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

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

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	Telephones - main lines in use (2003)	Telephones - main lines in use (2001)
Afghanistan	29,000 (1998)	29,000 (1996) note: there were 21,000 main lines in service in Kabul in 1998
Albania	120,000 (2001)	87,000 (1997)
Angola	72,000 (1998)	62,000 (1997)
Anguilla	4,974 (2000)	5,000 (1997)
Antarctica	0 note: information for US bases only (2001)	0 note: information for US bases only (2001)
Armenia	600,000 (2002)	568,000 (1997)
Australia	10.05 million (2000)	9.58 million (1998)
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)	4 million (3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1999)
Azerbaijan	865,000 (2002)	663,000 (1997)
Benin	51,000 (2000)	36,000 (1997)
Botswana	131,000 (September 2001)	86,000 (1997)
Bulgaria	3,186,731 (2001)	3.255 million (2000)
Burkina Faso	53,200 (2000)	36,000 (1997)
Burundi	18,000 (2002)	16,000 (1997)
Cameroon	95,000 (2001)	75,000 (1997)
Canada	20,802,900 (1999)	18.5 million (1999)
Cape Verde	60,935 (2002)	45,644 (2000)
Central African Republic	9,500 (2000)	10,000 (1997)
Chad	9,700 (1999)	7,000 (1997)
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287 (1992)	NA (1999)
Comoros	7,000 (2000)	6,000 (1997)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	20,000 (2000)	21,000 (1997)
Congo, Republic of the	22,000 (1998)	22,000 (1997)
Costa Rica	450,000 (1998) note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use in 1998	450,000 (1998) note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use 1998
Cote d'Ivoire	263,700 (2000)	219,283 (31 December 1999)
Croatia	1,721,139 (2000)	1.488 million (1997)
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	10,000 (2002)	8,000 (1997)
East Timor	NA	-
Ecuador	1,115,272 (1999)	899,000 (1997)
Equatorial Guinea	6,000 (1998)	4,000 (1996)
Eritrea	30,000 (2001)	23,578 (2000)
Estonia	501,691 (2000)	476,078 (yearend 1998)
Ethiopia	231,900 (2000)	157,000 (1997)
Fiji	80,901 (1999)	72,000 (1997)
Finland	2,847,900 (2001)	2.861 million (1997)
Gabon	39,000 (1998)	37,000 (1997)
Germany	50.9 million (March 2001)	45.2 million (1997) note: 46.5 million main lines were installed by yearend 1998
Ghana	240,000 (2001)	200,000 (1998)
Greenland	25,617 (yearend 1999)	25,617 (end 1999)
Guinea	37,000 (1998)	20,000 (1997)
Guinea-Bissau	10,000 (2001)	8,000 (1997)
Iceland	196,984 (2001)	168,000 (1997)
Iraq	675,000 (1997); note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April war	675,000 (1997)
Ireland	1.6 million (2002)	1.59 million (2001)
Kazakhstan	1.92 million (2001)	1.818 million (1997)
Kenya	310,000 (2001)	290,000 (1998)
Kiribati	3,800 (1999)	2,000 (1997)
Korea, South	24 million (2000)	24 million (1999)
Latvia	734,693 (2000)	748,000 (1997)
Lesotho	22,200 (2000)	20,000 (1997)
Liberia	6,700 (2000)	6,000 (1997)
Libya	500,000 (1998)	380,000 (1996)
Liechtenstein	20,072 (2000)	20,000 (1997)
Lithuania	1.142 million (2001)	1.048 million (1997)
Macau	176,902 (November 2001)	176,837 (2000)
Madagascar	55,000 (2000)	43,000 (1997)
Malawi	45,000 (2000)	37,000 (1997)
Malaysia	4.6 million (2000)	4.5 million (1999)
Mali	45,000 (2000)	23,000 (1997)
Marshall Islands	4,186 (2001)	3,000 (1996)
Mauritania	26,500 (2001)	26,000 (2000)
Mauritius	280,900 (2000)	223,000 (1997)
Mayotte	12,000 (1998)	9,314 (1997)
Mexico	12.332 million (2000)	9.6 million (1998)
Mozambique	90,000 (2001)	65,354 (2000)
Namibia	110,200 (2000)	100,848 (1997)
New Zealand	1.92 million (2000)	1.84 million (1997)
Niger	20,000 (2001)	16,000 (1997)
Nigeria	500,000 (2000 est.)	500,000 (2000)
Palau	6,700 (2002)	1,500 (1988)
Papua New Guinea	61,152 (1999)	47,000 (1996)
Peru	1.8 million (2000)	1.509 million (1998)
Philippines	6.98 million (2001)	1.9 million (1997)
Portugal	5.3 million (yearend 1998)	5.3 million (end 1998)
Reunion	268,500 (1999)	236,500 (1997)
Rwanda	600,000 note - 90% in Kigali (2002)	15,000 (1995)
Samoa	8,183 (1998)	8,000 (1997)
Sao Tome and Principe	4,600 (2000)	3,000 (1997)
Saudi Arabia	3.9 million (2002 est.)	3.1 million (1998)
Senegal	234,916 (2001)	116,000 (1997)
Serbia and Montenegro	2.017 million (1995)	-
Sierra Leone	25,000 (2001)	17,000 (1997)
Singapore	1.95 million (2000)	1.928 million (November 2000)
Somalia	15,000 (2000)	NA
South Africa	more than 5 million (2001)	5.075 million (1999)
Swaziland	38,500 (2001)	33,500 (2000)
Thailand	5.6 million (2000)	5.4 million (1998)
Trinidad and Tobago	252,000 (1999)	243,000 (1997)
Uganda	50,074; however, 80,868 main lines have been installed (1998)	50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998)
Uruguay	929,141 (2001)	850,000 (2000)
Vanuatu	5,500 (1998)	4,000 (1996)
Venezuela	2.6 million (however, 3,500,000 have been installed) (1998)	2,600,000.00; however, 3,500,000 were installed (1998)
Virgin Islands	65,000 (1997)	62,000 (1997)
Yugoslavia	-	2.017 million (1995)
Zambia	130,000 (including approximately 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (2002)	77,935 (in addition there are about 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)
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)