Telephones - main lines in use (2001) | Telephones - main lines in use (2008) | ||
Afghanistan | 29,000 (1996)
note: there were 21,000 main lines in service in Kabul in 1998 |
280,000 (2005) | |
Albania | 87,000 (1997) | 353,600 (2005) | |
Algeria | 2.3 million (1998) | 2.841 million (2006) | |
American Samoa | 13,000 (1997) | 10,400 (2004) | |
Andorra | 32,946 (December 1998) | 35,400 (2005) | |
Angola | 62,000 (1997) | 98,200 (2006) | |
Anguilla | 5,000 (1997) | 6,200 (2002) | |
Antarctica | 0
note: information for US bases only (2001) |
0; note - information for US bases only (2001) | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 28,000 (1996) | 40,000 (2006) | |
Argentina | 7.5 million (1998) | 9.46 million (2006) | |
Armenia | 568,000 (1997) | 594,400 (2005) | |
Aruba | 33,000 (1997) | 38,300 (2005) | |
Australia | 9.58 million (1998) | 9.94 million (2006) | |
Austria | 4 million (3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1999) | 3.564 million (2006) | |
Azerbaijan | 663,000 (1997) | 1.189 million (2006) | |
Bahamas, The | 96,000 (1997) | 133,100 (2005) | |
Bahrain | 152,000 (1997) | 193,300 (2006) | |
Bangladesh | 500,000 (2000) | 1.134 million (2006) | |
Barbados | 108,000 (1997) | 134,900 (2005) | |
Belarus | 2.313 million (1997) | 3.368 million (2006) | |
Belgium | 4.769 million (1997) | 4.719 million (2006) | |
Belize | 31,000 (1997) | 33,900 (2006) | |
Benin | 36,000 (1997) | 77,300 (2006) | |
Bermuda | 52,000 (1997) | 57,700 (2006) | |
Bhutan | 6,000 (1997) | 31,500 (2006) | |
Bolivia | 327,600 (1996) | 646,300 (2005) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 303,000 (1997) | 989,000 (2006) | |
Botswana | 86,000 (1997) | 136,900 (2006) | |
Brazil | 17.039 million (1997) | 38.8 million (2006) | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | NA | NA | |
British Virgin Islands | 10,000 (1996) | 11,700 (2002) | |
Brunei | 79,000 (1996) | 80,200 (2006) | |
Bulgaria | 3.255 million (2000) | 2.399 million (2006) | |
Burkina Faso | 36,000 (1997) | 94,800 (2006) | |
Burma | 250,000 (2000) | 503,900 (2005) | |
Burundi | 16,000 (1997) | 31,100 (2005) | |
Cambodia | 21,800 (mid-1998) | 32,800 (2006) | |
Cameroon | 75,000 (1997) | 100,300 (2005) | |
Canada | 18.5 million (1999) | 20.78 million (2005) | |
Cape Verde | 45,644 (2000) | 71,600 (2006) | |
Cayman Islands | 19,000 (1995) | 38,000 (2002) | |
Central African Republic | 10,000 (1997) | 10,000 (2005) | |
Chad | 7,000 (1997) | 13,000 (2006) | |
Chile | 2.603 million (1998) | 3.326 million (2006) | |
China | 135 million (2000) | 368 million (2006) | |
Christmas Island | NA | NA | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | NA (1999) | 287 (1992) | |
Colombia | 5,433,565 (December 1997) | 7.865 million (2006) | |
Comoros | 6,000 (1997) | 16,900 (2005) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 21,000 (1997) | 9,700 (2006) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 22,000 (1997) | 15,900 (2005) | |
Cook Islands | 5,000 (1997) | 6,200 (2002) | |
Costa Rica | 450,000 (1998)
note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use 1998 |
1.351 million (2006) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 219,283 (31 December 1999) | 260,900 (2006) | |
Croatia | 1.488 million (1997) | 1.832 million (2006) | |
Cuba | 473,031 (2000) | 972,900 (2006) | |
Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 83,162 (1998) | area under government control: 408,300 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002) | |
Czech Republic | 3.869 million (2000) | 3,217,300 (2005) | |
Denmark | 4.785 million (1997) | 3.098 million (2006) | |
Djibouti | 8,000 (1997) | 10,800 (2005) | |
Dominica | 19,000 (1996) | 21,000 (2004) | |
Dominican Republic | 709,000 (1997) | 897,000 (2006) | |
Ecuador | 899,000 (1997) | 1.754 million (2006) | |
Egypt | 3,971,500 (December 1998) | 10.808 million (2006) | |
El Salvador | 380,000 (1998) | 1.037 million (2006) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 4,000 (1996) | 10,000 (2005) | |
Eritrea | 23,578 (2000) | 37,700 (2006) | |
Estonia | 476,078 (yearend 1998) | 541,900 (2006) | |
Ethiopia | 157,000 (1997) | 725,000 (2006) | |
European Union | - | 238 million (2005) | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA | 2,400 (2002) | |
Faroe Islands | 24,851 (1999) | 23,000 (2006) | |
Fiji | 72,000 (1997) | 112,500 (2005) | |
Finland | 2.861 million (1997) | 1.92 million (2006) | |
France | 34.86 million (yearend 1998) | 34.63 million; 33,897,000 (metropolitan France) (2006) | |
French Guiana | 47,000 (1997) | - | |
French Polynesia | 52,000 (1997) | 53,600 (2006) | |
Gabon | 37,000 (1997) | 36,500 (2006) | |
Gambia, The | 31,900 (2000) | 52,900 (2006) | |
Gaza Strip | 95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997) | 349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005) | |
Georgia | 620,000 (1997) | 544,000 (2007) | |
Germany | 45.2 million (1997)
note: 46.5 million main lines were installed by yearend 1998 |
54.2 million (2006) | |
Ghana | 200,000 (1998) | 356,400 (2006) | |
Gibraltar | 19,000 (1997) | 24,512 (2002) | |
Greece | 5.431 million (1997) | 6.185 million (2006) | |
Greenland | 25,617 (end 1999) | 25,300 (2002) | |
Grenada | 27,000 (1997) | 27,700 (2006) | |
Guadeloupe | 171,000 (1996) | - | |
Guam | 84,134 (1998) | 80,000 (2001) | |
Guatemala | 665,061 (June 2000) | 1.355 million (2006) | |
Guernsey | 44,000 (1996) | 45,100 (2005) | |
Guinea | 20,000 (1997) | 26,300 (2005) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 8,000 (1997) | 10,200 (2005) | |
Guyana | 70,000 (2000) | 110,100 (2005) | |
Haiti | 60,000 (1997) | 145,300 (2005) | |
Holy See (Vatican City) | NA | 5,120 (2005) | |
Honduras | 234,000 (1997) | 708,400 (2006) | |
Hong Kong | 3.839 million (1999) | 3.87 million (2007) | |
Hungary | 3.095 million (1997) | 3.35 million (2006) | |
Iceland | 168,000 (1997) | 193,700 (2006) | |
India | 27.7 million (October 2000) | 49.75 million (2005) | |
Indonesia | 5,588,310 (1998) | 14.821 million (2006) | |
Iran | 6.313 million (1997) | 21.981 million (2006) | |
Iraq | 675,000 (1997) | 1.547 million (2005) | |
Ireland | 1.59 million (2001) | 2.097 million (2006) | |
Isle of Man | 51,000 (1999) | 51,000 (1999) | |
Israel | 2.8 million (1999) | 3.005 million (2006) | |
Italy | 25 million (1999) | 25.049 million (2005) | |
Jamaica | 353,000 (1996) | 319,000 (2005) | |
Japan | 60.381 million (1997) | 55.155 million (2006) | |
Jersey | 65,500 (1997) | 73,900 (2001) | |
Jordan | 403,000 (1997) | 614,000 (2006) | |
Kazakhstan | 1.818 million (1997) | 2.928 million (2006) | |
Kenya | 290,000 (1998) | 293,400 (2006) | |
Kiribati | 2,000 (1997) | 4,500 (2002) | |
Korea, North | 1.1 million (1997) | 980,000 (2003) | |
Korea, South | 24 million (1999) | 26.866 million (2006) | |
Kosovo | - | 106,300 (2006) | |
Kuwait | 412,000 (1997) | 510,300 (2005) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 351,000 (1997) | 440,400 (2005) | |
Laos | 25,000 (1997) | 90,067 (2006) | |
Latvia | 748,000 (1997) | 657,400 (2006) | |
Lebanon | 700,000 (1999) | 681,400 (2006) | |
Lesotho | 20,000 (1997) | 48,000 (2005) | |
Liberia | 6,000 (1997) | 6,900 (2002) | |
Libya | 380,000 (1996) | 483,000 (2006) | |
Liechtenstein | 20,000 (1997) | 20,000 (2005) | |
Lithuania | 1.048 million (1997) | 792,400 (2006) | |
Luxembourg | 314,700 (1999) | 246,700 (2006) | |
Macau | 176,837 (2000) | 178,013 (2007) | |
Macedonia | - | 490,900 (2006) | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 408,000 (1997) | - | |
Madagascar | 43,000 (1997) | 129,800 (2006) | |
Malawi | 37,000 (1997) | 102,700 (2005) | |
Malaysia | 4.5 million (1999) | 4.342 million (2006) | |
Maldives | 21,000 (1999) | 32,500 (2006) | |
Mali | 23,000 (1997) | 82,500 (2006) | |
Malta | 187,000 (1997) | 202,300 (2006) | |
Marshall Islands | 3,000 (1996) | 4,500 (2004) | |
Martinique | 170,000 (1997) | - | |
Mauritania | 26,000 (2000) | 34,900 (2006) | |
Mauritius | 223,000 (1997) | 357,300 (2006) | |
Mayotte | 9,314 (1997) | 10,000 (2002) | |
Mexico | 9.6 million (1998) | 19.861 million (2006) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 11,000 (2001) | 12,400 (2005) | |
Moldova | 627,000 (1997) | 1.018 million (2006) | |
Monaco | 31,027 (1995) | 34,000 (2005) | |
Mongolia | 104,100 (1999) | 158,900 (2006) | |
Montenegro | - | 353,300 (2006) | |
Montserrat | 4,000 (1997) | NA | |
Morocco | 1.391 million (1998) | 1.266 million (2006) | |
Mozambique | 65,354 (2000) | 67,000 (2006) | |
Namibia | 100,848 (1997) | 138,900 (2005) | |
Nauru | 2,000 (1996) | 1,900 (2002) | |
Nepal | 236,816 (January 2000) | 595,800 (2006) | |
Netherlands | 9,132,400 (1999) | 7.6 million (2005) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 76,000 (1995) | 81,000 (2001) | |
New Caledonia | 47,000 (1997) | 55,300 (2005) | |
New Zealand | 1.84 million (1997) | 1.729 million (2005) | |
Nicaragua | 140,000 (1996) | 247,900 (2006) | |
Niger | 16,000 (1997) | 24,000 (2005) | |
Nigeria | 500,000 (2000) | 1.688 million (2006) | |
Niue | 376 (1991) | 1,100 (2002 est.) | |
Norfolk Island | 1,087 (1983) | 2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004) | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 21,000 (1996) | 21,000 (2000) | |
Norway | 2.735 million (1998) | 2.055 million (2006) | |
Oman | 201,000 (1997) | 278,300 (2006) | |
Pakistan | 2.861 million (March 1999) | 5.24 million (2006) | |
Palau | 1,500 (1988) | 6,700 (2002) | |
Panama | 396,000 (1997) | 432,900 (2006) | |
Papua New Guinea | 47,000 (1996) | 63,700 (2005) | |
Paraguay | 290,475 (2001) | 331,100 (2006) | |
Peru | 1.509 million (1998) | 2.332 million (2006) | |
Philippines | 1.9 million (1997) | 3.633 million (2006) | |
Pitcairn Islands | 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (1997) | 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004) | |
Poland | 8.07 million (1998) | 11.475 million (2006) | |
Portugal | 5.3 million (end 1998) | 4.231 million (2006) | |
Puerto Rico | 1.322 million (1997) | 1.038 million (2005) | |
Qatar | 142,000 (1997) | 228,300 (2006) | |
Reunion | 236,500 (1997) | - | |
Romania | 3.777 million (1997) | 4.231 million (2006) | |
Russia | 30 million (1998) | 40.1 million (2005) | |
Rwanda | 15,000 (1995) | 22,000 (2005) | |
Saint Helena | 2,000 (1997) | 2,200 (2002) | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17,000 (1997) | 25,000 (2004) | |
Saint Lucia | 37,000 (1997) | 51,100 (2002) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,000 (1997) | 4,800 (2002) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 20,500 (1998) | 22,600 (2006) | |
Samoa | 8,000 (1997) | 19,500 (2005) | |
San Marino | 18,000 (1998) | 21,000 (2006) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 3,000 (1997) | 7,100 (2005) | |
Saudi Arabia | 3.1 million (1998) | 4.5 million (2006) | |
Senegal | 116,000 (1997) | 282,600 (2006) | |
Serbia | - | 2.719 million (2006) | |
Seychelles | 19,635 (1997) | 20,700 (2006) | |
Sierra Leone | 17,000 (1997) | 24,000 (2002) | |
Singapore | 1.928 million (November 2000) | 1.854 million (2006) | |
Slovakia | 1,934,558 (1998) | 1.167 million (2006) | |
Slovenia | 722,000 (1997) | 837,500 (2006) | |
Solomon Islands | 8,000 (1997) | 7,400 (2005) | |
Somalia | NA | 100,000 (2005) | |
South Africa | 5.075 million (1999) | 4.729 million (2005) | |
Spain | 17.336 million (1999) | 18.385 million (2006) | |
Sri Lanka | 494,509 (1998) | 2.742 million (2007) | |
Sudan | 400,000 (2000) | 636,900 (2006) | |
Suriname | 64,000 (1997) | 81,500 (2006) | |
Svalbard | NA | NA | |
Swaziland | 33,500 (2000) | 44,000 (2006) | |
Sweden | 6.017 million (December 1998) | 6.379 million (2005) | |
Switzerland | 4.82 million (1998) | 5.04 million (2006) | |
Syria | 1.313 million (1997) | 3.243 million (2006) | |
Taiwan | 12.49 million (September 2000) | 14.497 million (2006) | |
Tajikistan | 363,000 (1997) | 280,200 (2005) | |
Tanzania | 127,000 (1998) | 169,135 (2007) | |
Thailand | 5.4 million (1998) | 7.073 million (2006) | |
Timor-Leste | - | 2,500 (2006) | |
Togo | 25,000 (1997) | 82,100 (2006) | |
Tokelau | NA | 300 (2002) | |
Tonga | 8,000 (1996) | 13,700 (2005) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 243,000 (1997) | 325,500 (2006) | |
Tunisia | 654,000 (1997) | 1.268 million (2006) | |
Turkey | 19.5 million (1999) | 18.978 million (2005) | |
Turkmenistan | 363,000 (1997) | 495,000 (2006) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 3,000 (1994) | 5,700 (2002) | |
Tuvalu | 1,000 (1997) | 900 (2005) | |
Uganda | 50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998) | 108,100 (2006) | |
Ukraine | 9.45 million (April 1999) | 12.341 million (2006) | |
United Arab Emirates | 915,223 (1998) | 1.31 million (2006) | |
United Kingdom | 34.878 million (1997) | 33.602 million (2006) | |
United States | 194 million (1997) | 172 million (2006) | |
Uruguay | 850,000 (2000) | 987,000 (2006) | |
Uzbekistan | 1.98 million (1999) | 1.793 million (2005) | |
Vanuatu | 4,000 (1996) | 7,000 (2005) | |
Venezuela | 2,600,000.00; however, 3,500,000 were installed (1998) | 4.217 million (2006) | |
Vietnam | 2.6 million (2000) | 10.8 million (2007) | |
Virgin Islands | 62,000 (1997) | 71,700 (2005) | |
Wallis and Futuna | 1,125 (1994) | 1,900 (2002) | |
West Bank | 95,729 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (1997) | 349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) | |
Western Sahara | about 2,000 (1999 est.) | about 2,000 (1999 est.) | |
World | NA | 1,263,367,600 (2005) | |
Yemen | 291,359 (1999) | 968,400 (2006) | |
Yugoslavia | 2.017 million (1995) | - | |
Zambia | 77,935 (in addition there are about 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997) | 93,400 (2006) | |
Zimbabwe | 212,000 (in addition there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997) | 331,700 (2006) |