Compare Telephones - main lines in use (2004) - Telephones - main lines in use (2007)

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	Telephones - main lines in use (2004)	Telephones - main lines in use (2007)
Afghanistan	33,100 (2002)	280,000 (2005)
Albania	255,000 (2003)	353,600 (2005)
Algeria	2,199,600 (2003)	2.841 million (2006)
American Samoa	15,000 (2001)	10,400 (2004)
Andorra	35,000 (2001)	35,400 (2005)
Angola	96,300 (2003)	98,200 (2006)
Antarctica	0 note: information for US bases only (2001)	0; note - information for US bases only (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda	38,000 (2002)	40,000 (2006)
Argentina	8,009,400 (2002)	9.46 million (2006)
Armenia	562,600 (2003)	594,400 (2005)
Aruba	37,100 (2002)	38,300 (2005)
Australia	10.815 million (2003)	9.94 million (2006)
Austria	3.881 million (2003)	3.564 million (2006)
Azerbaijan	923,800 (2002)	1.189 million (2006)
Bahamas, The	131,700 (2003)	133,100 (2005)
Bahrain	185,800 (2003)	193,300 (2006)
Bangladesh	740,000 (2003)	1.134 million (2006)
Barbados	134,000 (2003)	134,900 (2005)
Belarus	3,071,300 (2003)	3.368 million (2006)
Belgium	5,120,400 (2002)	4.719 million (2006)
Belize	33,300 (2003)	33,900 (2006)
Benin	66,500 (2003)	76,300 (2005)
Bermuda	56,000 (2002)	57,700 (2006)
Bhutan	25,200 (2003)	31,500 (2006)
Bolivia	600,100 (2003)	646,300 (2005)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	938,000 (2003)	989,000 (2006)
Botswana	142,400 (2002)	136,900 (2006)
Brazil	38.81 million (2002)	38.8 million (2006)
Brunei	90,000 (2002)	80,200 (2006)
Bulgaria	2,868,200 (2002)	2.399 million (2006)
Burkina Faso	65,400 (2003)	94,800 (2006)
Burma	357,300 (2003)	503,900 (2005)
Burundi	23,900 (2003)	31,100 (2005)
Cambodia	35,400 (2002)	32,800 (2006)
Cameroon	110,900 (2002)	100,300 (2005)
Canada	19,950,900 (2003)	20.78 million (2005)
Cape Verde	71,700 (2003)	71,600 (2006)
Central African Republic	9,000 (2002)	10,000 (2005)
Chad	11,800 (2002)	13,000 (2006)
Chile	3.467 million (2002)	3.326 million (2006)
China	263 million (2003)	368 million (2006)
Colombia	8,768,100 (2003)	7.865 million (2006)
Comoros	13,200 (2003)	16,900 (2005)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,000 (2002)	9,700 (2006)
Congo, Republic of the	7,000 (2003)	15,900 (2005)
Costa Rica	1.132 million (2002)	1.351 million (2006)
Cote d'Ivoire	328,000 (2003)	260,900 (2006)
Croatia	1.825 million (2002)	1.832 million (2006)
Cuba	574,400 (2002)	972,900 (2006)
Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus: 427,400 (2002); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002)	area under government control: 408,300 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)
Czech Republic	3.626 million (2003)	3,217,300 (2005)
Denmark	3,610,100 (2003)	3.098 million (2006)
Djibouti	9,500 (2003)	10,800 (2005)
Dominica	23,700 (2002)	21,000 (2004)
Dominican Republic	901,800 (2003)	897,000 (2006)
East Timor	NA	-
Ecuador	1.549 million (2003)	1.754 million (2006)
Egypt	8,735,700 (2003)	10.808 million (2006)
El Salvador	752,600 (2003)	1.037 million (2006)
Equatorial Guinea	9,600 (2003)	10,000 (2005)
Eritrea	38,100 (2003)	37,700 (2006)
Estonia	475,000 (2002)	541,900 (2006)
Ethiopia	435,000 (2003)	725,000 (2006)
European Union	238,763,162 (2002)	238 million (2005)
Faroe Islands	23,000 (2002)	23,000 (2006)
Fiji	102,000 (2003)	112,500 (2005)
Finland	2.548 million (2003)	1.92 million (2006)
France	33,905,400 (2003)	34.63 million; 33.897 million (metropolitan France) (2006)
French Guiana	51,000 (2001)	-
French Polynesia	52,500 (2002)	53,600 (2006)
Gabon	38,400 (2003)	36,500 (2006)
Gambia, The	38,400 (2002)	52,900 (2006)
Gaza Strip	95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)	349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)
Georgia	650,500 (2003)	553,100 (2006)
Germany	54.35 million (2003)	54.2 million (2006)
Ghana	302,300 (2003)	356,400 (2006)
Greece	5,205,100 (2003)	6.185 million (2006)
Greenland	26,000 (2001)	25,300 (2002)
Grenada	33,500 (2002)	27,700 (2006)
Guadeloupe	210,000 (2001)	-
Guam	84,134 (2001)	80,000 (2001)
Guatemala	846,000 (2002)	1.355 million (2006)
Guernsey	55,000 (2001)	45,100 (2005)
Guinea	26,200 (2003)	26,300 (2005)
Guinea-Bissau	10,600 (2003)	10,200 (2005)
Guyana	80,400 (2002)	110,100 (2005)
Haiti	130,000 (2002)	145,300 (2005)
Holy See (Vatican City)	NA	5,120 (2005)
Honduras	322,500 (2002)	708,400 (2006)
Hong Kong	3,801,300 (2003)	3.85 million (2006)
Hungary	3,666,400 (2002)	3.35 million (2006)
Iceland	190,700 (2003)	193,700 (2006)
India	48.917 million (2003)	49.75 million (2005)
Indonesia	7.75 million (2002)	14.821 million (2006)
Iran	14,571,100 (2003)	21.981 million (2006)
Iraq	675,000; note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April 2003 war (2003)	1.547 million (2005)
Ireland	1.955 million (2003)	2.097 million (2006)
Israel	3.006 million (2002)	3.005 million (2006)
Italy	26.596 million (2003)	25.049 million (2005)
Jamaica	444,400 (2002)	319,000 (2005)
Japan	71.149 million (2002)	55.155 million (2006)
Jordan	622,600 (2003)	614,000 (2006)
Kazakhstan	2,081,900 (2002)	2.928 million (2006)
Kenya	328,400 (2003)	293,400 (2006)
Korea, North	1.1 million (2001)	980,000 (2003)
Korea, South	22.877 million (2003)	26.866 million (2006)
Kuwait	486,900 (2003)	510,300 (2005)
Kyrgyzstan	394,800 (2002)	440,400 (2005)
Laos	61,900 (2002)	90,067 (2006)
Latvia	653,900 (2003)	657,400 (2006)
Lebanon	678,800 (2002)	681,400 (2006)
Lesotho	28,600 (2002)	48,000 (2005)
Liberia	7,000 (2001)	6,900 (2002)
Libya	750,000 (2003)	483,000 (2006)
Liechtenstein	19,900 (2002)	20,000 (2005)
Lithuania	824,200 (2003)	792,400 (2006)
Luxembourg	355,400 (2002)	246,700 (2006)
Macau	174,600 (2003)	176,700 (2006)
Macedonia	560,000 (2002)	490,900 (2006)
Madagascar	59,600 (2003)	129,800 (2006)
Malawi	85,000 (2003)	102,700 (2005)
Malaysia	4,571,600 (2003)	4.342 million (2006)
Maldives	28,700 (2002)	32,500 (2006)
Mali	56,600 (2002)	82,500 (2006)
Malta	208,300 (2003)	202,300 (2006)
Marshall Islands	4,500 (2003)	4,500 (2004)
Martinique	172,000 est (2001)	-
Mauritania	31,500 (2002)	34,900 (2006)
Mauritius	348,200 (2003)	357,300 (2006)
Mayotte	10,000 (2001)	10,000 (2002)
Mexico	15,958,700 (2003)	19.861 million (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of	10,100 (2001)	12,400 (2005)
Moldova	706,900 (2002)	1.018 million (2006)
Monaco	33,700 (2002)	34,000 (2005)
Mongolia	128,000 (2002)	156,000 (2005)
Montenegro	-	353,300 (2006)
Morocco	1,219,200 (2003)	1.266 million (2006)
Mozambique	83,700 (2002)	67,000 (2006)
Namibia	127,400 (2003)	138,900 (2005)
Nepal	371,800 (2003)	595,800 (2006)
Netherlands	10.004 million (2002)	7.6 million (2005)
New Caledonia	52,000 (2002)	55,300 (2005)
New Zealand	1.765 million (2002)	1.729 million (2005)
Nicaragua	171,600 (2002)	247,900 (2006)
Niger	22,400 (2002)	24,000 (2005)
Nigeria	853,100 (2003)	1.688 million (2006)
Niue	1,100 est (2002)	1,100 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island	2,532; note: a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)	2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
Norway	3.343 million (2002)	2.055 million (2006)
Oman	233,900 (2002)	278,300 (2006)
Pakistan	3,982,800 (2003)	5.24 million (2006)
Panama	386,900 (2002)	432,900 (2006)
Papua New Guinea	62,000 (2002)	63,700 (2005)
Paraguay	273,200 (2002)	331,100 (2006)
Peru	1,839,200 (2003)	2.332 million (2006)
Philippines	3,310,900 (2002)	3.633 million (2006)
Poland	12.3 million (2003)	11.475 million (2006)
Portugal	4,278,800 (2003)	4.231 million (2006)
Puerto Rico	1,329,500 (2002)	1.038 million (2005)
Qatar	184,500 (2003)	228,300 (2006)
Reunion	300,000 est (2001)	-
Romania	4.3 million (2003)	4.231 million (2006)
Russia	35.5 million (2002)	40.1 million (2005)
Rwanda	23,200 (2002)	22,000 (2005)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	23,500 (2002)	25,000 (2004)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	27,300 (2002)	22,600 (2006)
Samoa	11,800 (2002)	19,500 (2005)
San Marino	20,600 (2002)	21,000 (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe	7,000 (2003)	7,100 (2005)
Saudi Arabia	3,502,600 (2003)	4.5 million (2006)
Senegal	228,800 (2003)	282,600 (2006)
Serbia	-	2.719 million (2006)
Serbia and Montenegro	2,611,700 (2003)	-
Seychelles	21,700 (2002)	20,700 (2006)
Singapore	1,896,100 (2004)	1.854 million (2006)
Slovakia	1,294,700 (2003)	1.167 million (2006)
Slovenia	812,300 (2003)	837,500 (2006)
Solomon Islands	6,600 (2002)	7,400 (2005)
Somalia	100,000 est (2002)	100,000 (2005)
South Africa	4.844 million (2002)	4.729 million (2005)
Spain	17,567,500 (2003)	18.385 million (2006)
Sri Lanka	881,400 (2002)	2.087 million (2007)
Sudan	900,000 (2003)	636,900 (2006)
Suriname	79,800 (2003)	81,500 (2006)
Swaziland	46,200 (2003)	44,000 (2006)
Sweden	6,579,200 (2002)	6.379 million (2005)
Switzerland	5.419 million (2002)	5.04 million (2006)
Syria	2,099,300 (2002)	3.243 million (2006)
Taiwan	13.355 million (2003)	14.497 million (2006)
Tajikistan	242,100 (2003)	280,200 (2005)
Tanzania	149,100 (2003)	169,135 (2007)
Thailand	6.6 million (2003)	7.073 million (2006)
Timor-Leste	-	2,500 (2006)
Togo	60,600 (2003)	82,100 (2006)
Tonga	11,200 (2002)	13,700 (2005)
Trinidad and Tobago	325,100 (2002)	325,500 (2006)
Tunisia	1,163,800 (2003)	1.268 million (2006)
Turkey	18,916,700 (2003)	18.978 million (2005)
Turkmenistan	374,000 (2002)	495,000 (2006)
Uganda	61,000 (2003)	108,100 (2006)
Ukraine	10,833,300 (2002)	12.341 million (2006)
United Arab Emirates	1,135,800 (2003)	1.31 million (2006)
United Kingdom	34.898 million (2002)	33.602 million (2006)
United States	181,599,900 (2003)	172 million (2006)
Uruguay	946,500 (2002)	987,000 (2006)
Uzbekistan	1,717,100 (2003)	1.793 million (2005)
Vanuatu	6,500 (2003)	7,000 (2005)
Venezuela	2,841,800 (2002)	4.217 million (2006)
Vietnam	4.402 million (2003)	15.845 million (2005)
Virgin Islands	69,400 (2002)	71,700 (2005)
West Bank	301,600 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2002)	349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
World	843,923,500 (2003)	1,263,367,600 (2005)
Yemen	542,200 (2002)	968,400 (2006)
Zambia	88,400 (2003)	94,700 (2005)
Zimbabwe	300,900 (2003)	331,700 (2006)