Telephones - main lines in use (2002) | Telephones - main lines in use (2005) | ||
Afghanistan | 29,000 (1998) | 33,100 (2002) | |
Albania | 120,000 (2001) | 255,000 (2003) | |
Algeria | 2.3 million (1998) | 2,199,600 (2003) | |
American Samoa | 13,000 (1997) | 15,000 (2001) | |
Andorra | 32,946 (December 1998) | 35,000 (2001) | |
Angola | 72,000 (1998) | 96,300 (2003) | |
Anguilla | 4,974 (2000) | 6,200 (2002) | |
Antigua and Barbuda | 28,000 (1996) | 38,000 (2002) | |
Argentina | 7.5 million (1998) | 8,009,400 (2002) | |
Armenia | 600,000 (2002) | 562,600 (2003) | |
Aruba | 33,000 (1997) | 37,100 (2002) | |
Australia | 10.05 million (2000) | 10.815 million (2003) | |
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) | 3.881 million (2003) | |
Azerbaijan | 865,000 (2002) | 923,800 (2002) | |
Bahamas, The | 96,000 (1997) | 131,700 (2003) | |
Bahrain | 152,000 (1997) | 185,800 (2003) | |
Bangladesh | 500,000 (2000) | 740,000 (2003) | |
Barbados | 108,000 (1997) | 134,000 (2003) | |
Belarus | 2.313 million (1997) | 3,071,300 (2003) | |
Belgium | 4.769 million (1997) | 5,120,400 (2002) | |
Belize | 31,000 (1997) | 33,300 (2003) | |
Benin | 51,000 (2000) | 66,500 (2003) | |
Bermuda | 52,000 (1997) | 56,000 (2002) | |
Bhutan | 6,000 (1997) | 25,200 (2003) | |
Bolivia | 327,600 (1996) | 600,100 (2003) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 303,000 (1997) | 938,000 (2003) | |
Botswana | 131,000 (September 2001) | 142,400 (2002) | |
Brazil | 17.039 million (1997) | 38.81 million (2002) | |
British Virgin Islands | 10,000 (1996) | 11,700 (2002) | |
Brunei | 79,000 (1996) | 90,000 (2002) | |
Bulgaria | 3,186,731 (2001) | 2,868,200 (2002) | |
Burkina Faso | 53,200 (2000) | 65,400 (2003) | |
Burma | 250,000 (2000) | 357,300 (2003) | |
Burundi | 20,000 (2000) | 23,900 (2003) | |
Cambodia | 21,800 (mid-1998) | 35,400 (2002) | |
Cameroon | 95,000 (2001) | 110,900 (2002) | |
Canada | 20,802,900 (1999) | 19,950,900 (2003) | |
Cape Verde | 60,935 (2002) | 71,700 (2003) | |
Cayman Islands | 19,000 (1995) | 38,000 (2002) | |
Central African Republic | 9,500 (2000) | 9,000 (2002) | |
Chad | 9,700 (1999) | 11,800 (2002) | |
Chile | 2.603 million (1998) | 3.467 million (2002) | |
China | 135 million (2000) | 263 million (2003) | |
Colombia | 5,433,565 (December 1997) | 8,768,100 (2003) | |
Comoros | 7,000 (2000) | 13,200 (2003) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 20,000 (2000) | 10,000 (2002) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 22,000 (1998) | 7,000 (2003) | |
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 in 1998 |
1.132 million (2002) | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 263,700 (2000) | 328,000 (2003) | |
Croatia | 1,721,139 (2000) | 1.825 million (2002) | |
Cuba | 473,031 (2000) | 574,400 (2002) | |
Cyprus | Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 83,162 (1998) | Republic of Cyprus: 427,400 (2002); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002) | |
Czech Republic | 3.869 million (2000) | 3.626 million (2003) | |
Denmark | 4.785 million (1997) | 3,610,100 (2003) | |
Djibouti | 10,000 (2002) | 9,500 (2003) | |
Dominica | 19,000 (1996) | 23,700 (2002) | |
Dominican Republic | 709,000 (1997) | 901,800 (2003) | |
Ecuador | 1,115,272 (1999) | 1.549 million (2003) | |
Egypt | 3,971,500 (December 1998) | 9.6 million (2005) | |
El Salvador | 380,000 (1998) | 752,600 (2003) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 6,000 (1998) | 9,600 (2003) | |
Eritrea | 30,000 (2001) | 38,100 (2003) | |
Estonia | 501,691 (2000) | 475,000 (2002) | |
Ethiopia | 231,900 (2000) | 435,000 (2003) | |
European Union | - | 238,763,162 (2002) | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | NA | 2,400 (2002) | |
Faroe Islands | 24,851 (1999) | 23,000 (2002) | |
Fiji | 80,901 (1999) | 102,000 (2003) | |
Finland | 2,847,900 (2001) | 2.548 million (2003) | |
France | 34.86 million (yearend 1998) | 33,905,400 (2003) | |
French Guiana | 47,000 (1997) | 51,000 (2001) | |
French Polynesia | 52,000 (1997) | 52,500 (2002) | |
Gabon | 39,000 (1998) | 38,400 (2003) | |
Gambia, The | 31,900 (2000) | 38,400 (2002) | |
Georgia | 620,000 (1997) | 650,500 (2003) | |
Germany | 50.9 million (March 2001) | 54.35 million (2003) | |
Ghana | 240,000 (2001) | 302,300 (2003) | |
Gibraltar | 19,000 (1997) | 24,512 (2002) | |
Greece | 5.431 million (1997) | 5,205,100 (2003) | |
Greenland | 25,617 (yearend 1999) | 26,000 (2001) | |
Grenada | 27,000 (1997) | 33,500 (2002) | |
Guadeloupe | 171,000 (1996) | 210,000 (2001) | |
Guam | 84,134 (1998) | 84,134 (2001) | |
Guatemala | 665,061 (June 2000) | 846,000 (2002) | |
Guernsey | 44,000 (1996) | 55,000 (2001) | |
Guinea | 37,000 (1998) | 26,200 (2003) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 10,000 (2001) | 10,600 (2003) | |
Guyana | 70,000 (2000) | 80,400 (2002) | |
Haiti | 60,000 (1997) | 130,000 (2002) | |
Honduras | 234,000 (1997) | 322,500 (2002) | |
Hong Kong | 3.839 million (1999) | 3,801,300 (2003) | |
Hungary | 3.095 million (1997) | 3,666,400 (2002) | |
Iceland | 196,984 (2001) | 190,700 (2003) | |
India | 27.7 million (October 2000) | 48.917 million (2003) | |
Indonesia | 5,588,310 (1998) | 7.75 million (2002) | |
Iran | 6.313 million (1997) | 14,571,100 (2003) | |
Iraq | 675,000 (1997) | 675,000; note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April 2003 war (2003) | |
Ireland | 1.6 million (2002) | 1.955 million (2003) | |
Israel | 2.8 million (1999) | 3.006 million (2002) | |
Italy | 25 million (1999) | 26.596 million (2003) | |
Jamaica | 353,000 (1996) | 444,400 (2002) | |
Japan | 60.381 million (1997) | 71.149 million (2002) | |
Jersey | 65,500 (1997) | 73,900 (2001) | |
Jordan | 403,000 (1997) | 622,600 (2003) | |
Kazakhstan | 1.92 million (2001) | 2,081,900 (2002) | |
Kenya | 310,000 (2001) | 328,400 (2003) | |
Kiribati | 3,800 (1999) | 4,500 (2002) | |
Korea, North | 1.1 million (1997) | 1.1 million (2001) | |
Korea, South | 24 million (2000) | 22.877 million (2003) | |
Kuwait | 412,000 (1997) | 486,900 (2003) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 351,000 (1997) | 394,800 (2002) | |
Laos | 25,000 (1997) | 61,900 (2002) | |
Latvia | 734,693 (2000) | 653,900 (2003) | |
Lebanon | 700,000 (1999) | 678,800 (2002) | |
Lesotho | 22,200 (2000) | 28,600 (2002) | |
Liberia | 6,700 (2000) | 7,000 (2001) | |
Libya | 500,000 (1998) | 750,000 (2003) | |
Liechtenstein | 20,072 (2000) | 19,900 (2002) | |
Lithuania | 1.142 million (2001) | 824,200 (2003) | |
Luxembourg | 314,700 (1999) | 355,400 (2002) | |
Macau | 176,902 (November 2001) | 174,600 (2003) | |
Macedonia | - | 560,000 (2002) | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | 408,000 (1997) | - | |
Madagascar | 55,000 (2000) | 59,600 (2003) | |
Malawi | 38,000 (1999) | 85,000 (2003) | |
Malaysia | 4.6 million (2000) | 4,571,600 (2003) | |
Maldives | 21,000 (1999) | 28,700 (2002) | |
Mali | 45,000 (2000) | 56,600 (2002) | |
Malta | 187,000 (1997) | 208,300 (2003) | |
Marshall Islands | 4,186 (2001) | 4,500 (2003) | |
Martinique | 170,000 (1997) | 172,000 est (2001) | |
Mauritania | 26,500 (2001) | 31,500 (2002) | |
Mauritius | 280,900 (2000) | 348,200 (2003) | |
Mayotte | 12,000 (1998) | 10,000 (2001) | |
Mexico | 12.332 million (2000) | 15,958,700 (2003) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 11,000 (2001) | 10,100 (2001) | |
Moldova | 627,000 (1997) | 706,900 (2002) | |
Monaco | 31,027 (1995) | 33,700 (2002) | |
Mongolia | 104,100 (1999) | 142,300 (2004) | |
Montserrat | 4,000 (1997) | NA | |
Morocco | 1.391 million (1998) | 1,219,200 (2003) | |
Mozambique | 90,000 (December 2001) | 83,700 (2002) | |
Namibia | 110,200 (2000) | 127,400 (2003) | |
Nauru | 2,000 (1996) | 1,900 (2002) | |
Nepal | 236,816 (January 2000) | 371,800 (2003) | |
Netherlands | 9,132,400 (1999) | 10.004 million (2002) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 76,000 (1995) | 81,000 (2001) | |
New Caledonia | 47,000 (1997) | 52,000 (2002) | |
New Zealand | 1.92 million (2000) | 1.765 million (2002) | |
Nicaragua | 140,000 (1996) | 171,600 (2002) | |
Niger | 20,000 (2001) | 22,400 (2002) | |
Nigeria | 500,000 (2000 est) | 853,100 (2003) | |
Niue | 376 (1991) | 1,100 est (2002) | |
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) | 3.343 million (2002) | |
Oman | 201,000 (1997) | 233,900 (2002) | |
Pakistan | 2.861 million (March 1999) | 3,982,800 (2003) | |
Panama | 396,000 (1997) | 386,900 (2002) | |
Papua New Guinea | 61,152 (1999) | 62,000 (2002) | |
Paraguay | 290,475 (2001) | 273,200 (2002) | |
Peru | 1.8 million (2000) | 1,839,200 (2003) | |
Philippines | 3.1 million (2000) | 3,310,900 (2002) | |
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) | 12.3 million (2003) | |
Portugal | 5.3 million (yearend 1998) | 4,278,800 (2003) | |
Puerto Rico | 1.322 million (1997) | 1,329,500 (2002) | |
Qatar | 142,000 (1997) | 184,500 (2003) | |
Reunion | 268,500 (1999) | 300,000 est (2001) | |
Romania | 3.777 million (1997) | 4.3 million (2003) | |
Russia | 30 million (1998) | 35.5 million (2002) | |
Rwanda | 11,000 (1999) | 23,200 (2002) | |
Saint Helena | 2,000 (1997) | 2,200 (2002) | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17,000 (1997) | 23,500 (2002) | |
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) | 27,300 (2002) | |
Samoa | 8,183 (1998) | 11,800 (2002) | |
San Marino | 18,000 (1998) | 20,600 (2002) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 4,600 (2000) | 7,000 (2003) | |
Saudi Arabia | 3.1 million (1998) | 3,502,600 (2003) | |
Senegal | 234,916 (2001) | 228,800 (2003) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 2.017 million (1995) | 2,611,700 (2003) | |
Seychelles | 19,635 (1997) | 21,700 (2002) | |
Sierra Leone | 25,000 (2001) | 24,000 (2002) | |
Singapore | 1.95 million (2000) | 1,896,100 (2004) | |
Slovakia | 1,934,558 (1998) | 1,294,700 (2003) | |
Slovenia | 722,000 (1997) | 812,300 (2003) | |
Solomon Islands | 8,000 (1997) | 6,600 (2002) | |
Somalia | 15,000 (2000) | 100,000 (2002 est.) | |
South Africa | more than 5 million (2001) | 4.844 million (2002) | |
Spain | 17.336 million (1999) | 17,567,500 (2003) | |
Sri Lanka | 494,509 (1998) | 881,400 (2002) | |
Sudan | 400,000 (2000) | 900,000 (2003) | |
Suriname | 64,000 (1997) | 79,800 (2003) | |
Swaziland | 38,500 (2001) | 46,200 (2003) | |
Sweden | 6.017 million (December 1998) | 6,579,200 (2002) | |
Switzerland | 4.82 million (1998) | 5.419 million (2002) | |
Syria | 1.313 million (1997) | 2,099,300 (2002) | |
Taiwan | 12.49 million (September 2000) | 13.355 million (2003) | |
Tajikistan | 363,000 (1997) | 242,100 (2003) | |
Tanzania | 127,000 (1998) | 149,100 (2003) | |
Thailand | 5.6 million (2000) | 6,617,400 (2003) | |
Togo | 25,000 (1997) | 60,600 (2003) | |
Tokelau | NA | 300 (2002) | |
Tonga | 8,000 (1996) | 11,200 (2002) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 252,000 (1999) | 325,100 (2002) | |
Tunisia | 654,000 (1997) | 1,163,800 (2003) | |
Turkey | 19.5 million (1999) | 18,916,700 (2003) | |
Turkmenistan | 363,000 (1997) | 374,000 (2002) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 3,000 (1994) | 5,700 (2002) | |
Tuvalu | 1,000 (1997) | 700 (2002) | |
Uganda | 50,074; however, 80,868 main lines have been installed (1998) | 61,000 (2003) | |
Ukraine | 9.45 million (April 1999) | 10,833,300 (2002) | |
United Arab Emirates | 915,223 (1998) | 1,135,800 (2003) | |
United Kingdom | 34.878 million (1997) | 34.898 million (2002) | |
United States | 194 million (1997) | 181,599,900 (2003) | |
Uruguay | 929,141 (2001) | 946,500 (2002) | |
Uzbekistan | 1.98 million (1999) | 1,717,100 (2003) | |
Vanuatu | 5,500 (1998) | 6,500 (2003) | |
Venezuela | 2.6 million (however, 3,500,000 have been installed) (1998) | 2,841,800 (2002) | |
Vietnam | 2.6 million (2000) | 4.402 million (2003) | |
Virgin Islands | 62,000 (1997) | 69,400 (2002) | |
Wallis and Futuna | 1,125 (1994) | 1,900 (2002) | |
West Bank | 95,729 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (1997) | 301,600 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2002) | |
World | NA | 843,923,500 (2003) | |
Yemen | 291,359 (1999) | 542,200 (2002) | |
Zambia | 130,000 (including more than 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997) | 88,400 (2003) | |
Zimbabwe | 212,000 (in addition, there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997) | 300,900 (2003) |