Compare Telephones - main lines in use (2004) - Telephones - main lines in use (2003)

Telephones - main lines in use (2004)

Telephones - main lines in use (2003)

Afghanistan

33,100 (2002)

29,000 (1998)

Albania

255,000 (2003)

120,000 (2001)

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)

72,000 (1998)

Anguilla

6,200 (2002)

4,974 (2000)

Antarctica

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)

600,000 (2002)

Aruba

37,100 (2002)

33,000 (1997)

Australia

10.815 million (2003)

10.05 million (2000)

Austria

3.881 million (2003)

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

923,800 (2002)

865,000 (2002)

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)

51,000 (2000)

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)

131,000 (September 2001)

Brazil

38.81 million (2002)

17.039 million (1997)

British Indian Ocean Territory

NA

British Virgin Islands

11,700 (2002)

10,000 (1996)

Brunei

90,000 (2002)

79,000 (1996)

Bulgaria

2,868,200 (2002)

3,186,731 (2001)

Burkina Faso

65,400 (2003)

53,200 (2000)

Burma

357,300 (2003)

250,000 (2000)

Burundi

23,900 (2003)

18,000 (2002)

Cambodia

35,400 (2002)

21,800 (mid-1998)

Cameroon

110,900 (2002)

95,000 (2001)

Canada

19,950,900 (2003)

20,802,900 (1999)

Cape Verde

71,700 (2003)

60,935 (2002)

Cayman Islands

38,000 (2002)

19,000 (1995)

Central African Republic

9,000 (2002)

9,500 (2000)

Chad

11,800 (2002)

9,700 (1999)

Chile

3.467 million (2002)

2.603 million (1998)

China

263 million (2003)

135 million (2000)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

287 (1992)

Colombia

8,768,100 (2003)

5,433,565 (December 1997)

Comoros

13,200 (2003)

7,000 (2000)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

10,000 (2002)

20,000 (2000)

Congo, Republic of the

7,000 (2003)

22,000 (1998)

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 in 1998

Cote d'Ivoire

328,000 (2003)

263,700 (2000)

Croatia

1.825 million (2002)

1,721,139 (2000)

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)

10,000 (2002)

Dominica

23,700 (2002)

19,000 (1996)

Dominican Republic

901,800 (2003)

709,000 (1997)

East Timor

NA

Ecuador

1.549 million (2003)

1,115,272 (1999)

Egypt

8,735,700 (2003)

3,971,500 (December 1998)

El Salvador

752,600 (2003)

380,000 (1998)

Equatorial Guinea

9,600 (2003)

6,000 (1998)

Eritrea

38,100 (2003)

30,000 (2001)

Estonia

475,000 (2002)

501,691 (2000)

Ethiopia

435,000 (2003)

231,900 (2000)

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)

80,901 (1999)

Finland

2.548 million (2003)

2,847,900 (2001)

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)

39,000 (1998)

Gambia, The

38,400 (2002)

31,900 (2000)

Gaza Strip

95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)

Georgia

650,500 (2003)

620,000 (1997)

Germany

54.35 million (2003)

50.9 million (March 2001)

Ghana

302,300 (2003)

240,000 (2001)

Gibraltar

24,512 (2002)

19,000 (1997)

Greece

5,205,100 (2003)

5.431 million (1997)

Greenland

26,000 (2001)

25,617 (yearend 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)

37,000 (1998)

Guinea-Bissau

10,600 (2003)

10,000 (2001)

Guyana

80,400 (2002)

70,000 (2000)

Haiti

130,000 (2002)

60,000 (1997)

Holy See (Vatican City)

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)

196,984 (2001)

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); note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April war

Ireland

1.955 million (2003)

1.6 million (2002)

Isle of Man

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)

1.92 million (2001)

Kenya

328,400 (2003)

310,000 (2001)

Kiribati

4,500 (2002)

3,800 (1999)

Korea, North

1.1 million (2001)

1.1 million (1997)

Korea, South

22.877 million (2003)

24 million (2000)

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)

734,693 (2000)

Lebanon

678,800 (2002)

700,000 (1999)

Lesotho

28,600 (2002)

22,200 (2000)

Liberia

7,000 (2001)

6,700 (2000)

Libya

750,000 (2003)

500,000 (1998)

Liechtenstein

19,900 (2002)

20,072 (2000)

Lithuania

824,200 (2003)

1.142 million (2001)

Luxembourg

355,400 (2002)

314,700 (1999)

Macau

174,600 (2003)

176,902 (November 2001)

Macedonia

560,000 (2002)

-

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of

-

408,000 (1997)

Madagascar

59,600 (2003)

55,000 (2000)

Malawi

85,000 (2003)

45,000 (2000)

Malaysia

4,571,600 (2003)

4.6 million (2000)

Maldives

28,700 (2002)

21,000 (1999)

Mali

56,600 (2002)

45,000 (2000)

Malta

208,300 (2003)

187,000 (1997)

Marshall Islands

4,500 (2003)

4,186 (2001)

Martinique

172,000 est (2001)

170,000 (1997)

Mauritania

31,500 (2002)

26,500 (2001)

Mauritius

348,200 (2003)

280,900 (2000)

Mayotte

10,000 (2001)

12,000 (1998)

Mexico

15,958,700 (2003)

12.332 million (2000)

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)

90,000 (2001)

Namibia

127,400 (2003)

110,200 (2000)

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)

1.92 million (2000)

Nicaragua

171,600 (2002)

140,000 (1996)

Niger

22,400 (2002)

20,000 (2001)

Nigeria

853,100 (2003)

500,000 (2000 est.)

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)

Panama

386,900 (2002)

396,000 (1997)

Papua New Guinea

62,000 (2002)

61,152 (1999)

Paraguay

273,200 (2002)

290,475 (2001)

Peru

1,839,200 (2003)

1.8 million (2000)

Philippines

3,310,900 (2002)

6.98 million (2001)

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 (yearend 1998)

Puerto Rico

1,329,500 (2002)

1.322 million (1997)

Qatar

184,500 (2003)

142,000 (1997)

Reunion

300,000 est (2001)

268,500 (1999)

Romania

4.3 million (2003)

3.777 million (1997)

Russia

35.5 million (2002)

30 million (1998)

Rwanda

23,200 (2002)

600,000 note - 90% in Kigali (2002)

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)

8,183 (1998)

San Marino

20,600 (2002)

18,000 (1998)

Sao Tome and Principe

7,000 (2003)

4,600 (2000)

Saudi Arabia

3,502,600 (2003)

3.9 million (2002 est.)

Senegal

228,800 (2003)

234,916 (2001)

Serbia and Montenegro

2,611,700 (2003)

2.017 million (1995)

Seychelles

21,700 (2002)

19,635 (1997)

Sierra Leone

24,000 (2002)

25,000 (2001)

Singapore

1,896,100 (2004)

1.95 million (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)

15,000 (2000)

South Africa

4.844 million (2002)

more than 5 million (2001)

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

Swaziland

46,200 (2003)

38,500 (2001)

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)

5.6 million (2000)

Togo

60,600 (2003)

25,000 (1997)

Tokelau

300 (2002)

NA

Tonga

11,200 (2002)

8,000 (1996)

Trinidad and Tobago

325,100 (2002)

252,000 (1999)

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 have been 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)

929,141 (2001)

Uzbekistan

1,717,100 (2003)

1.98 million (1999)

Vanuatu

6,500 (2003)

5,500 (1998)

Venezuela

2,841,800 (2002)

2.6 million (however, 3,500,000 have been installed) (1998)

Vietnam

4.402 million (2003)

2.6 million (2000)

Virgin Islands

69,400 (2002)

65,000 (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.)

World

843,923,500 (2003)

NA

Yemen

542,200 (2002)

291,359 (1999)

Zambia

88,400 (2003)

130,000 (including approximately 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (2002)

Zimbabwe

300,900 (2003)

212,000 (in addition, there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)