Yemen	542,200 (2002)	542,200 (2002)
Zambia	88,400 (2003)	88,400 (2003)
Zimbabwe	300,900 (2003)	300,900 (2003)