Country profile category: Communications
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Telephones - main lines in use Country profile category: Communications |
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| 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) |