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	Telephones - main lines in use (2008)	Telephones - main lines in use (2006)
Afghanistan	280,000 (2005)	100,000 (2005)
Albania	353,600 (2005)	255,000 (2003)
Algeria	2.841 million (2006)	2.572 million (2005)
American Samoa	10,400 (2004)	15,000 (2001)
Angola	98,200 (2006)	94,300 (2005)
Antigua and Barbuda	40,000 (2006)	38,000 (2004)
Argentina	9.46 million (2006)	8.8 million (2005)
Armenia	594,400 (2005)	582,500 (2004)
Aruba	38,300 (2005)	37,100 (2002)
Australia	9.94 million (2006)	11.46 million (2005)
Austria	3.564 million (2006)	3.705 million (2005)
Azerbaijan	1.189 million (2006)	1,091,400 (2005)
Bahamas, The	133,100 (2005)	139,900 (2004)
Bahrain	193,300 (2006)	196,500 (2005)
Bangladesh	1.134 million (2006)	1.07 million (2005)
Belarus	3.368 million (2006)	3,284,300 (2005)
Belgium	4.719 million (2006)	4.801 million (2004)
Belize	33,900 (2006)	33,300 (2005)
Benin	77,300 (2006)	76,300 (2005)
Bermuda	57,700 (2006)	56,000 (2002)
Bhutan	31,500 (2006)	32,700 (2005)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	989,000 (2006)	968,900 (2005)
Botswana	136,900 (2006)	132,000 (2005)
Brazil	38.8 million (2006)	42.382 million (2004)
Brunei	80,200 (2006)	90,000 (2002)
Bulgaria	2.399 million (2006)	2,483,500 (2005)
Burkina Faso	94,800 (2006)	97,400 (2005)
Burma	503,900 (2005)	476,200 (2005)
Burundi	31,100 (2005)	27,700 (2004)
Cambodia	32,800 (2006)	36,400 (2003)
Cameroon	100,300 (2005)	99,400 (2004)
Canada	20.78 million (2005)	18.276 million (2005)
Cape Verde	71,600 (2006)	71,400 (2005)
Central African Republic	10,000 (2005)	10,000 (2004)
Chad	13,000 (2006)	13,000 (2004)
Chile	3.326 million (2006)	3,435,900 (2005)
China	368 million (2006)	350.433 million (2005)
Colombia	7.865 million (2006)	7,678,800 (2005)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	9,700 (2006)	10,600 (2005)
Congo, Republic of the	15,900 (2005)	13,800 (2004)
Costa Rica	1.351 million (2006)	1,388,500 (2005)
Cote d'Ivoire	260,900 (2006)	257,900 (2004)
Croatia	1.832 million (2006)	1,889,500 (2005)
Cuba	972,900 (2006)	849,900 (2005)
Cyprus	area under government control: 408,300 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)	Republic of Cyprus: 420,000 (2005); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002)
Denmark	3.098 million (2006)	3.35 million (2005)
Djibouti	10,800 (2005)	11,100 (2004)
Dominican Republic	897,000 (2006)	894,500 (2005)
East Timor	-	NA
Ecuador	1.754 million (2006)	1,701,500 (2005)
Egypt	10.808 million (2006)	10,396,100 (2005)
El Salvador	1.037 million (2006)	971,500 (2005)
Eritrea	37,700 (2006)	37,700 (2005)
Estonia	541,900 (2006)	442,000 (2005)
Ethiopia	725,000 (2006)	610,300 (2005)
European Union	238 million (2005)	238,763,162 (2002)
Faroe Islands	23,000 (2006)	23,800 (2005)
Fiji	112,500 (2005)	102,000 (2003)
Finland	1.92 million (2006)	2.12 million (2005)
France	34.63 million; 33,897,000 (metropolitan France) (2006)	35.7 million (2005)
French Guiana	-	51,000 (2001)
French Polynesia	53,600 (2006)	53,400 (2005)
Gabon	36,500 (2006)	39,100 (2005)
Gambia, The	52,900 (2006)	44,000 (2005)
Georgia	544,000 (2007)	683,200 (2004)
Germany	54.2 million (2006)	55.046 million (2005)
Ghana	356,400 (2006)	321,500 (2005)
Greece	6.185 million (2006)	6.303 million (2005)
Grenada	27,700 (2006)	32,700 (2004)
Guadeloupe	-	210,000 (2001)
Guam	80,000 (2001)	84,134 (2001)
Guatemala	1.355 million (2006)	1,132,100 (2004)
Guernsey	45,100 (2005)	55,100 (2004)
Guinea	26,300 (2005)	26,200 (2003)
Guinea-Bissau	10,200 (2005)	10,600 (2003)
Haiti	145,300 (2005)	140,000 (2004)
Honduras	708,400 (2006)	494,400 (2005)
Hong Kong	3.87 million (2007)	3,794,600 (2005)
Hungary	3.35 million (2006)	3.356 million (2005)
Iceland	193,700 (2006)	193,900 (2005)
Indonesia	14.821 million (2006)	12.772 million (2005)
Iran	21.981 million (2006)	18.986 million (2005)
Iraq	1.547 million (2005)	1,034,200 (2004)
Ireland	2.097 million (2006)	2.033 million (2005)
Israel	3.005 million (2006)	2,936,300 (2005)
Jamaica	319,000 (2005)	342,000 (2005)
Japan	55.155 million (2006)	58.78 million (2005)
Jordan	614,000 (2006)	617,300 (2004)
Kazakhstan	2.928 million (2006)	2.5 million (2004)
Kenya	293,400 (2006)	281,800 (2005)
Korea, South	26.866 million (2006)	23.745 million (2005)
Kosovo	106,300 (2006)	-
Kyrgyzstan	440,400 (2005)	438,200 (2005)
Latvia	657,400 (2006)	731,000 (2005)
Lebanon	681,400 (2006)	990,000 (2005)
Libya	483,000 (2006)	750,000 (2003)
Liechtenstein	20,000 (2005)	19,900 (2002)
Lithuania	792,400 (2006)	801,100 (2005)
Luxembourg	246,700 (2006)	244,500 (2005)
Macau	178,013 (2007)	174,400 (2005)
Macedonia	490,900 (2006)	533,200 (2005)
Madagascar	129,800 (2006)	66,900 (2005)
Malaysia	4.342 million (2006)	4.366 million (2005)
Maldives	32,500 (2006)	32,300 (2005)
Mali	82,500 (2006)	75,000 (2005)
Malta	202,300 (2006)	202,100 (2005)
Marshall Islands	4,500 (2004)	5,510 (2004)
Martinique	-	172,000 (2001)
Mauritania	34,900 (2006)	41,000 (2005)
Mauritius	357,300 (2006)	359,000 (2005)
Mexico	19.861 million (2006)	19.512 million (2005)
Moldova	1.018 million (2006)	929,400 (2005)
Monaco	34,000 (2005)	33,700 (2002)
Mongolia	158,900 (2006)	156,000 (2005)
Montenegro	353,300 (2006)	177,663 (2005)
Morocco	1.266 million (2006)	1,341,200 (2005)
Mozambique	67,000 (2006)	69,700 (2004)
Namibia	138,900 (2005)	127,900 (2004)
Nepal	595,800 (2006)	448,600 (2005)
New Zealand	1.729 million (2005)	1,800,500 (2004)
Nicaragua	247,900 (2006)	220,900 (2005)
Nigeria	1.688 million (2006)	1,223,300 (2005)
Niue	1,100 (2002 est.)	1,100 est (2002)
Norway	2.055 million (2006)	2.129 million (2005)
Oman	278,300 (2006)	265,200 (2005)
Pakistan	5.24 million (2006)	5,277,500 (2005)
Panama	432,900 (2006)	440,100 (2005)
Papua New Guinea	63,700 (2005)	62,000 (2002)
Paraguay	331,100 (2006)	320,300 (2005)
Peru	2.332 million (2006)	2,250,500 (2005)
Philippines	3.633 million (2006)	3,437,500 (2004)
Poland	11.475 million (2006)	11.803 million (2005)
Portugal	4.231 million (2006)	4.234 million (2005)
Puerto Rico	1.038 million (2005)	1,111,900 (2004)
Qatar	228,300 (2006)	205,400 (2005)
Reunion	-	300,000 (2001)
Romania	4.231 million (2006)	4.391 million (2005)
Rwanda	22,000 (2005)	23,000 (2004)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,600 (2006)	22,500 (2005)
Samoa	19,500 (2005)	13,300 (2003)
San Marino	21,000 (2006)	20,600 (2002)
Sao Tome and Principe	7,100 (2005)	7,000 (2004)
Saudi Arabia	4.5 million (2006)	3.8 million (2005)
Senegal	282,600 (2006)	266,600 (2005)
Serbia	2.719 million (2006)	2,685,400 (2004)
Seychelles	20,700 (2006)	21,400 (2005)
Singapore	1.854 million (2006)	1.848 million (2005)
Slovakia	1.167 million (2006)	1.197 million (2005)
Slovenia	837,500 (2006)	816,400 (2005)
Spain	18.385 million (2006)	18.322 million (2005)
Sri Lanka	2.742 million (2007)	1.244 million (2005)
Sudan	636,900 (2006)	670,000 (2005)
Suriname	81,500 (2006)	81,100 (2004)
Swaziland	44,000 (2006)	35,000 (2005)
Sweden	6.379 million (2005)	6.447 million (2004)
Switzerland	5.04 million (2006)	5.123 million (2005)
Syria	3.243 million (2006)	2.903 million (2005)
Taiwan	14.497 million (2006)	13.615 million (2005)
Tajikistan	280,200 (2005)	245,200 (2004)
Tanzania	169,135 (2007)	148,400 (2004)
Thailand	7.073 million (2006)	7.035 million (2005)
Timor-Leste	2,500 (2006)	-
Togo	82,100 (2006)	58,600 (2005)
Tonga	13,700 (2005)	11,200 (2002)
Trinidad and Tobago	325,500 (2006)	323,500 (2005)
Tunisia	1.268 million (2006)	1,257,500 (2005)
Turkmenistan	495,000 (2006)	376,100 (2003)
Tuvalu	900 (2005)	700 (2002)
Uganda	108,100 (2006)	100,800 (2005)
Ukraine	12.341 million (2006)	12.142 million (2004)
United Arab Emirates	1.31 million (2006)	1.237 million (2005)
United Kingdom	33.602 million (2006)	32.943 million (2005)
United States	172 million (2006)	268 million (2003)
Uruguay	987,000 (2006)	1 million (2004)
Uzbekistan	1.793 million (2005)	1,717,100 (2003)
Vanuatu	7,000 (2005)	6,800 (2004)
Venezuela	4.217 million (2006)	3,605,500 (2005)
Vietnam	10.8 million (2007)	15.845 million (2005)
Virgin Islands	71,700 (2005)	70,900 (2004)
West Bank	349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)	357,300 (includes Gaza Strip) (2004)
Yemen	968,400 (2006)	798,100 (2004)
Zambia	93,400 (2006)	94,700 (2005)
Zimbabwe	331,700 (2006)	328,000 (2005)