| | Telephones - main lines in use (2006) | Telephones - main lines in use (2008) |
|
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) |
|
Andorra |
35,400 (2005) |
35,400 (2005) |
|
Angola |
94,300 (2005) |
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 (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) |
|
Barbados |
134,900 (2005) |
134,900 (2005) |
|
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) |
|
Benin |
76,300 (2005) |
77,300 (2006) |
|
Bermuda |
56,000 (2002) |
57,700 (2006) |
|
Bhutan |
32,700 (2005) |
31,500 (2006) |
|
Bolivia |
646,300 (2005) |
646,300 (2005) |
|
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) |
|
British Indian Ocean Territory |
NA |
NA |
|
British Virgin Islands |
11,700 (2002) |
11,700 (2002) |
|
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) |
|
Cayman Islands |
38,000 (2002) |
38,000 (2002) |
|
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) |
|
Christmas Island |
NA |
NA |
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands |
287 (1992) |
287 (1992) |
|
Colombia |
7,678,800 (2005) |
7.865 million (2006) |
|
Comoros |
16,900 (2005) |
16,900 (2005) |
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
10,600 (2005) |
9,700 (2006) |
|
Congo, Republic of the |
13,800 (2004) |
15,900 (2005) |
|
Cook Islands |
6,200 (2002) |
6,200 (2002) |
|
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) |
|
Czech Republic |
3,217,300 (2005) |
3,217,300 (2005) |
|
Denmark |
3.35 million (2005) |
3.098 million (2006) |
|
Djibouti |
11,100 (2004) |
10,800 (2005) |
|
Dominica |
21,000 (2004) |
21,000 (2004) |
|
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) |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
10,000 (2005) |
10,000 (2005) |
|
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) |
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) |
2,400 (2002) |
2,400 (2002) |
|
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; 33,897,000 (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) |
|
Gaza Strip |
349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005) |
349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005) |
|
Georgia |
683,200 (2004) |
544,000 (2007) |
|
Germany |
55.046 million (2005) |
54.2 million (2006) |
|
Ghana |
321,500 (2005) |
356,400 (2006) |
|
Gibraltar |
24,512 (2002) |
24,512 (2002) |
|
Greece |
6.303 million (2005) |
6.185 million (2006) |
|
Greenland |
25,300 (2002) |
25,300 (2002) |
|
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) |
|
Guyana |
110,100 (2005) |
110,100 (2005) |
|
Haiti |
140,000 (2004) |
145,300 (2005) |
|
Holy See (Vatican City) |
5,120 (2005) |
5,120 (2005) |
|
Honduras |
494,400 (2005) |
708,400 (2006) |
|
Hong Kong |
3,794,600 (2005) |
3.87 million (2007) |
|
Hungary |
3.356 million (2005) |
3.35 million (2006) |
|
Iceland |
193,900 (2005) |
193,700 (2006) |
|
India |
49.75 million (2005) |
49.75 million (2005) |
|
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) |
|
Isle of Man |
51,000 (1999) |
51,000 (1999) |
|
Israel |
2,936,300 (2005) |
3.005 million (2006) |
|
Italy |
25.049 million (2005) |
25.049 million (2005) |
|
Jamaica |
342,000 (2005) |
319,000 (2005) |
|
Japan |
58.78 million (2005) |
55.155 million (2006) |
|
Jersey |
73,900 (2001) |
73,900 (2001) |
|
Jordan |
617,300 (2004) |
614,000 (2006) |
|
Kazakhstan |
2.5 million (2004) |
2.928 million (2006) |
|
Kenya |
281,800 (2005) |
293,400 (2006) |
|
Kiribati |
4,500 (2002) |
4,500 (2002) |
|
Korea, North |
980,000 (2003) |
980,000 (2003) |
|
Korea, South |
23.745 million (2005) |
26.866 million (2006) |
|
Kosovo |
- |
106,300 (2006) |
|
Kuwait |
510,300 (2005) |
510,300 (2005) |
|
Kyrgyzstan |
438,200 (2005) |
440,400 (2005) |
|
Laos |
90,067 (2006) |
90,067 (2006) |
|
Latvia |
731,000 (2005) |
657,400 (2006) |
|
Lebanon |
990,000 (2005) |
681,400 (2006) |
|
Lesotho |
48,000 (2005) |
48,000 (2005) |
|
Liberia |
6,900 (2002) |
6,900 (2002) |
|
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) |
178,013 (2007) |
|
Macedonia |
533,200 (2005) |
490,900 (2006) |
|
Madagascar |
66,900 (2005) |
129,800 (2006) |
|
Malawi |
102,700 (2005) |
102,700 (2005) |
|
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) |
|
Mayotte |
10,000 (2002) |
10,000 (2002) |
|
Mexico |
19.512 million (2005) |
19.861 million (2006) |
|
Micronesia, Federated States of |
12,400 (2005) |
12,400 (2005) |
|
Moldova |
929,400 (2005) |
1.018 million (2006) |
|
Monaco |
33,700 (2002) |
34,000 (2005) |
|
Mongolia |
156,000 (2005) |
158,900 (2006) |
|
Montenegro |
177,663 (2005) |
353,300 (2006) |
|
Montserrat |
NA |
NA |
|
Morocco |
1,341,200 (2005) |
1.266 million (2006) |
|
Mozambique |
69,700 (2004) |
67,000 (2006) |
|
Namibia |
127,900 (2004) |
138,900 (2005) |
|
Nauru |
1,900 (2002) |
1,900 (2002) |
|
Nepal |
448,600 (2005) |
595,800 (2006) |
|
Netherlands |
7.6 million (2005) |
7.6 million (2005) |
|
Netherlands Antilles |
81,000 (2001) |
81,000 (2001) |
|
New Caledonia |
55,300 (2005) |
55,300 (2005) |
|
New Zealand |
1,800,500 (2004) |
1.729 million (2005) |
|
Nicaragua |
220,900 (2005) |
247,900 (2006) |
|
Niger |
24,000 (2005) |
24,000 (2005) |
|
Nigeria |
1,223,300 (2005) |
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 |
2.129 million (2005) |
2.055 million (2006) |
|
Oman |
265,200 (2005) |
278,300 (2006) |
|
Pakistan |
5,277,500 (2005) |
5.24 million (2006) |
|
Palau |
6,700 (2002) |
6,700 (2002) |
|
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) |
|
Pitcairn Islands |
1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004) |
1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004) |
|
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) |
|
Russia |
40.1 million (2005) |
40.1 million (2005) |
|
Rwanda |
23,000 (2004) |
22,000 (2005) |
|
Saint Helena |
2,200 (2002) |
2,200 (2002) |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
25,000 (2004) |
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 |
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) |
|
Sierra Leone |
24,000 (2002) |
24,000 (2002) |
|
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) |
|
Solomon Islands |
7,400 (2005) |
7,400 (2005) |
|
Somalia |
100,000 (2005) |
100,000 (2005) |
|
South Africa |
4.729 million (2005) |
4.729 million (2005) |
|
Spain |
18.322 million (2005) |
18.385 million (2006) |
|
Sri Lanka |
1.244 million (2005) |
2.742 million (2007) |
|
Sudan |
670,000 (2005) |
636,900 (2006) |
|
Suriname |
81,100 (2004) |
81,500 (2006) |
|
Svalbard |
NA |
NA |
|
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) |
|
Tokelau |
300 (2002) |
300 (2002) |
|
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) |
|
Turkey |
18.978 million (2005) |
18.978 million (2005) |
|
Turkmenistan |
376,100 (2003) |
495,000 (2006) |
|
Turks and Caicos Islands |
5,700 (2002) |
5,700 (2002) |
|
Tuvalu |
700 (2002) |
900 (2005) |
|
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) |
|
Vietnam |
15.845 million (2005) |
10.8 million (2007) |
|
Virgin Islands |
70,900 (2004) |
71,700 (2005) |
|
Wallis and Futuna |
1,900 (2002) |
1,900 (2002) |
|
West Bank |
357,300 (includes Gaza Strip) (2004) |
349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) |
|
Western Sahara |
about 2,000 (1999 est.) |
about 2,000 (1999 est.) |
|
World |
1,263,367,600 (2005) |
1,263,367,600 (2005) |
|
Yemen |
798,100 (2004) |
968,400 (2006) |
|
Zambia |
94,700 (2005) |
93,400 (2006) |
|
Zimbabwe |
328,000 (2005) |
331,700 (2006) |