Compare Telephones - main lines in use (2007) - Telephones - main lines in use (2005)

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	Telephones - main lines in use (2007)	Telephones - main lines in use (2005)
Afghanistan	280,000 (2005)	33,100 (2002)
Albania	353,600 (2005)	255,000 (2003)
Algeria	2.841 million (2006)	2,199,600 (2003)
American Samoa	10,400 (2004)	15,000 (2001)
Andorra	35,400 (2005)	35,000 (2001)
Angola	98,200 (2006)	96,300 (2003)
Antarctica	0; note - information for US bases only (2001)	0 note: information for US bases only (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda	40,000 (2006)	38,000 (2002)
Argentina	9.46 million (2006)	8,009,400 (2002)
Armenia	594,400 (2005)	562,600 (2003)
Aruba	38,300 (2005)	37,100 (2002)
Australia	9.94 million (2006)	10.815 million (2003)
Austria	3.564 million (2006)	3.881 million (2003)
Azerbaijan	1.189 million (2006)	923,800 (2002)
Bahamas, The	133,100 (2005)	131,700 (2003)
Bahrain	193,300 (2006)	185,800 (2003)
Bangladesh	1.134 million (2006)	740,000 (2003)
Barbados	134,900 (2005)	134,000 (2003)
Belarus	3.368 million (2006)	3,071,300 (2003)
Belgium	4.719 million (2006)	5,120,400 (2002)
Belize	33,900 (2006)	33,300 (2003)
Benin	76,300 (2005)	66,500 (2003)
Bermuda	57,700 (2006)	56,000 (2002)
Bhutan	31,500 (2006)	25,200 (2003)
Bolivia	646,300 (2005)	600,100 (2003)
Bosnia and Herzegovina	989,000 (2006)	938,000 (2003)
Botswana	136,900 (2006)	142,400 (2002)
Brazil	38.8 million (2006)	38.81 million (2002)
Brunei	80,200 (2006)	90,000 (2002)
Bulgaria	2.399 million (2006)	2,868,200 (2002)
Burkina Faso	94,800 (2006)	65,400 (2003)
Burma	503,900 (2005)	357,300 (2003)
Burundi	31,100 (2005)	23,900 (2003)
Cambodia	32,800 (2006)	35,400 (2002)
Cameroon	100,300 (2005)	110,900 (2002)
Canada	20.78 million (2005)	19,950,900 (2003)
Cape Verde	71,600 (2006)	71,700 (2003)
Central African Republic	10,000 (2005)	9,000 (2002)
Chad	13,000 (2006)	11,800 (2002)
Chile	3.326 million (2006)	3.467 million (2002)
China	368 million (2006)	263 million (2003)
Colombia	7.865 million (2006)	8,768,100 (2003)
Comoros	16,900 (2005)	13,200 (2003)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	9,700 (2006)	10,000 (2002)
Congo, Republic of the	15,900 (2005)	7,000 (2003)
Costa Rica	1.351 million (2006)	1.132 million (2002)
Cote d'Ivoire	260,900 (2006)	328,000 (2003)
Croatia	1.832 million (2006)	1.825 million (2002)
Cuba	972,900 (2006)	574,400 (2002)
Cyprus	area under government control: 408,300 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 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	3.098 million (2006)	3,610,100 (2003)
Djibouti	10,800 (2005)	9,500 (2003)
Dominica	21,000 (2004)	23,700 (2002)
Dominican Republic	897,000 (2006)	901,800 (2003)
East Timor	-	NA
Ecuador	1.754 million (2006)	1.549 million (2003)
Egypt	10.808 million (2006)	9.6 million (2005)
El Salvador	1.037 million (2006)	752,600 (2003)
Equatorial Guinea	10,000 (2005)	9,600 (2003)
Eritrea	37,700 (2006)	38,100 (2003)
Estonia	541,900 (2006)	475,000 (2002)
Ethiopia	725,000 (2006)	435,000 (2003)
European Union	238 million (2005)	238,763,162 (2002)
Faroe Islands	23,000 (2006)	23,000 (2002)
Fiji	112,500 (2005)	102,000 (2003)
Finland	1.92 million (2006)	2.548 million (2003)
France	34.63 million; 33.897 million (metropolitan France) (2006)	33,905,400 (2003)
French Guiana	-	51,000 (2001)
French Polynesia	53,600 (2006)	52,500 (2002)
Gabon	36,500 (2006)	38,400 (2003)
Gambia, The	52,900 (2006)	38,400 (2002)
Gaza Strip	349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)	95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)
Georgia	553,100 (2006)	650,500 (2003)
Germany	54.2 million (2006)	54.35 million (2003)
Ghana	356,400 (2006)	302,300 (2003)
Greece	6.185 million (2006)	5,205,100 (2003)
Greenland	25,300 (2002)	26,000 (2001)
Grenada	27,700 (2006)	33,500 (2002)
Guadeloupe	-	210,000 (2001)
Guam	80,000 (2001)	84,134 (2001)
Guatemala	1.355 million (2006)	846,000 (2002)
Guernsey	45,100 (2005)	55,000 (2001)
Guinea	26,300 (2005)	26,200 (2003)
Guinea-Bissau	10,200 (2005)	10,600 (2003)
Guyana	110,100 (2005)	80,400 (2002)
Haiti	145,300 (2005)	130,000 (2002)
Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120 (2005)	NA
Honduras	708,400 (2006)	322,500 (2002)
Hong Kong	3.85 million (2006)	3,801,300 (2003)
Hungary	3.35 million (2006)	3,666,400 (2002)
Iceland	193,700 (2006)	190,700 (2003)
India	49.75 million (2005)	48.917 million (2003)
Indonesia	14.821 million (2006)	7.75 million (2002)
Iran	21.981 million (2006)	14,571,100 (2003)
Iraq	1.547 million (2005)	675,000; note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April 2003 war (2003)
Ireland	2.097 million (2006)	1.955 million (2003)
Israel	3.005 million (2006)	3.006 million (2002)
Italy	25.049 million (2005)	26.596 million (2003)
Jamaica	319,000 (2005)	444,400 (2002)
Japan	55.155 million (2006)	71.149 million (2002)
Jordan	614,000 (2006)	622,600 (2003)
Kazakhstan	2.928 million (2006)	2,081,900 (2002)
Kenya	293,400 (2006)	328,400 (2003)
Korea, North	980,000 (2003)	1.1 million (2001)
Korea, South	26.866 million (2006)	22.877 million (2003)
Kuwait	510,300 (2005)	486,900 (2003)
Kyrgyzstan	440,400 (2005)	394,800 (2002)
Laos	90,067 (2006)	61,900 (2002)
Latvia	657,400 (2006)	653,900 (2003)
Lebanon	681,400 (2006)	678,800 (2002)
Lesotho	48,000 (2005)	28,600 (2002)
Liberia	6,900 (2002)	7,000 (2001)
Libya	483,000 (2006)	750,000 (2003)
Liechtenstein	20,000 (2005)	19,900 (2002)
Lithuania	792,400 (2006)	824,200 (2003)
Luxembourg	246,700 (2006)	355,400 (2002)
Macau	176,700 (2006)	174,600 (2003)
Macedonia	490,900 (2006)	560,000 (2002)
Madagascar	129,800 (2006)	59,600 (2003)
Malawi	102,700 (2005)	85,000 (2003)
Malaysia	4.342 million (2006)	4,571,600 (2003)
Maldives	32,500 (2006)	28,700 (2002)
Mali	82,500 (2006)	56,600 (2002)
Malta	202,300 (2006)	208,300 (2003)
Marshall Islands	4,500 (2004)	4,500 (2003)
Martinique	-	172,000 est (2001)
Mauritania	34,900 (2006)	31,500 (2002)
Mauritius	357,300 (2006)	348,200 (2003)
Mayotte	10,000 (2002)	10,000 (2001)
Mexico	19.861 million (2006)	15,958,700 (2003)
Micronesia, Federated States of	12,400 (2005)	10,100 (2001)
Moldova	1.018 million (2006)	706,900 (2002)
Monaco	34,000 (2005)	33,700 (2002)
Mongolia	156,000 (2005)	142,300 (2004)
Montenegro	353,300 (2006)	-
Morocco	1.266 million (2006)	1,219,200 (2003)
Mozambique	67,000 (2006)	83,700 (2002)
Namibia	138,900 (2005)	127,400 (2003)
Nepal	595,800 (2006)	371,800 (2003)
Netherlands	7.6 million (2005)	10.004 million (2002)
New Caledonia	55,300 (2005)	52,000 (2002)
New Zealand	1.729 million (2005)	1.765 million (2002)
Nicaragua	247,900 (2006)	171,600 (2002)
Niger	24,000 (2005)	22,400 (2002)
Nigeria	1.688 million (2006)	853,100 (2003)
Niue	1,100 (2002 est.)	1,100 est (2002)
Norway	2.055 million (2006)	3.343 million (2002)
Oman	278,300 (2006)	233,900 (2002)
Pakistan	5.24 million (2006)	3,982,800 (2003)
Panama	432,900 (2006)	386,900 (2002)
Papua New Guinea	63,700 (2005)	62,000 (2002)
Paraguay	331,100 (2006)	273,200 (2002)
Peru	2.332 million (2006)	1,839,200 (2003)
Philippines	3.633 million (2006)	3,310,900 (2002)
Poland	11.475 million (2006)	12.3 million (2003)
Portugal	4.231 million (2006)	4,278,800 (2003)
Puerto Rico	1.038 million (2005)	1,329,500 (2002)
Qatar	228,300 (2006)	184,500 (2003)
Reunion	-	300,000 est (2001)
Romania	4.231 million (2006)	4.3 million (2003)
Russia	40.1 million (2005)	35.5 million (2002)
Rwanda	22,000 (2005)	23,200 (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis	25,000 (2004)	23,500 (2002)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,600 (2006)	27,300 (2002)
Samoa	19,500 (2005)	11,800 (2002)
San Marino	21,000 (2006)	20,600 (2002)
Sao Tome and Principe	7,100 (2005)	7,000 (2003)
Saudi Arabia	4.5 million (2006)	3,502,600 (2003)
Senegal	282,600 (2006)	228,800 (2003)
Serbia	2.719 million (2006)	-
Serbia and Montenegro	-	2,611,700 (2003)
Seychelles	20,700 (2006)	21,700 (2002)
Singapore	1.854 million (2006)	1,896,100 (2004)
Slovakia	1.167 million (2006)	1,294,700 (2003)
Slovenia	837,500 (2006)	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	18.385 million (2006)	17,567,500 (2003)
Sri Lanka	2.087 million (2007)	881,400 (2002)
Sudan	636,900 (2006)	900,000 (2003)
Suriname	81,500 (2006)	79,800 (2003)
Swaziland	44,000 (2006)	46,200 (2003)
Sweden	6.379 million (2005)	6,579,200 (2002)
Switzerland	5.04 million (2006)	5.419 million (2002)
Syria	3.243 million (2006)	2,099,300 (2002)
Taiwan	14.497 million (2006)	13.355 million (2003)
Tajikistan	280,200 (2005)	242,100 (2003)
Tanzania	169,135 (2007)	149,100 (2003)
Thailand	7.073 million (2006)	6,617,400 (2003)
Timor-Leste	2,500 (2006)	-
Togo	82,100 (2006)	60,600 (2003)
Tonga	13,700 (2005)	11,200 (2002)
Trinidad and Tobago	325,500 (2006)	325,100 (2002)
Tunisia	1.268 million (2006)	1,163,800 (2003)
Turkey	18.978 million (2005)	18,916,700 (2003)
Turkmenistan	495,000 (2006)	374,000 (2002)
Uganda	108,100 (2006)	61,000 (2003)
Ukraine	12.341 million (2006)	10,833,300 (2002)
United Arab Emirates	1.31 million (2006)	1,135,800 (2003)
United Kingdom	33.602 million (2006)	34.898 million (2002)
United States	172 million (2006)	181,599,900 (2003)
Uruguay	987,000 (2006)	946,500 (2002)
Uzbekistan	1.793 million (2005)	1,717,100 (2003)
Vanuatu	7,000 (2005)	6,500 (2003)
Venezuela	4.217 million (2006)	2,841,800 (2002)
Vietnam	15.845 million (2005)	4.402 million (2003)
Virgin Islands	71,700 (2005)	69,400 (2002)
West Bank	349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)	301,600 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2002)
World	1,263,367,600 (2005)	843,923,500 (2003)
Yemen	968,400 (2006)	542,200 (2002)
Zambia	94,700 (2005)	88,400 (2003)
Zimbabwe	331,700 (2006)	300,900 (2003)