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	Telephones - main lines in use (2006)	Telephones - main lines in use (2007)
Afghanistan	100,000 (2005)	280,000 (2005)
Albania	255,000 (2003)	353,600 (2005)
Algeria	2.572 million (2005)	2.841 million (2006)
American Samoa	15,000 (2001)	10,400 (2004)
Angola	94,300 (2005)	98,200 (2006)
Antigua and Barbuda	38,000 (2004)	40,000 (2006)
Argentina	8.8 million (2005)	9.46 million (2006)
Armenia	582,500 (2004)	594,400 (2005)
Aruba	37,100 (2002)	38,300 (2005)
Australia	11.46 million (2005)	9.94 million (2006)
Austria	3.705 million (2005)	3.564 million (2006)
Azerbaijan	1,091,400 (2005)	1.189 million (2006)
Bahamas, The	139,900 (2004)	133,100 (2005)
Bahrain	196,500 (2005)	193,300 (2006)
Bangladesh	1.07 million (2005)	1.134 million (2006)
Belarus	3,284,300 (2005)	3.368 million (2006)
Belgium	4.801 million (2004)	4.719 million (2006)
Belize	33,300 (2005)	33,900 (2006)
Bermuda	56,000 (2002)	57,700 (2006)
Bhutan	32,700 (2005)	31,500 (2006)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	968,900 (2005)	989,000 (2006)
Botswana	132,000 (2005)	136,900 (2006)
Brazil	42.382 million (2004)	38.8 million (2006)
Brunei	90,000 (2002)	80,200 (2006)
Bulgaria	2,483,500 (2005)	2.399 million (2006)
Burkina Faso	97,400 (2005)	94,800 (2006)
Burma	476,200 (2005)	503,900 (2005)
Burundi	27,700 (2004)	31,100 (2005)
Cambodia	36,400 (2003)	32,800 (2006)
Cameroon	99,400 (2004)	100,300 (2005)
Canada	18.276 million (2005)	20.78 million (2005)
Cape Verde	71,400 (2005)	71,600 (2006)
Central African Republic	10,000 (2004)	10,000 (2005)
Chad	13,000 (2004)	13,000 (2006)
Chile	3,435,900 (2005)	3.326 million (2006)
China	350.433 million (2005)	368 million (2006)
Colombia	7,678,800 (2005)	7.865 million (2006)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,600 (2005)	9,700 (2006)
Congo, Republic of the	13,800 (2004)	15,900 (2005)
Costa Rica	1,388,500 (2005)	1.351 million (2006)
Cote d'Ivoire	257,900 (2004)	260,900 (2006)
Croatia	1,889,500 (2005)	1.832 million (2006)
Cuba	849,900 (2005)	972,900 (2006)
Cyprus	Republic of Cyprus: 420,000 (2005); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002)	area under government control: 408,300 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)
Denmark	3.35 million (2005)	3.098 million (2006)
Djibouti	11,100 (2004)	10,800 (2005)
Dominican Republic	894,500 (2005)	897,000 (2006)
East Timor	NA	-
Ecuador	1,701,500 (2005)	1.754 million (2006)
Egypt	10,396,100 (2005)	10.808 million (2006)
El Salvador	971,500 (2005)	1.037 million (2006)
Eritrea	37,700 (2005)	37,700 (2006)
Estonia	442,000 (2005)	541,900 (2006)
Ethiopia	610,300 (2005)	725,000 (2006)
European Union	238,763,162 (2002)	238 million (2005)
Faroe Islands	23,800 (2005)	23,000 (2006)
Fiji	102,000 (2003)	112,500 (2005)
Finland	2.12 million (2005)	1.92 million (2006)
France	35.7 million (2005)	34.63 million; 33.897 million (metropolitan France) (2006)
French Guiana	51,000 (2001)	-
French Polynesia	53,400 (2005)	53,600 (2006)
Gabon	39,100 (2005)	36,500 (2006)
Gambia, The	44,000 (2005)	52,900 (2006)
Georgia	683,200 (2004)	553,100 (2006)
Germany	55.046 million (2005)	54.2 million (2006)
Ghana	321,500 (2005)	356,400 (2006)
Greece	6.303 million (2005)	6.185 million (2006)
Grenada	32,700 (2004)	27,700 (2006)
Guadeloupe	210,000 (2001)	-
Guam	84,134 (2001)	80,000 (2001)
Guatemala	1,132,100 (2004)	1.355 million (2006)
Guernsey	55,100 (2004)	45,100 (2005)
Guinea	26,200 (2003)	26,300 (2005)
Guinea-Bissau	10,600 (2003)	10,200 (2005)
Haiti	140,000 (2004)	145,300 (2005)
Honduras	494,400 (2005)	708,400 (2006)
Hong Kong	3,794,600 (2005)	3.85 million (2006)
Hungary	3.356 million (2005)	3.35 million (2006)
Iceland	193,900 (2005)	193,700 (2006)
Indonesia	12.772 million (2005)	14.821 million (2006)
Iran	18.986 million (2005)	21.981 million (2006)
Iraq	1,034,200 (2004)	1.547 million (2005)
Ireland	2.033 million (2005)	2.097 million (2006)
Israel	2,936,300 (2005)	3.005 million (2006)
Jamaica	342,000 (2005)	319,000 (2005)
Japan	58.78 million (2005)	55.155 million (2006)
Jordan	617,300 (2004)	614,000 (2006)
Kazakhstan	2.5 million (2004)	2.928 million (2006)
Kenya	281,800 (2005)	293,400 (2006)
Korea, South	23.745 million (2005)	26.866 million (2006)
Kyrgyzstan	438,200 (2005)	440,400 (2005)
Latvia	731,000 (2005)	657,400 (2006)
Lebanon	990,000 (2005)	681,400 (2006)
Libya	750,000 (2003)	483,000 (2006)
Liechtenstein	19,900 (2002)	20,000 (2005)
Lithuania	801,100 (2005)	792,400 (2006)
Luxembourg	244,500 (2005)	246,700 (2006)
Macau	174,400 (2005)	176,700 (2006)
Macedonia	533,200 (2005)	490,900 (2006)
Madagascar	66,900 (2005)	129,800 (2006)
Malaysia	4.366 million (2005)	4.342 million (2006)
Maldives	32,300 (2005)	32,500 (2006)
Mali	75,000 (2005)	82,500 (2006)
Malta	202,100 (2005)	202,300 (2006)
Marshall Islands	5,510 (2004)	4,500 (2004)
Martinique	172,000 (2001)	-
Mauritania	41,000 (2005)	34,900 (2006)
Mauritius	359,000 (2005)	357,300 (2006)
Mexico	19.512 million (2005)	19.861 million (2006)
Moldova	929,400 (2005)	1.018 million (2006)
Monaco	33,700 (2002)	34,000 (2005)
Montenegro	177,663 (2005)	353,300 (2006)
Morocco	1,341,200 (2005)	1.266 million (2006)
Mozambique	69,700 (2004)	67,000 (2006)
Namibia	127,900 (2004)	138,900 (2005)
Nepal	448,600 (2005)	595,800 (2006)
New Zealand	1,800,500 (2004)	1.729 million (2005)
Nicaragua	220,900 (2005)	247,900 (2006)
Nigeria	1,223,300 (2005)	1.688 million (2006)
Niue	1,100 est (2002)	1,100 (2002 est.)
Norway	2.129 million (2005)	2.055 million (2006)
Oman	265,200 (2005)	278,300 (2006)
Pakistan	5,277,500 (2005)	5.24 million (2006)
Panama	440,100 (2005)	432,900 (2006)
Papua New Guinea	62,000 (2002)	63,700 (2005)
Paraguay	320,300 (2005)	331,100 (2006)
Peru	2,250,500 (2005)	2.332 million (2006)
Philippines	3,437,500 (2004)	3.633 million (2006)
Poland	11.803 million (2005)	11.475 million (2006)
Portugal	4.234 million (2005)	4.231 million (2006)
Puerto Rico	1,111,900 (2004)	1.038 million (2005)
Qatar	205,400 (2005)	228,300 (2006)
Reunion	300,000 (2001)	-
Romania	4.391 million (2005)	4.231 million (2006)
Rwanda	23,000 (2004)	22,000 (2005)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,500 (2005)	22,600 (2006)
Samoa	13,300 (2003)	19,500 (2005)
San Marino	20,600 (2002)	21,000 (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe	7,000 (2004)	7,100 (2005)
Saudi Arabia	3.8 million (2005)	4.5 million (2006)
Senegal	266,600 (2005)	282,600 (2006)
Serbia	2,685,400 (2004)	2.719 million (2006)
Seychelles	21,400 (2005)	20,700 (2006)
Singapore	1.848 million (2005)	1.854 million (2006)
Slovakia	1.197 million (2005)	1.167 million (2006)
Slovenia	816,400 (2005)	837,500 (2006)
Spain	18.322 million (2005)	18.385 million (2006)
Sri Lanka	1.244 million (2005)	2.087 million (2007)
Sudan	670,000 (2005)	636,900 (2006)
Suriname	81,100 (2004)	81,500 (2006)
Swaziland	35,000 (2005)	44,000 (2006)
Sweden	6.447 million (2004)	6.379 million (2005)
Switzerland	5.123 million (2005)	5.04 million (2006)
Syria	2.903 million (2005)	3.243 million (2006)
Taiwan	13.615 million (2005)	14.497 million (2006)
Tajikistan	245,200 (2004)	280,200 (2005)
Tanzania	148,400 (2004)	169,135 (2007)
Thailand	7.035 million (2005)	7.073 million (2006)
Timor-Leste	-	2,500 (2006)
Togo	58,600 (2005)	82,100 (2006)
Tonga	11,200 (2002)	13,700 (2005)
Trinidad and Tobago	323,500 (2005)	325,500 (2006)
Tunisia	1,257,500 (2005)	1.268 million (2006)
Turkmenistan	376,100 (2003)	495,000 (2006)
Uganda	100,800 (2005)	108,100 (2006)
Ukraine	12.142 million (2004)	12.341 million (2006)
United Arab Emirates	1.237 million (2005)	1.31 million (2006)
United Kingdom	32.943 million (2005)	33.602 million (2006)
United States	268 million (2003)	172 million (2006)
Uruguay	1 million (2004)	987,000 (2006)
Uzbekistan	1,717,100 (2003)	1.793 million (2005)
Vanuatu	6,800 (2004)	7,000 (2005)
Venezuela	3,605,500 (2005)	4.217 million (2006)
Virgin Islands	70,900 (2004)	71,700 (2005)
West Bank	357,300 (includes Gaza Strip) (2004)	349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
Yemen	798,100 (2004)	968,400 (2006)
Zimbabwe	328,000 (2005)	331,700 (2006)