Country
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Telephones - main lines in use
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Afghanistan
|
280,000 (2005)
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Albania
|
255,000 (2003)
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Algeria
|
2.572 million (2005)
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American Samoa
|
15,000 (2001)
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Andorra
|
35,400 (2005)
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Angola
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94,300 (2005)
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Anguilla
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6,200 (2002)
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Antarctica
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0; note - information for US bases only (2001)
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Antigua and Barbuda
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38,000 (2004)
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Argentina
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8.8 million (2005)
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Armenia
|
600,000 (2006)
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Aruba
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37,100 (2002)
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Australia
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11.46 million (2005)
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Austria
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3.705 million (2005)
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Azerbaijan
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1.091 million (2005)
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Bahamas, The
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139,900 (2004)
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Bahrain
|
196,500 (2005)
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Bangladesh
|
1.07 million (2005)
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Barbados
|
134,900 (2005)
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Belarus
|
3,284,300 (2005)
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Belgium
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4.801 million (2004)
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Belize
|
33,300 (2005)
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Benin
|
76,300 (2005)
|
Bermuda
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56,000 (2002)
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Bhutan
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32,700 (2005)
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Bolivia
|
646,300 (2005)
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
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968,900 (2005)
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Botswana
|
132,000 (2005)
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Brazil
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42.382 million (2004)
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British Indian Ocean Territory
|
NA
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British Virgin Islands
|
11,700 (2002)
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Brunei
|
90,000 (2002)
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Bulgaria
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2.483 million (2005)
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Burkina Faso
|
97,400 (2005)
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Burma
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476,200 (2005)
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Burundi
|
27,700 (2004)
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Cambodia
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36,400 (2003)
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Cameroon
|
99,400 (2004)
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Canada
|
18.276 million (2005)
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Cape Verde
|
71,400 (2005)
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Cayman Islands
|
38,000 (2002)
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Central African Republic
|
10,000 (2004)
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Chad
|
13,000 (2004)
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Chile
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3.436 million (2005)
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China
|
350.433 million (2005)
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Christmas Island
|
NA
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Cocos (Keeling) Islands
|
287 (1992)
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Colombia
|
7,678,800 (2005)
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Comoros
|
16,900 (2005)
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Congo, Democratic Republic of the
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10,600 (2005)
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Congo, Republic of the
|
13,800 (2004)
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Cook Islands
|
6,200 (2002)
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Costa Rica
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1.388 million (2005)
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Cote d'Ivoire
|
257,900 (2004)
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Croatia
|
1.89 million (2005)
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Cuba
|
849,900 (2005)
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Cyprus
|
area under government control: 420,000 (2005); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)
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Czech Republic
|
3,217,300 (2005)
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Denmark
|
3.35 million (2005)
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Djibouti
|
11,100 (2004)
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Dominica
|
21,000 (2004)
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Dominican Republic
|
894,500 (2005)
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East Timor
|
NA
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Ecuador
|
1.701 million (2005)
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Egypt
|
10.396 million (2005)
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El Salvador
|
971,500 (2005)
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Equatorial Guinea
|
10,000 (2005)
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Eritrea
|
37,700 (2005)
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Estonia
|
442,000 (2005)
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Ethiopia
|
610,300 (2005)
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European Union
|
238 million (2005)
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Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
|
2,400 (2002)
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Faroe Islands
|
23,800 (2005)
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Fiji
|
102,000 (2003)
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Finland
|
2.12 million (2005)
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France
|
38.433 million; 35.7 million (metropolitan France) (2005)
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French Polynesia
|
53,400 (2005)
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Gabon
|
39,100 (2005)
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Gambia, The
|
44,000 (2005)
|
Gaza Strip
|
349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)
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Georgia
|
683,200 (2004)
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Germany
|
55.046 million (2005)
|
Ghana
|
321,500 (2005)
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Gibraltar
|
24,512 (2002)
|
Greece
|
6.303 million (2005)
|
Greenland
|
25,300 (2002)
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Grenada
|
32,700 (2004)
|
Guam
|
84,134 (2001)
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Guatemala
|
1.132 million (2004)
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Guernsey
|
55,100 (2004)
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Guinea
|
26,200 (2003)
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Guinea-Bissau
|
10,600 (2003)
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Guyana
|
110,100 (2005)
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Haiti
|
140,000 (2004)
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Holy See (Vatican City)
|
5,120 (2005)
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Honduras
|
494,400 (2005)
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Hong Kong
|
3.795 million (2005)
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Hungary
|
3.356 million (2005)
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Iceland
|
193,900 (2005)
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India
|
49.75 million (2005)
|
Indonesia
|
12.772 million (2005)
|
Iran
|
18.986 million (2005)
|
Iraq
|
1.547 million (2005)
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Ireland
|
2.033 million (2005)
|
Isle of Man
|
51,000 (1999)
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Israel
|
2.936 million (2005)
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Italy
|
25.049 million (2005)
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Jamaica
|
342,000 (2005)
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Japan
|
58.78 million (2005)
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Jersey
|
73,900 (2001)
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Jordan
|
628,200 (2005)
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Kazakhstan
|
2.5 million (2004)
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Kenya
|
281,800 (2005)
|
Kiribati
|
4,500 (2002)
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Korea, North
|
980,000 (2003)
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Korea, South
|
23.745 million (2005)
|
Kuwait
|
510,300 (2005)
|
Kyrgyzstan
|
438,200 (2005)
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Laos
|
90,067 (2006)
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Latvia
|
731,000 (2005)
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Lebanon
|
990,000 (2005)
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Lesotho
|
48,000 (2005)
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Liberia
|
6,900 (2002)
|
Libya
|
750,000 (2003)
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Liechtenstein
|
19,900 (2002)
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Lithuania
|
801,100 (2005)
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Luxembourg
|
244,500 (2005)
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Macau
|
174,400 (2005)
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Macedonia
|
533,200 (2005)
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Madagascar
|
66,900 (2005)
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Malawi
|
102,700 (2005)
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Malaysia
|
4.366 million (2005)
|
Maldives
|
32,181 (2006)
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Mali
|
75,000 (2005)
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Malta
|
202,100 (2005)
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Marshall Islands
|
5,510 (2004)
|
Mauritania
|
41,000 (2005)
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Mauritius
|
359,000 (2005)
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Mayotte
|
10,000 (2002)
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Mexico
|
19.512 million (2005)
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Micronesia, Federated States of
|
12,400 (2005)
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Moldova
|
929,400 (2005)
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Monaco
|
33,700 (2002)
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Mongolia
|
156,000 (2005)
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Montenegro
|
177,663 (2005)
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Montserrat
|
NA
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Morocco
|
1.341 million (2005)
|
Mozambique
|
69,700 (2004)
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Namibia
|
127,900 (2004)
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Nauru
|
1,900 (2002)
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Nepal
|
448,600 (2005)
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Netherlands
|
7.6 million (2005)
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Netherlands Antilles
|
81,000 (2001)
|
New Caledonia
|
55,300 (2005)
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New Zealand
|
1.8 million (2004)
|
Nicaragua
|
220,900 (2005)
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Niger
|
24,000 (2005)
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Nigeria
|
1.223 million (2005)
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Niue
|
1,100 (2002 est.)
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Norfolk Island
|
2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
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Northern Mariana Islands
|
21,000 (2000)
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Norway
|
2.129 million (2005)
|
Oman
|
265,200 (2005)
|
Pakistan
|
5,162,798 (2006)
|
Palau
|
6,700 (2002)
|
Panama
|
440,100 (2005)
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Papua New Guinea
|
62,000 (2002)
|
Paraguay
|
320,300 (2005)
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Peru
|
2.25 million (2005)
|
Philippines
|
3.438 million (2004)
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Pitcairn Islands
|
1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)
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Poland
|
11.803 million (2005)
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Portugal
|
4.234 million (2005)
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Puerto Rico
|
1.112 million (2004)
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Qatar
|
205,400 (2005)
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Romania
|
4.391 million (2005)
|
Russia
|
40.1 million (2005)
|
Rwanda
|
23,000 (2004)
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Saint Helena
|
2,200 (2002)
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis
|
25,000 (2004)
|
Saint Lucia
|
51,100 (2002)
|
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
|
4,800 (2002)
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Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
|
22,500 (2005)
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Samoa
|
13,300 (2003)
|
San Marino
|
20,600 (2002)
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Sao Tome and Principe
|
7,000 (2004)
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Saudi Arabia
|
4.5 million (2006)
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Senegal
|
266,600 (2005)
|
Serbia
|
2.685 million (2004)
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Seychelles
|
21,400 (2005)
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Sierra Leone
|
24,000 (2002)
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Singapore
|
1.848 million (2005)
|
Slovakia
|
1.197 million (2005)
|
Slovenia
|
816,400 (2005)
|
Solomon Islands
|
7,400 (2005)
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Somalia
|
100,000 (2005)
|
South Africa
|
4.729 million (2005)
|
Spain
|
18.322 million (2005)
|
Sri Lanka
|
1.51 million (2006)
|
Sudan
|
670,000 (2005)
|
Suriname
|
81,100 (2004)
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Svalbard
|
NA
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Swaziland
|
35,000 (2005)
|
Sweden
|
6.447 million (2004)
|
Switzerland
|
5.123 million (2005)
|
Syria
|
2.903 million (2005)
|
Taiwan
|
13.615 million (2005)
|
Tajikistan
|
245,200 (2004)
|
Tanzania
|
148,400 (2004)
|
Thailand
|
7.035 million (2005)
|
Togo
|
58,600 (2005)
|
Tokelau
|
300 (2002)
|
Tonga
|
11,200 (2002)
|
Trinidad and Tobago
|
323,500 (2005)
|
Tunisia
|
1.258 million (2005)
|
Turkey
|
18.978 million (2005)
|
Turkmenistan
|
495,000 (2006)
|
Turks and Caicos Islands
|
5,700 (2002)
|
Tuvalu
|
700 (2002)
|
Uganda
|
100,800 (2005)
|
Ukraine
|
12.142 million (2004)
|
United Arab Emirates
|
1.237 million (2005)
|
United Kingdom
|
32.943 million (2005)
|
United States
|
268 million (2003)
|
Uruguay
|
1 million (2004)
|
Uzbekistan
|
1.717 million (2003)
|
Vanuatu
|
6,800 (2004)
|
Venezuela
|
3.605 million (2005)
|
Vietnam
|
15.845 million (2005)
|
Virgin Islands
|
70,900 (2004)
|
Wallis and Futuna
|
1,900 (2002)
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West Bank
|
349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
|
Western Sahara
|
about 2,000 (1999 est.)
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World
|
1,263,367,600 (2005)
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Yemen
|
900,000 (2006)
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Zambia
|
94,700 (2005)
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Zimbabwe
|
328,000 (2005)
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This page was last updated on 8 March, 2007
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