Compare Telephones - main lines in use (2006) - Telephones - main lines in use (2005)

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	Telephones - main lines in use (2006)	Telephones - main lines in use (2005)
Afghanistan	100,000 (2005)	33,100 (2002)
Algeria	2.572 million (2005)	2,199,600 (2003)
Andorra	35,400 (2005)	35,000 (2001)
Angola	94,300 (2005)	96,300 (2003)
Antarctica	0; note - information for US bases only (2001)	0 note: information for US bases only (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda	38,000 (2004)	38,000 (2002)
Argentina	8.8 million (2005)	8,009,400 (2002)
Armenia	582,500 (2004)	562,600 (2003)
Australia	11.46 million (2005)	10.815 million (2003)
Austria	3.705 million (2005)	3.881 million (2003)
Azerbaijan	1,091,400 (2005)	923,800 (2002)
Bahamas, The	139,900 (2004)	131,700 (2003)
Bahrain	196,500 (2005)	185,800 (2003)
Bangladesh	1.07 million (2005)	740,000 (2003)
Barbados	134,900 (2005)	134,000 (2003)
Belarus	3,284,300 (2005)	3,071,300 (2003)
Belgium	4.801 million (2004)	5,120,400 (2002)
Belize	33,300 (2005)	33,300 (2003)
Benin	76,300 (2005)	66,500 (2003)
Bhutan	32,700 (2005)	25,200 (2003)
Bolivia	646,300 (2005)	600,100 (2003)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	968,900 (2005)	938,000 (2003)
Botswana	132,000 (2005)	142,400 (2002)
Brazil	42.382 million (2004)	38.81 million (2002)
Bulgaria	2,483,500 (2005)	2,868,200 (2002)
Burkina Faso	97,400 (2005)	65,400 (2003)
Burma	476,200 (2005)	357,300 (2003)
Burundi	27,700 (2004)	23,900 (2003)
Cambodia	36,400 (2003)	35,400 (2002)
Cameroon	99,400 (2004)	110,900 (2002)
Canada	18.276 million (2005)	19,950,900 (2003)
Cape Verde	71,400 (2005)	71,700 (2003)
Central African Republic	10,000 (2004)	9,000 (2002)
Chad	13,000 (2004)	11,800 (2002)
Chile	3,435,900 (2005)	3.467 million (2002)
China	350.433 million (2005)	263 million (2003)
Colombia	7,678,800 (2005)	8,768,100 (2003)
Comoros	16,900 (2005)	13,200 (2003)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,600 (2005)	10,000 (2002)
Congo, Republic of the	13,800 (2004)	7,000 (2003)
Costa Rica	1,388,500 (2005)	1.132 million (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire	257,900 (2004)	328,000 (2003)
Croatia	1,889,500 (2005)	1.825 million (2002)
Cuba	849,900 (2005)	574,400 (2002)
Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus: 420,000 (2005); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002)	Republic of Cyprus: 427,400 (2002); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002)
Czech Republic	3,217,300 (2005)	3.626 million (2003)
Denmark	3.35 million (2005)	3,610,100 (2003)
Djibouti	11,100 (2004)	9,500 (2003)
Dominica	21,000 (2004)	23,700 (2002)
Dominican Republic	894,500 (2005)	901,800 (2003)
Ecuador	1,701,500 (2005)	1.549 million (2003)
Egypt	10,396,100 (2005)	9.6 million (2005)
El Salvador	971,500 (2005)	752,600 (2003)
Equatorial Guinea	10,000 (2005)	9,600 (2003)
Eritrea	37,700 (2005)	38,100 (2003)
Estonia	442,000 (2005)	475,000 (2002)
Ethiopia	610,300 (2005)	435,000 (2003)
Faroe Islands	23,800 (2005)	23,000 (2002)
Finland	2.12 million (2005)	2.548 million (2003)
France	35.7 million (2005)	33,905,400 (2003)
French Polynesia	53,400 (2005)	52,500 (2002)
Gabon	39,100 (2005)	38,400 (2003)
Gambia, The	44,000 (2005)	38,400 (2002)
Gaza Strip	349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)	95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)
Georgia	683,200 (2004)	650,500 (2003)
Germany	55.046 million (2005)	54.35 million (2003)
Ghana	321,500 (2005)	302,300 (2003)
Greece	6.303 million (2005)	5,205,100 (2003)
Greenland	25,300 (2002)	26,000 (2001)
Grenada	32,700 (2004)	33,500 (2002)
Guatemala	1,132,100 (2004)	846,000 (2002)
Guernsey	55,100 (2004)	55,000 (2001)
Guyana	110,100 (2005)	80,400 (2002)
Haiti	140,000 (2004)	130,000 (2002)
Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120 (2005)	NA
Honduras	494,400 (2005)	322,500 (2002)
Hong Kong	3,794,600 (2005)	3,801,300 (2003)
Hungary	3.356 million (2005)	3,666,400 (2002)
Iceland	193,900 (2005)	190,700 (2003)
India	49.75 million (2005)	48.917 million (2003)
Indonesia	12.772 million (2005)	7.75 million (2002)
Iran	18.986 million (2005)	14,571,100 (2003)
Iraq	1,034,200 (2004)	675,000; note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April 2003 war (2003)
Ireland	2.033 million (2005)	1.955 million (2003)
Israel	2,936,300 (2005)	3.006 million (2002)
Italy	25.049 million (2005)	26.596 million (2003)
Jamaica	342,000 (2005)	444,400 (2002)
Japan	58.78 million (2005)	71.149 million (2002)
Jordan	617,300 (2004)	622,600 (2003)
Kazakhstan	2.5 million (2004)	2,081,900 (2002)
Kenya	281,800 (2005)	328,400 (2003)
Korea, North	980,000 (2003)	1.1 million (2001)
Korea, South	23.745 million (2005)	22.877 million (2003)
Kuwait	510,300 (2005)	486,900 (2003)
Kyrgyzstan	438,200 (2005)	394,800 (2002)
Laos	90,067 (2006)	61,900 (2002)
Latvia	731,000 (2005)	653,900 (2003)
Lebanon	990,000 (2005)	678,800 (2002)
Lesotho	48,000 (2005)	28,600 (2002)
Liberia	6,900 (2002)	7,000 (2001)
Lithuania	801,100 (2005)	824,200 (2003)
Luxembourg	244,500 (2005)	355,400 (2002)
Macau	174,400 (2005)	174,600 (2003)
Macedonia	533,200 (2005)	560,000 (2002)
Madagascar	66,900 (2005)	59,600 (2003)
Malawi	102,700 (2005)	85,000 (2003)
Malaysia	4.366 million (2005)	4,571,600 (2003)
Maldives	32,300 (2005)	28,700 (2002)
Mali	75,000 (2005)	56,600 (2002)
Malta	202,100 (2005)	208,300 (2003)
Marshall Islands	5,510 (2004)	4,500 (2003)
Martinique	172,000 (2001)	172,000 est (2001)
Mauritania	41,000 (2005)	31,500 (2002)
Mauritius	359,000 (2005)	348,200 (2003)
Mayotte	10,000 (2002)	10,000 (2001)
Mexico	19.512 million (2005)	15,958,700 (2003)
Micronesia, Federated States of	12,400 (2005)	10,100 (2001)
Moldova	929,400 (2005)	706,900 (2002)
Mongolia	156,000 (2005)	142,300 (2004)
Montenegro	177,663 (2005)	-
Morocco	1,341,200 (2005)	1,219,200 (2003)
Mozambique	69,700 (2004)	83,700 (2002)
Namibia	127,900 (2004)	127,400 (2003)
Nepal	448,600 (2005)	371,800 (2003)
Netherlands	7.6 million (2005)	10.004 million (2002)
New Caledonia	55,300 (2005)	52,000 (2002)
New Zealand	1,800,500 (2004)	1.765 million (2002)
Nicaragua	220,900 (2005)	171,600 (2002)
Niger	24,000 (2005)	22,400 (2002)
Nigeria	1,223,300 (2005)	853,100 (2003)
Norway	2.129 million (2005)	3.343 million (2002)
Oman	265,200 (2005)	233,900 (2002)
Pakistan	5,277,500 (2005)	3,982,800 (2003)
Panama	440,100 (2005)	386,900 (2002)
Paraguay	320,300 (2005)	273,200 (2002)
Peru	2,250,500 (2005)	1,839,200 (2003)
Philippines	3,437,500 (2004)	3,310,900 (2002)
Poland	11.803 million (2005)	12.3 million (2003)
Portugal	4.234 million (2005)	4,278,800 (2003)
Puerto Rico	1,111,900 (2004)	1,329,500 (2002)
Qatar	205,400 (2005)	184,500 (2003)
Reunion	300,000 (2001)	300,000 est (2001)
Romania	4.391 million (2005)	4.3 million (2003)
Russia	40.1 million (2005)	35.5 million (2002)
Rwanda	23,000 (2004)	23,200 (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	25,000 (2004)	23,500 (2002)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,500 (2005)	27,300 (2002)
Samoa	13,300 (2003)	11,800 (2002)
Sao Tome and Principe	7,000 (2004)	7,000 (2003)
Saudi Arabia	3.8 million (2005)	3,502,600 (2003)
Senegal	266,600 (2005)	228,800 (2003)
Serbia	2,685,400 (2004)	-
Serbia and Montenegro	-	2,611,700 (2003)
Seychelles	21,400 (2005)	21,700 (2002)
Singapore	1.848 million (2005)	1,896,100 (2004)
Slovakia	1.197 million (2005)	1,294,700 (2003)
Slovenia	816,400 (2005)	812,300 (2003)
Solomon Islands	7,400 (2005)	6,600 (2002)
Somalia	100,000 (2005)	100,000 (2002 est.)
South Africa	4.729 million (2005)	4.844 million (2002)
Spain	18.322 million (2005)	17,567,500 (2003)
Sri Lanka	1.244 million (2005)	881,400 (2002)
Sudan	670,000 (2005)	900,000 (2003)
Suriname	81,100 (2004)	79,800 (2003)
Swaziland	35,000 (2005)	46,200 (2003)
Sweden	6.447 million (2004)	6,579,200 (2002)
Switzerland	5.123 million (2005)	5.419 million (2002)
Syria	2.903 million (2005)	2,099,300 (2002)
Taiwan	13.615 million (2005)	13.355 million (2003)
Tajikistan	245,200 (2004)	242,100 (2003)
Tanzania	148,400 (2004)	149,100 (2003)
Thailand	7.035 million (2005)	6,617,400 (2003)
Togo	58,600 (2005)	60,600 (2003)
Trinidad and Tobago	323,500 (2005)	325,100 (2002)
Tunisia	1,257,500 (2005)	1,163,800 (2003)
Turkey	18.978 million (2005)	18,916,700 (2003)
Turkmenistan	376,100 (2003)	374,000 (2002)
Uganda	100,800 (2005)	61,000 (2003)
Ukraine	12.142 million (2004)	10,833,300 (2002)
United Arab Emirates	1.237 million (2005)	1,135,800 (2003)
United Kingdom	32.943 million (2005)	34.898 million (2002)
United States	268 million (2003)	181,599,900 (2003)
Uruguay	1 million (2004)	946,500 (2002)
Vanuatu	6,800 (2004)	6,500 (2003)
Venezuela	3,605,500 (2005)	2,841,800 (2002)
Vietnam	15.845 million (2005)	4.402 million (2003)
Virgin Islands	70,900 (2004)	69,400 (2002)
West Bank	357,300 (includes Gaza Strip) (2004)	301,600 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2002)
World	1,263,367,600 (2005)	843,923,500 (2003)
Yemen	798,100 (2004)	542,200 (2002)
Zambia	94,700 (2005)	88,400 (2003)
Zimbabwe	328,000 (2005)	300,900 (2003)