| Telephones - main lines in use Country profile category: Communications |
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Afghanistan: | 29,000 (1996) note: there were 21,000 main lines in service in Kabul in 1998
Albania: | 87,000 (1997)
Algeria: | 2.3 million (1998)
American Samoa: | 13,000 (1997)
Andorra: | 32,946 (December 1998)
Angola: | 62,000 (1997)
Anguilla: | 5,000 (1997)
Antarctica: | 0 note: information for US bases only (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda: | 28,000 (1996)
Argentina: | 7.5 million (1998)
Armenia: | 568,000 (1997)
Aruba: | 33,000 (1997)
Australia: | 9.58 million (1998)
Austria: | 4 million (3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1999)
Azerbaijan: | 663,000 (1997)
Bahamas, The: | 96,000 (1997)
Bahrain: | 152,000 (1997)
Bangladesh: | 500,000 (2000)
Barbados: | 108,000 (1997)
Belarus: | 2.313 million (1997)
Belgium: | 4.769 million (1997)
Belize: | 31,000 (1997)
Benin: | 36,000 (1997)
Bermuda: | 52,000 (1997)
Bhutan: | 6,000 (1997)
Bolivia: | 327,600 (1996)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: | 303,000 (1997)
Botswana: | 86,000 (1997)
Brazil: | 17.039 million (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory: | NA
British Virgin Islands: | 10,000 (1996)
Brunei: | 79,000 (1996)
Bulgaria: | 3.255 million (2000)
Burkina Faso: | 36,000 (1997)
Burma: | 250,000 (2000)
Burundi: | 16,000 (1997)
Cambodia: | 21,800 (mid-1998)
Cameroon: | 75,000 (1997)
Canada: | 18.5 million (1999)
Cape Verde: | 45,644 (2000)
Cayman Islands: | 19,000 (1995)
Central African Republic: | 10,000 (1997)
Chad: | 7,000 (1997)
Chile: | 2.603 million (1998)
China: | 135 million (2000)
Christmas Island: | NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: | NA (1999)
Colombia: | 5,433,565 (December 1997)
Comoros: | 6,000 (1997)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: | 21,000 (1997)
Congo, Republic of the: | 22,000 (1997)
Cook Islands: | 5,000 (1997)
Costa Rica: | 450,000 (1998) note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use 1998
Cote d'Ivoire: | 219,283 (31 December 1999)
Croatia: | 1.488 million (1997)
Cuba: | 473,031 (2000)
Cyprus: | Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 83,162 (1998)
Czech Republic: | 3.869 million (2000)
Denmark: | 4.785 million (1997)
Djibouti: | 8,000 (1997)
Dominica: | 19,000 (1996)
Dominican Republic: | 709,000 (1997)
Ecuador: | 899,000 (1997)
Egypt: | 3,971,500 (December 1998)
El Salvador: | 380,000 (1998)
Equatorial Guinea: | 4,000 (1996)
Eritrea: | 23,578 (2000)
Estonia: | 476,078 (yearend 1998)
Ethiopia: | 157,000 (1997)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): | NA
Faroe Islands: | 24,851 (1999)
Fiji: | 72,000 (1997)
Finland: | 2.861 million (1997)
France: | 34.86 million (yearend 1998)
French Guiana: | 47,000 (1997)
French Polynesia: | 52,000 (1997)
Gabon: | 37,000 (1997)
Gambia, The: | 31,900 (2000)
Gaza Strip: | 95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)
Georgia: | 620,000 (1997)
Germany: | 45.2 million (1997) note: 46.5 million main lines were installed by yearend 1998
Ghana: | 200,000 (1998)
Gibraltar: | 19,000 (1997)
Greece: | 5.431 million (1997)
Greenland: | 25,617 (end 1999)
Grenada: | 27,000 (1997)
Guadeloupe: | 171,000 (1996)
Guam: | 84,134 (1998)
Guatemala: | 665,061 (June 2000)
Guernsey: | 44,000 (1996)
Guinea: | 20,000 (1997)
Guinea-Bissau: | 8,000 (1997)
Guyana: | 70,000 (2000)
Haiti: | 60,000 (1997)
Holy See (Vatican City): | NA
Honduras: | 234,000 (1997)
Hong Kong: | 3.839 million (1999)
Hungary: | 3.095 million (1997)
Iceland: | 168,000 (1997)
India: | 27.7 million (October 2000)
Indonesia: | 5,588,310 (1998)
Iran: | 6.313 million (1997)
Iraq: | 675,000 (1997)
Ireland: | 1.59 million (2001)
Israel: | 2.8 million (1999)
Italy: | 25 million (1999)
Jamaica: | 353,000 (1996)
Japan: | 60.381 million (1997)
Jersey: | 65,500 (1997)
Jordan: | 403,000 (1997)
Kazakhstan: | 1.818 million (1997)
Kenya: | 290,000 (1998)
Kiribati: | 2,000 (1997)
Korea, North: | 1.1 million (1997)
Korea, South: | 24 million (1999)
Kuwait: | 412,000 (1997)
Kyrgyzstan: | 351,000 (1997)
Laos: | 25,000 (1997)
Latvia: | 748,000 (1997)
Lebanon: | 700,000 (1999)
Lesotho: | 20,000 (1997)
Liberia: | 6,000 (1997)
Libya: | 380,000 (1996)
Liechtenstein: | 20,000 (1997)
Lithuania: | 1.048 million (1997)
Luxembourg: | 314,700 (1999)
Macau: | 176,837 (2000)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: | 408,000 (1997)
Madagascar: | 43,000 (1997)
Malawi: | 37,000 (1997)
Malaysia: | 4.5 million (1999)
Maldives: | 21,000 (1999)
Mali: | 23,000 (1997)
Malta: | 187,000 (1997)
Man, Isle of: | 51,000 (1999)
Marshall Islands: | 3,000 (1996)
Martinique: | 170,000 (1997)
Mauritania: | 26,000 (2000)
Mauritius: | 223,000 (1997)
Mayotte: | 9,314 (1997)
Mexico: | 9.6 million (1998)
Micronesia, Federated States of: | 11,000 (2001)
Moldova: | 627,000 (1997)
Monaco: | 31,027 (1995)
Mongolia: | 104,100 (1999)
Montserrat: | 4,000 (1997)
Morocco: | 1.391 million (1998)
Mozambique: | 65,354 (2000)
Namibia: | 100,848 (1997)
Nauru: | 2,000 (1996)
Nepal: | 236,816 (January 2000)
Netherlands: | 9,132,400 (1999)
Netherlands Antilles: | 76,000 (1995)
New Caledonia: | 47,000 (1997)
New Zealand: | 1.84 million (1997)
Nicaragua: | 140,000 (1996)
Niger: | 16,000 (1997)
Nigeria: | 500,000 (2000)
Niue: | 376 (1991)
Norfolk Island: | 1,087 (1983)
Northern Mariana Islands: | 21,000 (1996)
Norway: | 2.735 million (1998)
Oman: | 201,000 (1997)
Pakistan: | 2.861 million (March 1999)
Palau: | 1,500 (1988)
Panama: | 396,000 (1997)
Papua New Guinea: | 47,000 (1996)
Paraguay: | 290,475 (2001)
Peru: | 1.509 million (1998)
Philippines: | 1.9 million (1997)
Pitcairn Islands: | 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (1997)
Poland: | 8.07 million (1998)
Portugal: | 5.3 million (end 1998)
Puerto Rico: | 1.322 million (1997)
Qatar: | 142,000 (1997)
Reunion: | 236,500 (1997)
Romania: | 3.777 million (1997)
Russia: | 30 million (1998)
Rwanda: | 15,000 (1995)
Saint Helena: | 2,000 (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: | 17,000 (1997)
Saint Lucia: | 37,000 (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: | 4,000 (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: | 20,500 (1998)
Samoa: | 8,000 (1997)
San Marino: | 18,000 (1998)
Sao Tome and Principe: | 3,000 (1997)
Saudi Arabia: | 3.1 million (1998)
Senegal: | 116,000 (1997)
Seychelles: | 19,635 (1997)
Sierra Leone: | 17,000 (1997)
Singapore: | 1.928 million (November 2000)
Slovakia: | 1,934,558 (1998)
Slovenia: | 722,000 (1997)
Solomon Islands: | 8,000 (1997)
Somalia: | NA
South Africa: | 5.075 million (1999)
Spain: | 17.336 million (1999)
Sri Lanka: | 494,509 (1998)
Sudan: | 400,000 (2000)
Suriname: | 64,000 (1997)
Svalbard: | NA
Swaziland: | 33,500 (2000)
Sweden: | 6.017 million (December 1998)
Switzerland: | 4.82 million (1998)
Syria: | 1.313 million (1997)
Tajikistan: | 363,000 (1997)
Tanzania: | 127,000 (1998)
Thailand: | 5.4 million (1998)
Togo: | 25,000 (1997)
Tokelau: | NA
Tonga: | 8,000 (1996)
Trinidad and Tobago: | 243,000 (1997)
Tunisia: | 654,000 (1997)
Turkey: | 19.5 million (1999)
Turkmenistan: | 363,000 (1997)
Turks and Caicos Islands: | 3,000 (1994)
Tuvalu: | 1,000 (1997)
Uganda: | 50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998)
Ukraine: | 9.45 million (April 1999)
United Arab Emirates: | 915,223 (1998)
United Kingdom: | 34.878 million (1997)
United States: | 194 million (1997)
Uruguay: | 850,000 (2000)
Uzbekistan: | 1.98 million (1999)
Vanuatu: | 4,000 (1996)
Venezuela: | 2,600,000.00; however, 3,500,000 were installed (1998)
Vietnam: | 2.6 million (2000)
Virgin Islands: | 62,000 (1997)
Wallis and Futuna: | 1,125 (1994)
West Bank: | 95,729 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (1997)
Western Sahara: | about 2,000 (1999 est.)
World: | NA
Yemen: | 291,359 (1999)
Yugoslavia: | 2.017 million (1995)
Zambia: | 77,935 (in addition there are about 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)
Zimbabwe: | 212,000 (in addition there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)
Taiwan: | 12.49 million (September 2000)