The World Factbook. 2008.
Telephonesmain lines in use
Country | Telephones—main lines in use |
Afghanistan | 280,000 (2005) |
Albania | 353,600 (2005) |
Algeria | 2.841 million (2006) |
American Samoa | 10,400 (2004) |
Andorra | 35,400 (2005) |
Angola | 98,200 (2006) |
Anguilla | 6,200 (2002) |
Antarctica | 0; note – information for US bases only (2001) |
Antigua and Barbuda | 40,000 (2006) |
Argentina | 9.46 million (2006) |
Armenia | 594,400 (2005) |
Aruba | 38,300 (2005) |
Australia | 9.94 million (2006) |
Austria | 3.564 million (2006) |
Azerbaijan | 1.189 million (2006) |
Bahamas, The | 133,100 (2005) |
Bahrain | 193,300 (2006) |
Bangladesh | 1.134 million (2006) |
Barbados | 134,900 (2005) |
Belarus | 3.368 million (2006) |
Belgium | 4.719 million (2006) |
Belize | 33,900 (2006) |
Benin | 77,300 (2006) |
Bermuda | 57,700 (2006) |
Bhutan | 31,500 (2006) |
Bolivia | 646,300 (2005) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 989,000 (2006) |
Botswana | 136,900 (2006) |
Brazil | 38.8 million (2006) |
British Indian Ocean Territory | NA |
British Virgin Islands | 11,700 (2002) |
Brunei | 80,200 (2006) |
Bulgaria | 2.399 million (2006) |
Burkina Faso | 94,800 (2006) |
Burma | 503,900 (2005) |
Burundi | 31,100 (2005) |
Cambodia | 32,800 (2006) |
Cameroon | 100,300 (2005) |
Canada | 20.78 million (2005) |
Cape Verde | 71,600 (2006) |
Cayman Islands | 38,000 (2002) |
Central African Republic | 10,000 (2005) |
Chad | 13,000 (2006) |
Chile | 3.326 million (2006) |
China | 368 million (2006) |
Christmas Island | NA |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 287 (1992) |
Colombia | 7.865 million (2006) |
Comoros | 16,900 (2005) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 9,700 (2006) |
Congo, Republic of the | 15,900 (2005) |
Cook Islands | 6,200 (2002) |
Costa Rica | 1.351 million (2006) |
Cote d’Ivoire | 260,900 (2006) |
Croatia | 1.832 million (2006) |
Cuba | 972,900 (2006) |
Cyprus | area under government control: 408,300 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002) |
Czech Republic | 3,217,300 (2005) |
Denmark | 3.098 million (2006) |
Djibouti | 10,800 (2005) |
Dominica | 21,000 (2004) |
Dominican Republic | 897,000 (2006) |
Ecuador | 1.754 million (2006) |
Egypt | 10.808 million (2006) |
El Salvador | 1.037 million (2006) |
Equatorial Guinea | 10,000 (2005) |
Eritrea | 37,700 (2006) |
Estonia | 541,900 (2006) |
Ethiopia | 725,000 (2006) |
European Union | 238 million (2005) |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 2,400 (2002) |
Faroe Islands | 23,000 (2006) |
Fiji | 112,500 (2005) |
Finland | 1.92 million (2006) |
France | 34.63 million; 33,897,000 (metropolitan France) (2006) |
French Polynesia | 53,600 (2006) |
Gabon | 36,500 (2006) |
Gambia, The | 52,900 (2006) |
Gaza Strip | 349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005) |
Georgia | 544,000 (2007) |
Germany | 54.2 million (2006) |
Ghana | 356,400 (2006) |
Gibraltar | 24,512 (2002) |
Greece | 6.185 million (2006) |
Greenland | 25,300 (2002) |
Grenada | 27,700 (2006) |
Guam | 80,000 (2001) |
Guatemala | 1.355 million (2006) |
Guernsey | 45,100 (2005) |
Guinea | 26,300 (2005) |
Guinea-Bissau | 10,200 (2005) |
Guyana | 110,100 (2005) |
Haiti | 145,300 (2005) |
Holy See (Vatican City) | 5,120 (2005) |
Honduras | 708,400 (2006) |
Hong Kong | 3.87 million (2007) |
Hungary | 3.35 million (2006) |
Iceland | 193,700 (2006) |
India | 49.75 million (2005) |
Indonesia | 14.821 million (2006) |
Iran | 21.981 million (2006) |
Iraq | 1.547 million (2005) |
Ireland | 2.097 million (2006) |
Isle of Man | 51,000 (1999) |
Israel | 3.005 million (2006) |
Italy | 25.049 million (2005) |
Jamaica | 319,000 (2005) |
Japan | 55.155 million (2006) |
Jersey | 73,900 (2001) |
Jordan | 614,000 (2006) |
Kazakhstan | 2.928 million (2006) |
Kenya | 293,400 (2006) |
Kiribati | 4,500 (2002) |
Korea, North | 980,000 (2003) |
Korea, South | 26.866 million (2006) |
Kosovo | 106,300 (2006) |
Kuwait | 510,300 (2005) |
Kyrgyzstan | 440,400 (2005) |
Laos | 90,067 (2006) |
Latvia | 657,400 (2006) |
Lebanon | 681,400 (2006) |
Lesotho | 48,000 (2005) |
Liberia | 6,900 (2002) |
Libya | 483,000 (2006) |
Liechtenstein | 20,000 (2005) |
Lithuania | 792,400 (2006) |
Luxembourg | 246,700 (2006) |
Macau | 178,013 (2007) |
Macedonia | 490,900 (2006) |
Madagascar | 129,800 (2006) |
Malawi | 102,700 (2005) |
Malaysia | 4.342 million (2006) |
Maldives | 32,500 (2006) |
Mali | 82,500 (2006) |
Malta | 202,300 (2006) |
Marshall Islands | 4,500 (2004) |
Mauritania | 34,900 (2006) |
Mauritius | 357,300 (2006) |
Mayotte | 10,000 (2002) |
Mexico | 19.861 million (2006) |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 12,400 (2005) |
Moldova | 1.018 million (2006) |
Monaco | 34,000 (2005) |
Mongolia | 158,900 (2006) |
Montenegro | 353,300 (2006) |
Montserrat | NA |
Morocco | 1.266 million (2006) |
Mozambique | 67,000 (2006) |
Namibia | 138,900 (2005) |
Nauru | 1,900 (2002) |
Nepal | 595,800 (2006) |
Netherlands | 7.6 million (2005) |
Netherlands Antilles | 81,000 (2001) |
New Caledonia | 55,300 (2005) |
New Zealand | 1.729 million (2005) |
Nicaragua | 247,900 (2006) |
Niger | 24,000 (2005) |
Nigeria | 1.688 million (2006) |
Niue | 1,100 (2002 est.) |
Norfolk Island | 2,532; note – a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004) |
Northern Mariana Islands | 21,000 (2000) |
Norway | 2.055 million (2006) |
Oman | 278,300 (2006) |
Pakistan | 5.24 million (2006) |
Palau | 6,700 (2002) |
Panama | 432,900 (2006) |
Papua New Guinea | 63,700 (2005) |
Paraguay | 331,100 (2006) |
Peru | 2.332 million (2006) |
Philippines | 3.633 million (2006) |
Pitcairn Islands | 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004) |
Poland | 11.475 million (2006) |
Portugal | 4.231 million (2006) |
Puerto Rico | 1.038 million (2005) |
Qatar | 228,300 (2006) |
Romania | 4.231 million (2006) |
Russia | 40.1 million (2005) |
Rwanda | 22,000 (2005) |
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 | 22,600 (2006) |
Samoa | 19,500 (2005) |
San Marino | 21,000 (2006) |
Sao Tome and Principe | 7,100 (2005) |
Saudi Arabia | 4.5 million (2006) |
Senegal | 282,600 (2006) |
Serbia | 2.719 million (2006) |
Seychelles | 20,700 (2006) |
Sierra Leone | 24,000 (2002) |
Singapore | 1.854 million (2006) |
Slovakia | 1.167 million (2006) |
Slovenia | 837,500 (2006) |
Solomon Islands | 7,400 (2005) |
Somalia | 100,000 (2005) |
South Africa | 4.729 million (2005) |
Spain | 18.385 million (2006) |
Sri Lanka | 2.742 million (2007) |
Sudan | 636,900 (2006) |
Suriname | 81,500 (2006) |
Svalbard | NA |
Swaziland | 44,000 (2006) |
Sweden | 6.379 million (2005) |
Switzerland | 5.04 million (2006) |
Syria | 3.243 million (2006) |
Taiwan | 14.497 million (2006) |
Tajikistan | 280,200 (2005) |
Tanzania | 169,135 (2007) |
Thailand | 7.073 million (2006) |
Timor-Leste | 2,500 (2006) |
Togo | 82,100 (2006) |
Tokelau | 300 (2002) |
Tonga | 13,700 (2005) |
Trinidad and Tobago | 325,500 (2006) |
Tunisia | 1.268 million (2006) |
Turkey | 18.978 million (2005) |
Turkmenistan | 495,000 (2006) |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 5,700 (2002) |
Tuvalu | 900 (2005) |
Uganda | 108,100 (2006) |
Ukraine | 12.341 million (2006) |
United Arab Emirates | 1.31 million (2006) |
United Kingdom | 33.602 million (2006) |
United States | 172 million (2006) |
Uruguay | 987,000 (2006) |
Uzbekistan | 1.793 million (2005) |
Vanuatu | 7,000 (2005) |
Venezuela | 4.217 million (2006) |
Vietnam | 10.8 million (2007) |
Virgin Islands | 71,700 (2005) |
Wallis and Futuna | 1,900 (2002) |
West Bank | 349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005) |
Western Sahara | about 2,000 (1999 est.) |
World | 1,263,367,600 (2005) |
Yemen | 968,400 (2006) |
Zambia | 93,400 (2006) |
Zimbabwe | 331,700 (2006) |