Telephones - main lines in use (2005) | Telephones - main lines in use (2008) | ||
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) | |
Anguilla | 6,200 (2002) | 6,200 (2002) | |
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) | 77,300 (2006) | |
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) | |
British Indian Ocean Territory | NA | NA | |
British Virgin Islands | 11,700 (2002) | 11,700 (2002) | |
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) | |
Cayman Islands | 38,000 (2002) | 38,000 (2002) | |
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) | |
Christmas Island | NA | NA | |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 287 (1992) | 287 (1992) | |
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) | |
Cook Islands | 6,200 (2002) | 6,200 (2002) | |
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 | 9.6 million (2005) | 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) | |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 2,400 (2002) | 2,400 (2002) | |
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; 33,897,000 (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) | 544,000 (2007) | |
Germany | 54.35 million (2003) | 54.2 million (2006) | |
Ghana | 302,300 (2003) | 356,400 (2006) | |
Gibraltar | 24,512 (2002) | 24,512 (2002) | |
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) | 3.87 million (2007) | |
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) | |
Isle of Man | 51,000 (1999) | 51,000 (1999) | |
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) | |
Jersey | 73,900 (2001) | 73,900 (2001) | |
Jordan | 622,600 (2003) | 614,000 (2006) | |
Kazakhstan | 2,081,900 (2002) | 2.928 million (2006) | |
Kenya | 328,400 (2003) | 293,400 (2006) | |
Kiribati | 4,500 (2002) | 4,500 (2002) | |
Korea, North | 1.1 million (2001) | 980,000 (2003) | |
Korea, South | 22.877 million (2003) | 26.866 million (2006) | |
Kosovo | - | 106,300 (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) | 178,013 (2007) | |
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 | 142,300 (2004) | 158,900 (2006) | |
Montenegro | - | 353,300 (2006) | |
Montserrat | NA | NA | |
Morocco | 1,219,200 (2003) | 1.266 million (2006) | |
Mozambique | 83,700 (2002) | 67,000 (2006) | |
Namibia | 127,400 (2003) | 138,900 (2005) | |
Nauru | 1,900 (2002) | 1,900 (2002) | |
Nepal | 371,800 (2003) | 595,800 (2006) | |
Netherlands | 10.004 million (2002) | 7.6 million (2005) | |
Netherlands Antilles | 81,000 (2001) | 81,000 (2001) | |
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) | |
Northern Mariana Islands | 21,000 (2000) | 21,000 (2000) | |
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) | |
Palau | 6,700 (2002) | 6,700 (2002) | |
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) | |
Pitcairn Islands | 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004) | 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004) | |
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 Helena | 2,200 (2002) | 2,200 (2002) | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 23,500 (2002) | 25,000 (2004) | |
Saint Lucia | 51,100 (2002) | 51,100 (2002) | |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,800 (2002) | 4,800 (2002) | |
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) | |
Sierra Leone | 24,000 (2002) | 24,000 (2002) | |
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 (2002 est.) | 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) | 2.742 million (2007) | |
Sudan | 900,000 (2003) | 636,900 (2006) | |
Suriname | 79,800 (2003) | 81,500 (2006) | |
Svalbard | NA | NA | |
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 | 6,617,400 (2003) | 7.073 million (2006) | |
Timor-Leste | - | 2,500 (2006) | |
Togo | 60,600 (2003) | 82,100 (2006) | |
Tokelau | 300 (2002) | 300 (2002) | |
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) | |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 5,700 (2002) | 5,700 (2002) | |
Tuvalu | 700 (2002) | 900 (2005) | |
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) | 10.8 million (2007) | |
Virgin Islands | 69,400 (2002) | 71,700 (2005) | |
Wallis and Futuna | 1,900 (2002) | 1,900 (2002) | |
West Bank | 301,600 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2002) | 349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) | |
Western Sahara | about 2,000 (1999 est.) | about 2,000 (1999 est.) | |
World | 843,923,500 (2003) | 1,263,367,600 (2005) | |
Yemen | 542,200 (2002) | 968,400 (2006) | |
Zambia | 88,400 (2003) | 93,400 (2006) | |
Zimbabwe | 300,900 (2003) | 331,700 (2006) |