Telephones - main lines in use (2004) | Telephones - main lines in use (2001) | ||
Afghanistan | 33,100 (2002) | 29,000 (1996)
note: there were 21,000 main lines in service in Kabul in 1998 |
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Albania | 255,000 (2003) | 87,000 (1997) | |
Algeria | 2,199,600 (2003) | 2.3 million (1998) | |
American Samoa | 15,000 (2001) | 13,000 (1997) | |
Andorra | 35,000 (2001) | 32,946 (December 1998) | |
Angola | 96,300 (2003) | 62,000 (1997) | |
Anguilla | 6,200 (2002) | 5,000 (1997) | |
Antarctica | 0
note: information for US bases only (2001) |
0
note: information for US bases only (2001) |
|
Antigua and Barbuda | 38,000 (2002) | 28,000 (1996) | |
Argentina | 8,009,400 (2002) | 7.5 million (1998) | |
Armenia | 562,600 (2003) | 568,000 (1997) | |
Aruba | 37,100 (2002) | 33,000 (1997) | |
Australia | 10.815 million (2003) | 9.58 million (1998) | |
Austria | 3.881 million (2003) | 4 million (3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1999) | |
Azerbaijan | 923,800 (2002) | 663,000 (1997) | |
Bahamas, The | 131,700 (2003) | 96,000 (1997) | |
Bahrain | 185,800 (2003) | 152,000 (1997) | |
Bangladesh | 740,000 (2003) | 500,000 (2000) | |
Barbados | 134,000 (2003) | 108,000 (1997) | |
Belarus | 3,071,300 (2003) | 2.313 million (1997) | |
Belgium | 5,120,400 (2002) | 4.769 million (1997) | |
Belize | 33,300 (2003) | 31,000 (1997) | |
Benin | 66,500 (2003) | 36,000 (1997) | |
Bermuda | 56,000 (2002) | 52,000 (1997) | |
Bhutan | 25,200 (2003) | 6,000 (1997) | |
Bolivia | 600,100 (2003) | 327,600 (1996) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 938,000 (2003) | 303,000 (1997) | |
Botswana | 142,400 (2002) | 86,000 (1997) | |
Brazil | 38.81 million (2002) | 17.039 million (1997) | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | NA | NA | |
British Virgin Islands | 11,700 (2002) | 10,000 (1996) | |
Brunei | 90,000 (2002) | 79,000 (1996) | |
Bulgaria | 2,868,200 (2002) | 3.255 million (2000) | |
Burkina Faso | 65,400 (2003) | 36,000 (1997) | |
Burma | 357,300 (2003) | 250,000 (2000) | |
Burundi | 23,900 (2003) | 16,000 (1997) | |
Cambodia | 35,400 (2002) | 21,800 (mid-1998) | |
Cameroon | 110,900 (2002) | 75,000 (1997) | |
Canada | 19,950,900 (2003) | 18.5 million (1999) | |
Cape Verde | 71,700 (2003) | 45,644 (2000) | |
Cayman Islands | 38,000 (2002) | 19,000 (1995) | |
Central African Republic | 9,000 (2002) | 10,000 (1997) | |
Chad | 11,800 (2002) | 7,000 (1997) | |
Chile | 3.467 million (2002) | 2.603 million (1998) | |
China | 263 million (2003) | 135 million (2000) | |
Christmas Island | NA | NA | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 287 (1992) | NA (1999) | |
Colombia | 8,768,100 (2003) | 5,433,565 (December 1997) | |
Comoros | 13,200 (2003) | 6,000 (1997) | |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 10,000 (2002) | 21,000 (1997) | |
Congo, Republic of the | 7,000 (2003) | 22,000 (1997) | |
Cook Islands | 6,200 (2002) | 5,000 (1997) | |
Costa Rica | 1.132 million (2002) | 450,000 (1998)
note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use 1998 |
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Cote d'Ivoire | 328,000 (2003) | 219,283 (31 December 1999) | |
Croatia | 1.825 million (2002) | 1.488 million (1997) | |
Cuba | 574,400 (2002) | 473,031 (2000) | |
Cyprus | Republic of Cyprus: 427,400 (2002); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002) | Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 83,162 (1998) | |
Czech Republic | 3.626 million (2003) | 3.869 million (2000) | |
Denmark | 3,610,100 (2003) | 4.785 million (1997) | |
Djibouti | 9,500 (2003) | 8,000 (1997) | |
Dominica | 23,700 (2002) | 19,000 (1996) | |
Dominican Republic | 901,800 (2003) | 709,000 (1997) | |
East Timor | NA | - | |
Ecuador | 1.549 million (2003) | 899,000 (1997) | |
Egypt | 8,735,700 (2003) | 3,971,500 (December 1998) | |
El Salvador | 752,600 (2003) | 380,000 (1998) | |
Equatorial Guinea | 9,600 (2003) | 4,000 (1996) | |
Eritrea | 38,100 (2003) | 23,578 (2000) | |
Estonia | 475,000 (2002) | 476,078 (yearend 1998) | |
Ethiopia | 435,000 (2003) | 157,000 (1997) | |
European Union | 238,763,162 (2002) | - | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 2,400 (2002) | NA | |
Faroe Islands | 23,000 (2002) | 24,851 (1999) | |
Fiji | 102,000 (2003) | 72,000 (1997) | |
Finland | 2.548 million (2003) | 2.861 million (1997) | |
France | 33,905,400 (2003) | 34.86 million (yearend 1998) | |
French Guiana | 51,000 (2001) | 47,000 (1997) | |
French Polynesia | 52,500 (2002) | 52,000 (1997) | |
Gabon | 38,400 (2003) | 37,000 (1997) | |
Gambia, The | 38,400 (2002) | 31,900 (2000) | |
Gaza Strip | 95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997) | 95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997) | |
Georgia | 650,500 (2003) | 620,000 (1997) | |
Germany | 54.35 million (2003) | 45.2 million (1997)
note: 46.5 million main lines were installed by yearend 1998 |
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Ghana | 302,300 (2003) | 200,000 (1998) | |
Gibraltar | 24,512 (2002) | 19,000 (1997) | |
Greece | 5,205,100 (2003) | 5.431 million (1997) | |
Greenland | 26,000 (2001) | 25,617 (end 1999) | |
Grenada | 33,500 (2002) | 27,000 (1997) | |
Guadeloupe | 210,000 (2001) | 171,000 (1996) | |
Guam | 84,134 (2001) | 84,134 (1998) | |
Guatemala | 846,000 (2002) | 665,061 (June 2000) | |
Guernsey | 55,000 (2001) | 44,000 (1996) | |
Guinea | 26,200 (2003) | 20,000 (1997) | |
Guinea-Bissau | 10,600 (2003) | 8,000 (1997) | |
Guyana | 80,400 (2002) | 70,000 (2000) | |
Haiti | 130,000 (2002) | 60,000 (1997) | |
Holy See (Vatican City) | NA | NA | |
Honduras | 322,500 (2002) | 234,000 (1997) | |
Hong Kong | 3,801,300 (2003) | 3.839 million (1999) | |
Hungary | 3,666,400 (2002) | 3.095 million (1997) | |
Iceland | 190,700 (2003) | 168,000 (1997) | |
India | 48.917 million (2003) | 27.7 million (October 2000) | |
Indonesia | 7.75 million (2002) | 5,588,310 (1998) | |
Iran | 14,571,100 (2003) | 6.313 million (1997) | |
Iraq | 675,000; note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April 2003 war (2003) | 675,000 (1997) | |
Ireland | 1.955 million (2003) | 1.59 million (2001) | |
Isle of Man | 51,000 (1999) | 51,000 (1999) | |
Israel | 3.006 million (2002) | 2.8 million (1999) | |
Italy | 26.596 million (2003) | 25 million (1999) | |
Jamaica | 444,400 (2002) | 353,000 (1996) | |
Japan | 71.149 million (2002) | 60.381 million (1997) | |
Jersey | 73,900 (2001) | 65,500 (1997) | |
Jordan | 622,600 (2003) | 403,000 (1997) | |
Kazakhstan | 2,081,900 (2002) | 1.818 million (1997) | |
Kenya | 328,400 (2003) | 290,000 (1998) | |
Kiribati | 4,500 (2002) | 2,000 (1997) | |
Korea, North | 1.1 million (2001) | 1.1 million (1997) | |
Korea, South | 22.877 million (2003) | 24 million (1999) | |
Kuwait | 486,900 (2003) | 412,000 (1997) | |
Kyrgyzstan | 394,800 (2002) | 351,000 (1997) | |
Laos | 61,900 (2002) | 25,000 (1997) | |
Latvia | 653,900 (2003) | 748,000 (1997) | |
Lebanon | 678,800 (2002) | 700,000 (1999) | |
Lesotho | 28,600 (2002) | 20,000 (1997) | |
Liberia | 7,000 (2001) | 6,000 (1997) | |
Libya | 750,000 (2003) | 380,000 (1996) | |
Liechtenstein | 19,900 (2002) | 20,000 (1997) | |
Lithuania | 824,200 (2003) | 1.048 million (1997) | |
Luxembourg | 355,400 (2002) | 314,700 (1999) | |
Macau | 174,600 (2003) | 176,837 (2000) | |
Macedonia | 560,000 (2002) | - | |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | - | 408,000 (1997) | |
Madagascar | 59,600 (2003) | 43,000 (1997) | |
Malawi | 85,000 (2003) | 37,000 (1997) | |
Malaysia | 4,571,600 (2003) | 4.5 million (1999) | |
Maldives | 28,700 (2002) | 21,000 (1999) | |
Mali | 56,600 (2002) | 23,000 (1997) | |
Malta | 208,300 (2003) | 187,000 (1997) | |
Marshall Islands | 4,500 (2003) | 3,000 (1996) | |
Martinique | 172,000 est (2001) | 170,000 (1997) | |
Mauritania | 31,500 (2002) | 26,000 (2000) | |
Mauritius | 348,200 (2003) | 223,000 (1997) | |
Mayotte | 10,000 (2001) | 9,314 (1997) | |
Mexico | 15,958,700 (2003) | 9.6 million (1998) | |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 10,100 (2001) | 11,000 (2001) | |
Moldova | 706,900 (2002) | 627,000 (1997) | |
Monaco | 33,700 (2002) | 31,027 (1995) | |
Mongolia | 128,000 (2002) | 104,100 (1999) | |
Montserrat | NA | 4,000 (1997) | |
Morocco | 1,219,200 (2003) | 1.391 million (1998) | |
Mozambique | 83,700 (2002) | 65,354 (2000) | |
Namibia | 127,400 (2003) | 100,848 (1997) | |
Nauru | 1,900 (2002) | 2,000 (1996) | |
Nepal | 371,800 (2003) | 236,816 (January 2000) | |
Netherlands | 10.004 million (2002) | 9,132,400 (1999) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 81,000 (2001) | 76,000 (1995) | |
New Caledonia | 52,000 (2002) | 47,000 (1997) | |
New Zealand | 1.765 million (2002) | 1.84 million (1997) | |
Nicaragua | 171,600 (2002) | 140,000 (1996) | |
Niger | 22,400 (2002) | 16,000 (1997) | |
Nigeria | 853,100 (2003) | 500,000 (2000) | |
Niue | 1,100 est (2002) | 376 (1991) | |
Norfolk Island | 2,532; note: a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004) | 1,087 (1983) | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 21,000 (2000) | 21,000 (1996) | |
Norway | 3.343 million (2002) | 2.735 million (1998) | |
Oman | 233,900 (2002) | 201,000 (1997) | |
Pakistan | 3,982,800 (2003) | 2.861 million (March 1999) | |
Palau | 6,700 (2002) | 1,500 (1988) | |
Panama | 386,900 (2002) | 396,000 (1997) | |
Papua New Guinea | 62,000 (2002) | 47,000 (1996) | |
Paraguay | 273,200 (2002) | 290,475 (2001) | |
Peru | 1,839,200 (2003) | 1.509 million (1998) | |
Philippines | 3,310,900 (2002) | 1.9 million (1997) | |
Pitcairn Islands | 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004) | 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (1997) | |
Poland | 12.3 million (2003) | 8.07 million (1998) | |
Portugal | 4,278,800 (2003) | 5.3 million (end 1998) | |
Puerto Rico | 1,329,500 (2002) | 1.322 million (1997) | |
Qatar | 184,500 (2003) | 142,000 (1997) | |
Reunion | 300,000 est (2001) | 236,500 (1997) | |
Romania | 4.3 million (2003) | 3.777 million (1997) | |
Russia | 35.5 million (2002) | 30 million (1998) | |
Rwanda | 23,200 (2002) | 15,000 (1995) | |
Saint Helena | 2,200 (2002) | 2,000 (1997) | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23,500 (2002) | 17,000 (1997) | |
Saint Lucia | 51,100 (2002) | 37,000 (1997) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,800 (2002) | 4,000 (1997) | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 27,300 (2002) | 20,500 (1998) | |
Samoa | 11,800 (2002) | 8,000 (1997) | |
San Marino | 20,600 (2002) | 18,000 (1998) | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 7,000 (2003) | 3,000 (1997) | |
Saudi Arabia | 3,502,600 (2003) | 3.1 million (1998) | |
Senegal | 228,800 (2003) | 116,000 (1997) | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 2,611,700 (2003) | - | |
Seychelles | 21,700 (2002) | 19,635 (1997) | |
Sierra Leone | 24,000 (2002) | 17,000 (1997) | |
Singapore | 1,896,100 (2004) | 1.928 million (November 2000) | |
Slovakia | 1,294,700 (2003) | 1,934,558 (1998) | |
Slovenia | 812,300 (2003) | 722,000 (1997) | |
Solomon Islands | 6,600 (2002) | 8,000 (1997) | |
Somalia | 100,000 est (2002) | NA | |
South Africa | 4.844 million (2002) | 5.075 million (1999) | |
Spain | 17,567,500 (2003) | 17.336 million (1999) | |
Sri Lanka | 881,400 (2002) | 494,509 (1998) | |
Sudan | 900,000 (2003) | 400,000 (2000) | |
Suriname | 79,800 (2003) | 64,000 (1997) | |
Svalbard | NA | NA | |
Swaziland | 46,200 (2003) | 33,500 (2000) | |
Sweden | 6,579,200 (2002) | 6.017 million (December 1998) | |
Switzerland | 5.419 million (2002) | 4.82 million (1998) | |
Syria | 2,099,300 (2002) | 1.313 million (1997) | |
Taiwan | 13.355 million (2003) | 12.49 million (September 2000) | |
Tajikistan | 242,100 (2003) | 363,000 (1997) | |
Tanzania | 149,100 (2003) | 127,000 (1998) | |
Thailand | 6.6 million (2003) | 5.4 million (1998) | |
Togo | 60,600 (2003) | 25,000 (1997) | |
Tokelau | 300 (2002) | NA | |
Tonga | 11,200 (2002) | 8,000 (1996) | |
Trinidad and Tobago | 325,100 (2002) | 243,000 (1997) | |
Tunisia | 1,163,800 (2003) | 654,000 (1997) | |
Turkey | 18,916,700 (2003) | 19.5 million (1999) | |
Turkmenistan | 374,000 (2002) | 363,000 (1997) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 5,700 (2002) | 3,000 (1994) | |
Tuvalu | 700 (2002) | 1,000 (1997) | |
Uganda | 61,000 (2003) | 50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998) | |
Ukraine | 10,833,300 (2002) | 9.45 million (April 1999) | |
United Arab Emirates | 1,135,800 (2003) | 915,223 (1998) | |
United Kingdom | 34.898 million (2002) | 34.878 million (1997) | |
United States | 181,599,900 (2003) | 194 million (1997) | |
Uruguay | 946,500 (2002) | 850,000 (2000) | |
Uzbekistan | 1,717,100 (2003) | 1.98 million (1999) | |
Vanuatu | 6,500 (2003) | 4,000 (1996) | |
Venezuela | 2,841,800 (2002) | 2,600,000.00; however, 3,500,000 were installed (1998) | |
Vietnam | 4.402 million (2003) | 2.6 million (2000) | |
Virgin Islands | 69,400 (2002) | 62,000 (1997) | |
Wallis and Futuna | 1,900 (2002) | 1,125 (1994) | |
West Bank | 301,600 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2002) | 95,729 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (1997) | |
Western Sahara | about 2,000 (1999 est.) | about 2,000 (1999 est.) | |
World | 843,923,500 (2003) | NA | |
Yemen | 542,200 (2002) | 291,359 (1999) | |
Yugoslavia | - | 2.017 million (1995) | |
Zambia | 88,400 (2003) | 77,935 (in addition there are about 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997) | |
Zimbabwe | 300,900 (2003) | 212,000 (in addition there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997) |