Country
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Telephones - main lines in use
|
Afghanistan
|
33,100 (2002)
|
Albania
|
255,000 (2003)
|
Algeria
|
2,199,600 (2003)
|
American Samoa
|
15,000 (2001)
|
Andorra
|
35,000 (2001)
|
Angola
|
96,300 (2003)
|
Anguilla
|
6,200 (2002)
|
Antarctica
|
0
note: information for US bases only (2001)
|
Antigua and Barbuda
|
38,000 (2002)
|
Argentina
|
8,009,400 (2002)
|
Armenia
|
562,600 (2003)
|
Aruba
|
37,100 (2002)
|
Australia
|
10.815 million (2003)
|
Austria
|
3.881 million (2003)
|
Azerbaijan
|
923,800 (2002)
|
Bahamas, The
|
131,700 (2003)
|
Bahrain
|
185,800 (2003)
|
Bangladesh
|
740,000 (2003)
|
Barbados
|
134,000 (2003)
|
Belarus
|
3,071,300 (2003)
|
Belgium
|
5,120,400 (2002)
|
Belize
|
33,300 (2003)
|
Benin
|
66,500 (2003)
|
Bermuda
|
56,000 (2002)
|
Bhutan
|
25,200 (2003)
|
Bolivia
|
600,100 (2003)
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina
|
938,000 (2003)
|
Botswana
|
142,400 (2002)
|
Brazil
|
38.81 million (2002)
|
British Indian Ocean Territory
|
NA
|
British Virgin Islands
|
11,700 (2002)
|
Brunei
|
90,000 (2002)
|
Bulgaria
|
2,868,200 (2002)
|
Burkina Faso
|
65,400 (2003)
|
Burma
|
357,300 (2003)
|
Burundi
|
23,900 (2003)
|
Cambodia
|
35,400 (2002)
|
Cameroon
|
110,900 (2002)
|
Canada
|
19,950,900 (2003)
|
Cape Verde
|
71,700 (2003)
|
Cayman Islands
|
38,000 (2002)
|
Central African Republic
|
9,000 (2002)
|
Chad
|
11,800 (2002)
|
Chile
|
3.467 million (2002)
|
China
|
263 million (2003)
|
Christmas Island
|
NA
|
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
287 (1992)
|
Colombia
|
8,768,100 (2003)
|
Comoros
|
13,200 (2003)
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
|
10,000 (2002)
|
Congo, Republic of the
|
7,000 (2003)
|
Cook Islands
|
6,200 (2002)
|
Costa Rica
|
1.132 million (2002)
|
Cote d'Ivoire
|
328,000 (2003)
|
Croatia
|
1.825 million (2002)
|
Cuba
|
574,400 (2002)
|
Cyprus
|
Republic of Cyprus: 427,400 (2002); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002)
|
Czech Republic
|
3.626 million (2003)
|
Denmark
|
3,610,100 (2003)
|
Djibouti
|
9,500 (2003)
|
Dominica
|
23,700 (2002)
|
Dominican Republic
|
901,800 (2003)
|
East Timor
|
NA
|
Ecuador
|
1.549 million (2003)
|
Egypt
|
8,735,700 (2003)
|
El Salvador
|
752,600 (2003)
|
Equatorial Guinea
|
9,600 (2003)
|
Eritrea
|
38,100 (2003)
|
Estonia
|
475,000 (2002)
|
Ethiopia
|
435,000 (2003)
|
European Union
|
238,763,162 (2002)
|
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
2,400 (2002)
|
Faroe Islands
|
23,000 (2002)
|
Fiji
|
102,000 (2003)
|
Finland
|
2.548 million (2003)
|
France
|
33,905,400 (2003)
|
French Guiana
|
51,000 (2001)
|
French Polynesia
|
52,500 (2002)
|
Gabon
|
38,400 (2003)
|
Gambia, The
|
38,400 (2002)
|
Gaza Strip
|
95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)
|
Georgia
|
650,500 (2003)
|
Germany
|
54.35 million (2003)
|
Ghana
|
302,300 (2003)
|
Gibraltar
|
24,512 (2002)
|
Greece
|
5,205,100 (2003)
|
Greenland
|
26,000 (2001)
|
Grenada
|
33,500 (2002)
|
Guadeloupe
|
210,000 (2001)
|
Guam
|
84,134 (2001)
|
Guatemala
|
846,000 (2002)
|
Guernsey
|
55,000 (2001)
|
Guinea
|
26,200 (2003)
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
10,600 (2003)
|
Guyana
|
80,400 (2002)
|
Haiti
|
130,000 (2002)
|
Holy See (Vatican City)
|
NA
|
Honduras
|
322,500 (2002)
|
Hong Kong
|
3,801,300 (2003)
|
Hungary
|
3,666,400 (2002)
|
Iceland
|
190,700 (2003)
|
India
|
48.917 million (2003)
|
Indonesia
|
7.75 million (2002)
|
Iran
|
14,571,100 (2003)
|
Iraq
|
675,000; note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April 2003 war (2003)
|
Ireland
|
1.955 million (2003)
|
Israel
|
3.006 million (2002)
|
Italy
|
26.596 million (2003)
|
Jamaica
|
444,400 (2002)
|
Japan
|
71.149 million (2002)
|
Jersey
|
73,900 (2001)
|
Jordan
|
622,600 (2003)
|
Kazakhstan
|
2,081,900 (2002)
|
Kenya
|
328,400 (2003)
|
Kiribati
|
4,500 (2002)
|
Korea, North
|
1.1 million (2001)
|
Korea, South
|
22.877 million (2003)
|
Kuwait
|
486,900 (2003)
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
394,800 (2002)
|
Laos
|
61,900 (2002)
|
Latvia
|
653,900 (2003)
|
Lebanon
|
678,800 (2002)
|
Lesotho
|
28,600 (2002)
|
Liberia
|
7,000 (2001)
|
Libya
|
750,000 (2003)
|
Liechtenstein
|
19,900 (2002)
|
Lithuania
|
824,200 (2003)
|
Luxembourg
|
355,400 (2002)
|
Macau
|
174,600 (2003)
|
Macedonia
|
560,000 (2002)
|
Madagascar
|
59,600 (2003)
|
Malawi
|
85,000 (2003)
|
Malaysia
|
4,571,600 (2003)
|
Maldives
|
28,700 (2002)
|
Mali
|
56,600 (2002)
|
Malta
|
208,300 (2003)
|
Man, Isle of
|
51,000 (1999)
|
Marshall Islands
|
4,500 (2003)
|
Martinique
|
172,000 est (2001)
|
Mauritania
|
31,500 (2002)
|
Mauritius
|
348,200 (2003)
|
Mayotte
|
10,000 (2001)
|
Mexico
|
15,958,700 (2003)
|
Micronesia, Federated States of
|
10,100 (2001)
|
Moldova
|
706,900 (2002)
|
Monaco
|
33,700 (2002)
|
Mongolia
|
142,300 (2004)
|
Montserrat
|
NA
|
Morocco
|
1,219,200 (2003)
|
Mozambique
|
83,700 (2002)
|
Namibia
|
127,400 (2003)
|
Nauru
|
1,900 (2002)
|
Nepal
|
371,800 (2003)
|
Netherlands
|
10.004 million (2002)
|
Netherlands Antilles
|
81,000 (2001)
|
New Caledonia
|
52,000 (2002)
|
New Zealand
|
1.765 million (2002)
|
Nicaragua
|
171,600 (2002)
|
Niger
|
22,400 (2002)
|
Nigeria
|
853,100 (2003)
|
Niue
|
1,100 est (2002)
|
Norfolk Island
|
2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
|
Northern Mariana Islands
|
21,000 (2000)
|
Norway
|
3.343 million (2002)
|
Oman
|
233,900 (2002)
|
Pakistan
|
3,982,800 (2003)
|
Palau
|
6,700 (2002)
|
Panama
|
386,900 (2002)
|
Papua New Guinea
|
62,000 (2002)
|
Paraguay
|
273,200 (2002)
|
Peru
|
1,839,200 (2003)
|
Philippines
|
3,310,900 (2002)
|
Pitcairn Islands
|
1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)
|
Poland
|
12.3 million (2003)
|
Portugal
|
4,278,800 (2003)
|
Puerto Rico
|
1,329,500 (2002)
|
Qatar
|
184,500 (2003)
|
Reunion
|
300,000 est (2001)
|
Romania
|
4.3 million (2003)
|
Russia
|
35.5 million (2002)
|
Rwanda
|
23,200 (2002)
|
Saint Helena
|
2,200 (2002)
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
23,500 (2002)
|
Saint Lucia
|
51,100 (2002)
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
4,800 (2002)
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
27,300 (2002)
|
Samoa
|
11,800 (2002)
|
San Marino
|
20,600 (2002)
|
Sao Tome and Principe
|
7,000 (2003)
|
Saudi Arabia
|
3,502,600 (2003)
|
Senegal
|
228,800 (2003)
|
Serbia and Montenegro
|
2,611,700 (2003)
|
Seychelles
|
21,700 (2002)
|
Sierra Leone
|
24,000 (2002)
|
Singapore
|
1,896,100 (2004)
|
Slovakia
|
1,294,700 (2003)
|
Slovenia
|
812,300 (2003)
|
Solomon Islands
|
6,600 (2002)
|
Somalia
|
100,000 (2002 est.)
|
South Africa
|
4.844 million (2002)
|
Spain
|
17,567,500 (2003)
|
Sri Lanka
|
881,400 (2002)
|
Sudan
|
900,000 (2003)
|
Suriname
|
79,800 (2003)
|
Svalbard
|
NA
|
Swaziland
|
46,200 (2003)
|
Sweden
|
6,579,200 (2002)
|
Switzerland
|
5.419 million (2002)
|
Syria
|
2,099,300 (2002)
|
Taiwan
|
13.355 million (2003)
|
Tajikistan
|
242,100 (2003)
|
Tanzania
|
149,100 (2003)
|
Thailand
|
6,617,400 (2003)
|
Togo
|
60,600 (2003)
|
Tokelau
|
300 (2002)
|
Tonga
|
11,200 (2002)
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
325,100 (2002)
|
Tunisia
|
1,163,800 (2003)
|
Turkey
|
18,916,700 (2003)
|
Turkmenistan
|
374,000 (2002)
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
5,700 (2002)
|
Tuvalu
|
700 (2002)
|
Uganda
|
61,000 (2003)
|
Ukraine
|
10,833,300 (2002)
|
United Arab Emirates
|
1,135,800 (2003)
|
United Kingdom
|
34.898 million (2002)
|
United States
|
181,599,900 (2003)
|
Uruguay
|
946,500 (2002)
|
Uzbekistan
|
1,717,100 (2003)
|
Vanuatu
|
6,500 (2003)
|
Venezuela
|
2,841,800 (2002)
|
Vietnam
|
4.402 million (2003)
|
Virgin Islands
|
69,400 (2002)
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
1,900 (2002)
|
West Bank
|
301,600 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2002)
|
Western Sahara
|
about 2,000 (1999 est.)
|
World
|
843,923,500 (2003)
|
Yemen
|
542,200 (2002)
|
Zambia
|
88,400 (2003)
|
Zimbabwe
|
300,900 (2003)
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