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Telephones - main lines in use (Country profile category: Communications) |
Afghanistan:
31,200 (1983); note - there were 21,000 main lines in use in Kabul in 1998
Albania:
42,000 (1995)
Algeria:
1.176 million (1995)
American Samoa:
10,000 (1994)
Andorra:
31,980 (1997)
Angola:
60,000 (1995)
Anguilla:
4,000 (1994)
Antarctica:
0 (1997)
Antigua and Barbuda:
20,000 (1994)
Argentina:
7.5 million (1997)
Armenia:
583,000 (1995)
Aruba:
27,000 (1995)
Australia:
92 million (1995)
Austria:
3.726 million (plus 83,100 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1997)
Azerbaijan:
640,000 (1995)
Bahamas, The:
77,000 (1994)
Bahrain:
141,000 (1995)
Bangladesh:
470,000 (1998)
Barbados:
90,000 (1995)
Belarus:
2.537 million (1997)
Belgium:
4.632 million (1995)
Belize:
29,600 (1996)
Benin:
28,000 (1995)
Bermuda:
48,000 (1995)
Bhutan:
5,000 (1995)
Bolivia:
368,874 (1996)
Bosnia and Herzegovina:
238,000 (1995)
Botswana:
78,000 (1998)
Brazil:
19 million (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory:
NA
British Virgin Islands:
9,000 (1994)
Brunei:
68,000 (1995)
Bulgaria:
3.186 million (1999)
Burkina Faso:
30,000 (1995)
Burma:
158,000 (1995)
Burundi:
17,000 (1995)
Cambodia:
21,800 (mid-1998)
Cameroon:
60,000 (1995)
Canada:
18.5 million (1999)
Cape Verde:
22,000 (1995)
Cayman Islands:
19,000 (1995)
Central African Republic:
8,000 (1995)
Chad:
5,000 (1995)
Chile:
2.603 million (1998)
China:
110 million (1999 est.)
Christmas Island:
NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands:
NA
Colombia:
5,433,565 (December 1997)
Comoros:
5,000 (1995)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the:
36,000 (1995)
Congo, Republic of the:
21,000 (1995)
Cook Islands:
4,180 (1994)
Costa Rica:
451,000 (525,700 main lines installed) (yearend 1996)
Cote d'Ivoire:
182,000 (1998)
Croatia:
1.477 million (1997)
Cuba:
353,000 (1995)
Cyprus:
Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,845 (1996)
Czech Republic:
3,741,492 (1998)
Denmark:
3.203 million (1995)
Djibouti:
8,000 (1995)
Dominica:
18,000 (1995)
Dominican Republic:
569,000 (1995)
Ecuador:
748,000 (1995)
Egypt:
3.168 million (1996)
El Salvador:
380,000 (1998)
Equatorial Guinea:
3,000 (1995)
Eritrea:
23,578 (2000)
Estonia:
476,078 (yearend 1998)
Ethiopia:
365,000 (1999)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):
NA
Faroe Islands:
22,000 (1995)
Fiji:
65,000 (1995)
Finland:
2.861 million (1997)
France:
34.86 million (yearend 1998)
French Guiana:
47,000 (1995)
French Polynesia:
32,000 (1995)
Gabon:
32,000 (1995)
Gambia, The:
22,000 (1998)
Gaza Strip:
95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)
Georgia:
554,000 (1995)
Germany:
NA; 46.5 million main lines are installed (July 1999)
Ghana:
200,000 (1998 est.)
Gibraltar:
17,000 (1995)
Greece:
5.431 million (1997)
Greenland:
20,000 (1995)
Grenada:
23,000 (1995)
Guadeloupe:
159,000 (1995)
Guam:
82,669 (1997)
Guatemala:
342,000 (1996)
Guernsey:
41,850 (1983)
Guinea:
11,000 (1995)
Guinea-Bissau:
13,120 (1995)
Guyana:
45,000 (1995)
Haiti:
60,000 (1995)
Holy See (Vatican City):
NA
Honduras:
190,200 (1996)
Hong Kong:
3.708 million (1998)
Hungary:
1.893 million (1995)
Iceland:
162,310 (1997)
India:
18.95 million (1999)
Indonesia:
3.291 million (1995)
Iran:
7 million (1998 est.)
Iraq:
675,000 (1995)
Ireland:
1,642,541 (1999)
Israel:
2.8 million (1999)
Italy:
25 million (1998)
Jamaica:
292,000 (1995)
Japan:
60.3 million (1997)
Jersey:
NA
Jordan:
402,600 (1997)
Kazakhstan:
1.963 million (1995)
Kenya:
290,000 (1998)
Kiribati:
2,600 (1995)
Korea, North:
1.1 million (1995)
Korea, South:
23.1 million (1998)
Kuwait:
411,600 (1997)
Kyrgyzstan:
357,000 (1995)
Laos:
20,000 (1995)
Latvia:
748,000 (1997)
Lebanon:
330,000 (1995)
Lesotho:
18,000 (1995)
Liberia:
5,000 (1995)
Libya:
318,000 (1995)
Liechtenstein:
19,000 (1995)
Lithuania:
1.048 million (1997)
Luxembourg:
314,700 (1999)
Macau:
222,500 (1997)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of:
407,000 (1997)
Madagascar:
33,000 (1995)
Malawi:
34,000 (1995)
Malaysia:
4.4 million (1998)
Maldives:
21,000 (1999)
Mali:
17,000 (1995)
Malta:
171,000 (1995)
Man, Isle of:
51,000 (1999)
Marshall Islands:
3,000 (1994)
Martinique:
155,000 (1994)
Mauritania:
9,000 (1995)
Mauritius:
148,000 (1995)
Mayotte:
450 (1999)
Mexico:
9.6 million (1998)
Micronesia, Federated States of:
8,000 (1995)
Moldova:
566,000 (1995)
Monaco:
31,027 (1995)
Mongolia:
93,800 (1998)
Montserrat:
4,000 (1992)
Morocco:
1.391 million (1998)
Mozambique:
60,000 (1995)
Namibia:
100,848 (1997)
Nauru:
2,000 (1994)
Nepal:
236,816 (January 2000)
Netherlands:
8.431 million (1996)
Netherlands Antilles:
75,000 (1995)
New Caledonia:
44,000 (1995)
New Zealand:
1.719 million (1995)
Nicaragua:
140,000 (1996)
Niger:
13,000 (1995)
Nigeria:
405,000 (1995)
Niue:
376 (1991)
Norfolk Island:
1,087 (1983)
Northern Mariana Islands:
15,000 (1995)
Norway:
2,325,010 (1997)
Oman:
300,000 (1999)
Pakistan:
2.861 million (March 1999)
Palau:
1,500 (1988)
Panama:
325,300 (1998)
Papua New Guinea:
44,000 (1995)
Paraguay:
167,000 (1995)
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:
3.724 million (1996)
Puerto Rico:
1.196 million (1995)
Qatar:
146,980 (1995)
Reunion:
236,500 (1997)
Romania:
3.84 million (1999)
Russia:
25.019 million (1995)
Rwanda:
15,000 (1995)
Saint Helena:
2,000 (1994)
Saint Kitts and Nevis:
14,000 (1995)
Saint Lucia:
31,000 (1995)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon:
4,000 (1994)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:
20,500 (1998)
Samoa:
8,000 (1994)
San Marino:
18,000 (1998)
Sao Tome and Principe:
3,000 (1995)
Saudi Arabia:
3.1 million (1998)
Senegal:
82,000 (1995)
Serbia and Montenegro:
2.017 million (1995)
Seychelles:
17,844 (1997)
Sierra Leone:
17,000 (1995)
Singapore:
54.6 million (including 46.62 million that serve facsimile machines, computers, and other communication devices) (1998)
Slovakia:
1.557 million (1998)
Slovenia:
700,000 (1997)
Solomon Islands:
7,000 (1995)
Somalia:
NA
South Africa:
5.075 million (1999)
Spain:
17.336 million (1999)
Sri Lanka:
494,509 (1998)
Sudan:
75,000 (1995)
Suriname:
56,844 (1996)
Svalbard:
NA
Swaziland:
20,000 (1996)
Sweden:
6.017 million (December 1998)
Switzerland:
4.82 million (1998)
Syria:
930,000 (1995)
Tajikistan:
263,000 (1995)
Tanzania:
127,000 (1998)
Thailand:
5.4 million (1998)
Togo:
22,000 (1995)
Tokelau:
NA
Tonga:
7,000 (1995)
Trinidad and Tobago:
209,000 (1995)
Tunisia:
628,000 (1997)
Turkey:
17.244 million (1998)
Turkmenistan:
320,000 (1995)
Turks and Caicos Islands:
3,000 (1994)
Tuvalu:
400 (1994)
Uganda:
54,074 (1998)
Ukraine:
9.45 million (April 1999)
United Arab Emirates:
915,223 (1998)
United Kingdom:
29.41 million (1995)
United States:
178 million (1999)
Uruguay:
622,000 (1995)
Uzbekistan:
1.976 million (1999)
Vanuatu:
2,500 (1995)
Venezuela:
2.6 million (1998)
Vietnam:
775,000 (1995)
Virgin Islands:
58,000 (1995)
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:
188,000 (1998)
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 million (October 1999)