Compare Telephones - main lines in use (2001) - Telephones - main lines in use (2003)

Compare Telephones - main lines in use (2001) with Telephones - main lines in use (2003)

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	Telephones - main lines in use (2001)	Telephones - main lines in use (2003)
Afghanistan	29,000 (1996) note: there were 21,000 main lines in service in Kabul in 1998	29,000 (1998)
Albania	87,000 (1997)	120,000 (2001)
Angola	62,000 (1997)	72,000 (1998)
Anguilla	5,000 (1997)	4,974 (2000)
Antarctica	0 note: information for US bases only (2001)	0 note: information for US bases only (2001)
Armenia	568,000 (1997)	600,000 (2002)
Australia	9.58 million (1998)	10.05 million (2000)
Austria	4 million (3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1999)	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	663,000 (1997)	865,000 (2002)
Benin	36,000 (1997)	51,000 (2000)
Botswana	86,000 (1997)	131,000 (September 2001)
Bulgaria	3.255 million (2000)	3,186,731 (2001)
Burkina Faso	36,000 (1997)	53,200 (2000)
Burundi	16,000 (1997)	18,000 (2002)
Cameroon	75,000 (1997)	95,000 (2001)
Canada	18.5 million (1999)	20,802,900 (1999)
Cape Verde	45,644 (2000)	60,935 (2002)
Central African Republic	10,000 (1997)	9,500 (2000)
Chad	7,000 (1997)	9,700 (1999)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA (1999)	287 (1992)
Comoros	6,000 (1997)	7,000 (2000)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	21,000 (1997)	20,000 (2000)
Congo, Republic of the	22,000 (1997)	22,000 (1998)
Costa Rica	450,000 (1998) note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use 1998	450,000 (1998) note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use in 1998
Cote d'Ivoire	219,283 (31 December 1999)	263,700 (2000)
Croatia	1.488 million (1997)	1,721,139 (2000)
Cyprus	Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 83,162 (1998)	Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998);; Turkish Cypriot area: 83,162 (1998)
Djibouti	8,000 (1997)	10,000 (2002)
East Timor	-	NA
Ecuador	899,000 (1997)	1,115,272 (1999)
Equatorial Guinea	4,000 (1996)	6,000 (1998)
Eritrea	23,578 (2000)	30,000 (2001)
Estonia	476,078 (yearend 1998)	501,691 (2000)
Ethiopia	157,000 (1997)	231,900 (2000)
Fiji	72,000 (1997)	80,901 (1999)
Finland	2.861 million (1997)	2,847,900 (2001)
Gabon	37,000 (1997)	39,000 (1998)
Germany	45.2 million (1997) note: 46.5 million main lines were installed by yearend 1998	50.9 million (March 2001)
Ghana	200,000 (1998)	240,000 (2001)
Greenland	25,617 (end 1999)	25,617 (yearend 1999)
Guinea	20,000 (1997)	37,000 (1998)
Guinea-Bissau	8,000 (1997)	10,000 (2001)
Iceland	168,000 (1997)	196,984 (2001)
Iraq	675,000 (1997)	675,000 (1997); note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April war
Ireland	1.59 million (2001)	1.6 million (2002)
Kazakhstan	1.818 million (1997)	1.92 million (2001)
Kenya	290,000 (1998)	310,000 (2001)
Kiribati	2,000 (1997)	3,800 (1999)
Korea, South	24 million (1999)	24 million (2000)
Latvia	748,000 (1997)	734,693 (2000)
Lesotho	20,000 (1997)	22,200 (2000)
Liberia	6,000 (1997)	6,700 (2000)
Libya	380,000 (1996)	500,000 (1998)
Liechtenstein	20,000 (1997)	20,072 (2000)
Lithuania	1.048 million (1997)	1.142 million (2001)
Macau	176,837 (2000)	176,902 (November 2001)
Madagascar	43,000 (1997)	55,000 (2000)
Malawi	37,000 (1997)	45,000 (2000)
Malaysia	4.5 million (1999)	4.6 million (2000)
Mali	23,000 (1997)	45,000 (2000)
Marshall Islands	3,000 (1996)	4,186 (2001)
Mauritania	26,000 (2000)	26,500 (2001)
Mauritius	223,000 (1997)	280,900 (2000)
Mayotte	9,314 (1997)	12,000 (1998)
Mexico	9.6 million (1998)	12.332 million (2000)
Mozambique	65,354 (2000)	90,000 (2001)
Namibia	100,848 (1997)	110,200 (2000)
New Zealand	1.84 million (1997)	1.92 million (2000)
Niger	16,000 (1997)	20,000 (2001)
Nigeria	500,000 (2000)	500,000 (2000 est.)
Palau	1,500 (1988)	6,700 (2002)
Papua New Guinea	47,000 (1996)	61,152 (1999)
Peru	1.509 million (1998)	1.8 million (2000)
Philippines	1.9 million (1997)	6.98 million (2001)
Portugal	5.3 million (end 1998)	5.3 million (yearend 1998)
Reunion	236,500 (1997)	268,500 (1999)
Rwanda	15,000 (1995)	600,000 note - 90% in Kigali (2002)
Samoa	8,000 (1997)	8,183 (1998)
Sao Tome and Principe	3,000 (1997)	4,600 (2000)
Saudi Arabia	3.1 million (1998)	3.9 million (2002 est.)
Senegal	116,000 (1997)	234,916 (2001)
Serbia and Montenegro	-	2.017 million (1995)
Sierra Leone	17,000 (1997)	25,000 (2001)
Singapore	1.928 million (November 2000)	1.95 million (2000)
Somalia	NA	15,000 (2000)
South Africa	5.075 million (1999)	more than 5 million (2001)
Swaziland	33,500 (2000)	38,500 (2001)
Thailand	5.4 million (1998)	5.6 million (2000)
Trinidad and Tobago	243,000 (1997)	252,000 (1999)
Uganda	50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998)	50,074; however, 80,868 main lines have been installed (1998)
Uruguay	850,000 (2000)	929,141 (2001)
Vanuatu	4,000 (1996)	5,500 (1998)
Venezuela	2,600,000.00; however, 3,500,000 were installed (1998)	2.6 million (however, 3,500,000 have been installed) (1998)
Virgin Islands	62,000 (1997)	65,000 (1997)
Yugoslavia	2.017 million (1995)	-
Zambia	77,935 (in addition there are about 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)	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)	212,000 (in addition, there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)