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  Field Listing - Telephones - main lines in use


Country
Telephones - main lines in use
Afghanistan 50,000 (2004)
Albania 255,000 (2003)
Algeria 2.288 million (2004)
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 (2004)
Argentina 8.7 million (2004)
Armenia 582,500 (2004)
Aruba 37,100 (2002)
Australia 11.66 million (2004)
Austria 3.791 million (2004)
Azerbaijan 1,025,400 (2004)
Bahamas, The 139,900 (2004)
Bahrain 191,600 (2004)
Bangladesh 831,000 (2004)
Barbados 135,700 (2004)
Belarus 3,175,900 (2004)
Belgium 4.801 million (2004)
Belize 33,700 (2004)
Benin 72,800 (2004)
Bermuda 56,000 (2002)
Bhutan 30,300 (2004)
Bolivia 625,400 (2004)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 928,000 (2004)
Botswana 136,500 (2004)
Brazil 42,382,200 (2004)
British Indian Ocean Territory NA
British Virgin Islands 11,700 (2002)
Brunei 90,000 (2002)
Bulgaria 2,726,800 (2004)
Burkina Faso 81,400 (2004)
Burma 424,900 (2004)
Burundi 23,900 (2003)
Cambodia 36,400 (2003)
Cameroon 110,900 (2002)
Canada 20.61 million (2004)
Cape Verde 73,400 (2005)
Cayman Islands 38,000 (2002)
Central African Republic 10,000 (2004)
Chad 13,000 (2004)
Chile 3,318,300 (2004)
China 311.756 million (2004)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 (1992)
Colombia 7.767 million (2004)
Comoros 13,200 (2003)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,000 (2002)
Congo, Republic of the 13,800 (2004)
Cook Islands 6,200 (2002)
Costa Rica 1,343,200 (2004)
Cote d'Ivoire 238,000 (2004)
Croatia 1,887,600 (2004)
Cuba 768,200 (2004)
Cyprus Republic of Cyprus: 418,400 (2004); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002)
Czech Republic 3,427,700 (2004)
Denmark 3,487,800 (2004)
Djibouti 11,100 (2004)
Dominica 21,000 (2004)
Dominican Republic 936,200 (2004)
East Timor NA
Ecuador 1,612,300 (2004)
Egypt 10.4 million (2005)
El Salvador 887,800 (2004)
Equatorial Guinea 9,600 (2003)
Eritrea 39,300 (2004)
Estonia 444,000 (2004)
Ethiopia 435,000 (2003)
European Union 238,763,162 (2002)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 (2002)
Faroe Islands 24,000 (2004)
Fiji 102,000 (2003)
Finland 2.368 million (2004)
France 33,870,200 (2004)
French Guiana 51,000 (2001)
French Polynesia 53,300 (2004)
Gabon 38,700 (2004)
Gambia, The 38,400 (2002)
Gaza Strip 357,300 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (2004)
Georgia 683,200 (2004)
Germany 54.574 million (2004)
Ghana 313,300 (2004)
Gibraltar 24,512 (2002)
Greece 6,348,800 (2004)
Greenland 25,300 (2002)
Grenada 32,700 (2004)
Guadeloupe 210,000 (2001)
Guam 84,134 (2001)
Guatemala 1,132,100 (2004)
Guernsey 55,100 (2004)
Guinea 26,200 (2003)
Guinea-Bissau 10,600 (2003)
Guyana 102,700 (2004)
Haiti 140,000 (2004)
Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 (2005)
Honduras 390,100 (2004)
Hong Kong 3,763,300 (2004)
Hungary 3,577,300 (2004)
Iceland 190,500 (2004)
India 67.285 million (2005)
Indonesia 9.99 million (2004)
Iran 14,571,100 (2003)
Iraq 1,034,200 (2004)
Ireland 2,019,100 (2004)
Isle of Man 51,000 (1999)
Israel 3 million (2004)
Italy 25.957 million (2004)
Jamaica 390,700 (2004)
Japan 58.788 million (2004)
Jersey 73,900 (2001)
Jordan 617,300 (2004)
Kazakhstan 2.5 million (2004)
Kenya 299,300 (2004)
Kiribati 4,500 (2002)
Korea, North 980,000 (2003)
Korea, South 26,595,100 (2004)
Kuwait 497,000 (2004)
Kyrgyzstan 416,400 (2004)
Laos 90,067 (2006)
Latvia 650,500 (2004)
Lebanon 630,000 (2004)
Lesotho 37,200 (2004)
Liberia 6,900 (2002)
Libya 750,000 (2003)
Liechtenstein 19,900 (2002)
Lithuania 820,000 (2004)
Luxembourg 360,100 (2003)
Macau 173,900 (2004)
Macedonia 525,000 (2003)
Madagascar 58,700 (2004)
Malawi 93,000 (2004)
Malaysia 4,446,300 (2004)
Maldives 31,500 (2004)
Mali 74,900 (2004)
Malta 206,500 (2004)
Marshall Islands 5,510 (2004)
Martinique 172,000 (2001)
Mauritania 39,000 (2004)
Mauritius 353,800 (2004)
Mayotte 10,000 (2002)
Mexico 18,073,200 (2004)
Micronesia, Federated States of 12,000 (2004)
Moldova 863,400 (2004)
Monaco 33,700 (2002)
Mongolia 142,300 (2004)
Montserrat NA
Morocco 1,308,600 (2004)
Mozambique 77,600 (2003)
Namibia 127,900 (2004)
Nauru 1,900 (2002)
Nepal 417,900 (2004)
Netherlands 7.861 million (2004)
Netherlands Antilles 81,000 (2001)
New Caledonia 53,300 (2004)
New Zealand 1,800,500 (2004)
Nicaragua 214,500 (2004)
Niger 24,100 (2004)
Nigeria 1,027,500 (2004)
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 2.228 million (2003)
Oman 242,700 (2004)
Pakistan 4,502,200 (2004)
Palau 6,700 (2002)
Panama 376,100 (2004)
Papua New Guinea 62,000 (2002)
Paraguay 280,800 (2003)
Peru 2,049,800 (2004)
Philippines 3,437,500 (2004)
Pitcairn Islands 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)
Poland 12,292,500 (2003)
Portugal 4,238,300 (2004)
Puerto Rico 1,111,900 (2004)
Qatar 190,900 (2004)
Reunion 300,000 (2001)
Romania 4,389,100 (2004)
Russia 39.616 million (2004)
Rwanda 23,200 (2002)
Saint Helena 2,200 (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 (2004)
Saint Lucia 51,100 (2002)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 (2002)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19,000 (2004)
Samoa 13,300 (2003)
San Marino 20,600 (2002)
Sao Tome and Principe 7,000 (2003)
Saudi Arabia 3,695,100 (2004)
Senegal 244,900 (2004)
Serbia and Montenegro 2,685,400 (2004)
Seychelles 21,200 (2004)
Sierra Leone 24,000 (2002)
Singapore 1,847,800 (2005)
Slovakia 1,250,400 (2004)
Slovenia 812,300 (2003)
Solomon Islands 6,200 (2003)
Somalia 200,000 (2004)
South Africa 4.844 million (2003)
Spain 17,934,500 (2004)
Sri Lanka 1,130,923 (2005)
Sudan 1,028,900 (2004)
Suriname 81,300 (2004)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 46,200 (2003)
Sweden 6.447 million (2004)
Switzerland 5,262,600 (2004)
Syria 2.66 million (2004)
Taiwan 13,529,900 (2004)
Tajikistan 245,200 (2004)
Tanzania 149,100 (2003)
Thailand 6.797 million (2004)
Togo 60,600 (2003)
Tokelau 300 (2002)
Tonga 11,200 (2002)
Trinidad and Tobago 321,300 (2004)
Tunisia 1,203,500 (2004)
Turkey 19,125,200 (2004)
Turkmenistan 376,100 (2003)
Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 (2002)
Tuvalu 700 (2002)
Uganda 71,600 (2004)
Ukraine 12.142 million (2004)
United Arab Emirates 1,187,700 (2004)
United Kingdom 32.943 million (2005)
United States 268 million (2003)
Uruguay 1 million (2004)
Uzbekistan 1,717,100 (2003)
Vanuatu 6,800 (2004)
Venezuela 3,346,500 (2004)
Vietnam 10,124,900 (2004)
Virgin Islands 70,900 (2004)
Wallis and Futuna 1,900 (2002)
West Bank 357,300 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2004)
Western Sahara about 2,000 (1999 est.)
World 1,206,315,500 (2004)
Yemen 798,100 (2004)
Zambia 88,400 (2003)
Zimbabwe 317,000 (2004)

This page was last updated on 16 May, 2006
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