The CIA World Factbook Edition 2025, the latest with this field Communications

Telephones - fixed lines In 31 editions of 36.

Telephones - fixed lines was published in 31 editions of the CIA World Factbook, from 1994 to 2025. The 2025 edition carries it in 228 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2025 edition: 228
the first edition with it: 1994
the latest edition with it: 2025

Published as “Telephones - main lines in use” (2000 to 2014), “Telephones - fixed lines” (2015 to 2025), “Telephones” (1996 to 1999) and “telephone” (1994).

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World

1 entry

World

total subscriptions:: 839.8 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2023 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total subscriptions:: 6.93 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2024 est.)

Angola

total subscriptions:: 80,300 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2024 est.) less than 1

Benin

total subscriptions:: 1,350 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2024 est.) less than 1

Botswana

total subscriptions:: 83,200 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2024 est.)

Burkina Faso

total subscriptions:: 72,700 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Burundi

total subscriptions:: 14,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Cabo Verde

total subscriptions:: 60,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2023 est.)

Cameroon

total subscriptions:: 67,500 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2024 est.) less than 1

Central African Republic

total subscriptions:: 2,090 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Chad

total subscriptions:: (2024 est.) The telephone system is down. No data is available for the year 2024.
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2024 est.) The telephone system is down. No data is available for the year 2024.

Comoros

total subscriptions:: 8,200 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2023 est.) less than 1

Congo, Democratic Republic of the now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total subscriptions:: (2023 est.) Currently, operators holding fixed-line telephone licenses do not have an operational distribution network, which explains the low number of customers.
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total subscriptions:: 17,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Cote d'Ivoire

total subscriptions:: 245,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2024 est.) less than 1

Djibouti

total subscriptions:: 28,700 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2023 est.)

Egypt

total subscriptions:: 13.3 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2024 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total subscriptions:: 11,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.) less than 1

Eritrea

total subscriptions:: 68,200 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Eswatini

total subscriptions:: 35,600 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2024 est.)

Ethiopia

total subscriptions:: 766,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2024 est.) less than 1

Gabon

total subscriptions:: 67,100 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2024 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total subscriptions:: 60,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Ghana

total subscriptions:: 269,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2024 est.) less than 1

Guinea

total subscriptions:: 0 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Guinea-Bissau

total subscriptions:: 0 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Kenya

total subscriptions:: 68,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Lesotho

total subscriptions:: 7,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Liberia

total subscriptions:: 6,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Libya

total subscriptions:: 1.218 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 17 (2022 est.)

Madagascar

total subscriptions:: 3,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Malawi

total subscriptions:: 5,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Mali

total subscriptions:: 307,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.)

Mauritania

total subscriptions:: 48,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.)

Mauritius

total subscriptions:: 464,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 36 (2023 est.)

Morocco

total subscriptions:: 2.874 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 8 (2023 est.)

Mozambique

total subscriptions:: 29,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Namibia

total subscriptions:: 81,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2023 est.)

Niger

total subscriptions:: 58,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Nigeria

total subscriptions:: 112,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Rwanda

total subscriptions:: 8,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total subscriptions:: 4,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 74 (2021 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total subscriptions:: 2,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2023 est.)

Senegal

total subscriptions:: 399,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2023 est.)

Seychelles

total subscriptions:: 18,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2023 est.)

Sierra Leone

total subscriptions:: 0 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Somalia

total subscriptions:: 91,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.) less than 1

South Africa

total subscriptions:: 1.353 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2023 est.)

South Sudan

total subscriptions:: 0 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Sudan

total subscriptions:: 156,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Tanzania

total subscriptions:: 76,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Togo

total subscriptions:: 67,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2023 est.) less than 1

Tunisia

total subscriptions:: 1.863 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2023 est.)

Uganda

total subscriptions:: 116,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Zambia

total subscriptions:: 81,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Zimbabwe

total subscriptions:: 310,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2023 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total subscriptions:: 6,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2022 est.)

Iceland

total subscriptions:: 82,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 21 (2023 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total subscriptions:: 182,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Armenia

total subscriptions:: 297,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2024 est.)

Azerbaijan

total subscriptions:: 1.33 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2024 est.)

Bangladesh

total subscriptions:: 285,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2024 est.) less than 1

Bhutan

total subscriptions:: 0 (2024 est.) no service
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 0 (2024 est.) no service

China

total subscriptions:: 167 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2024 est.)

Georgia

total subscriptions:: 278,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2023 est.)

India

total subscriptions:: 27.455 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2023 est.)

Japan

total subscriptions:: 59.758 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 48 (2023 est.)

Kazakhstan

total subscriptions:: 2.574 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2023 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total subscriptions:: 1.18 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2022 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total subscriptions:: 22.155 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 43 (2023 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total subscriptions:: 185,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2023 est.)

Maldives

total subscriptions:: 13,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2023 est.)

Mongolia

total subscriptions:: 524,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2023 est.)

Nepal

total subscriptions:: 726,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Pakistan

total subscriptions:: 2.573 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2023 est.)

Russia

total subscriptions:: 20,816,300 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2022 est.)

Sri Lanka

total subscriptions:: 1.707 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2023 est.)

Tajikistan

total subscriptions:: 502,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2022 est.)

Turkmenistan

total subscriptions:: 802,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2022 est.)

Uzbekistan

total subscriptions:: 6.147 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 17 (2023 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

total subscriptions:: 6,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 38 (2021 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total subscriptions:: 27,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 29 (2022 est.)

Aruba

total subscriptions:: 35,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 32 (2022 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total subscriptions:: 93,100 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 23 (2024 est.)

Barbados

total subscriptions:: 121,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 43 (2022 est.)

Belize

total subscriptions:: 17,800 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2022 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:: 23,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 17 (2022 est.)

Cayman Islands

total subscriptions:: 36,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 50 (2022 est.)

Costa Rica

total subscriptions:: 610,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2024 est.)

Cuba

total subscriptions:: 1.59 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2024 est.)

Curacao

total subscriptions:: 51,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 27 (2022 est.)

Dominica

total subscriptions:: 7,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2021 est.)

Dominican Republic

total subscriptions:: 1.15 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2024 est.)

El Salvador

total subscriptions:: 885,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2024 est.)

Grenada

total subscriptions:: 17,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2022 est.)

Guatemala

total subscriptions:: 1.94 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2023 est.)

Haiti

total subscriptions:: 1,360 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Honduras

total subscriptions:: 444,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2023 est.)

Jamaica

total subscriptions:: 459,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2023 est.)

Montserrat

total subscriptions:: 3,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 67 (2020 est.)

Nicaragua

total subscriptions:: 234,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2023 est.)

Panama

total subscriptions:: 811,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2023 est.)

Puerto Rico

total subscriptions:: 758,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 23 (2023 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total subscriptions:: 16,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 33 (2022 est.)

Saint Lucia

total subscriptions:: 31,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 17 (2022 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total subscriptions:: 10,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2023 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total subscriptions:: 311,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 21 (2023 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total subscriptions:: 4,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2022 est.)

Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:: 76,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 88 (2022 est.)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total subscriptions:: 165,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 6 (2024 est.)

Andorra

total subscriptions:: 52,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 64 (2023 est.)

Austria

total subscriptions:: 3.48 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 38 (2024 est.)

Belarus

total subscriptions:: 4.14 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 46 (2024 est.)

Belgium

total subscriptions:: 2.49 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 21 (2024 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total subscriptions:: 583,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2024 est.)

Bulgaria

total subscriptions:: 552,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 8 (2024 est.)

Croatia

total subscriptions:: 1.1 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 29 (2024 est.)

Czechia

total subscriptions:: 1.16 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2024 est.)

Denmark

total subscriptions:: 698,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2024 est.)

Estonia

total subscriptions:: 227,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 17 (2024 est.)

European Union

total subscriptions:: 155,004,603 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 36 (2022 est.)

Faroe Islands

total subscriptions:: 15,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 28 (2022 est.)

Finland

total subscriptions:: 158,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2024 est.)

France

total subscriptions:: 37.3 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 56 (2023 est.)

Germany

total subscriptions:: 38.4 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 45 (2024 est.)

Gibraltar

total subscriptions:: 17,200 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 46 (2022 est.)

Greece

total subscriptions:: 4.69 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 47 (2024 est.)

Guernsey

total subscriptions:: 32,637 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 51 (2023 est.)

Hungary

total subscriptions:: 2.693 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 28 (2023 est.)

Ireland

total subscriptions:: 1.176 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 23 (2023 est.)

Italy

total subscriptions:: 20.107 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 34 (2023 est.)

Jersey

total subscriptions:: 48,223 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 47 (2023 est.)

Kosovo

total subscriptions:: 383,763 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2022 est.)

Latvia

total subscriptions:: 142,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 8 (2023 est.)

Liechtenstein

total subscriptions:: 10,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 26 (2023 est.)

Lithuania

total subscriptions:: 224,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 8 (2023 est.)

Luxembourg

total subscriptions:: 260,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 40 (2022 est.)

Malta

total subscriptions:: 259,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 49 (2023 est.)

Moldova

total subscriptions:: 847,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 28 (2023 est.)

Monaco

total subscriptions:: 43,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 111 (2023 est.)

Montenegro

total subscriptions:: 190,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 30 (2023 est.)

Netherlands

total subscriptions:: 4.262 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 24 (2023 est.)

North Macedonia

total subscriptions:: 439,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 24 (2022 est.)

Norway

total subscriptions:: 145,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

Poland

total subscriptions:: 4.987 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2023 est.)

Portugal

total subscriptions:: 5.505 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 53 (2023 est.)

Romania

total subscriptions:: 1.96 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2023 est.)

San Marino

total subscriptions:: 16,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 47 (2022 est.)

Serbia

total subscriptions:: 2.485 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 37 (2023 est.)

Slovakia

total subscriptions:: 505,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2023 est.)

Slovenia

total subscriptions:: 647,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 30 (2023 est.)

Spain

total subscriptions:: 18.431 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 38 (2023 est.)

Sweden

total subscriptions:: 898,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2023 est.)

Switzerland

total subscriptions:: 3.003 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 34 (2023 est.)

Ukraine

total subscriptions:: 1.434 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2023 est.)

United Kingdom

total subscriptions:: 26.627 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 39 (2023 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total subscriptions:: 246,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2023 est.)

Cyprus

total subscriptions:: 245,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 25 (2024 est.)

Gaza Strip

total subscriptions:: 383,653 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2023 est.)

note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Iran

total subscriptions:: 29.02 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 32 (2023 est.)

Iraq

total subscriptions:: 1.977 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2023 est.)

Israel

total subscriptions:: 2.905 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 31 (2023 est.)

Jordan

total subscriptions:: 451,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2023 est.)

Kuwait

total subscriptions:: 573,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2023 est.)

Lebanon

total subscriptions:: 875,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2022 est.)

Oman

total subscriptions:: 579,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2023 est.)

Qatar

total subscriptions:: 526,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2023 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total subscriptions:: 6.788 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 20 (2023 est.)

Syria

total subscriptions:: 2.816 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2023 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

total subscriptions:: 9.926 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2023 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total subscriptions:: 2.259 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 21 (2023 est.)

West Bank

total subscriptions:: 383,653 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2023 est.)

note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Yemen

total subscriptions:: 728,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total subscriptions:: 25,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 39 (2022 est.)

Canada

total subscriptions:: 11 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 28 (2024 est.)

Mexico

total subscriptions:: 25.637 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 20 (2023 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total subscriptions:: 4,800 (2015 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 76 (2015 est.)

United States

total subscriptions:: 87.987 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 26 (2023 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

total subscriptions:: 9,690 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 20 (2022 est.)

Australia

total subscriptions:: 5.95 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 22 (2024 est.)

Cook Islands

total subscriptions:: 6,990 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 48 (2022 est.)

Fiji

total subscriptions:: 49,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2022 est.)

French Polynesia

total subscriptions:: 66,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 24 (2023 est.)

Guam

total subscriptions:: 70,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 43 (2022 est.)

Kiribati

total subscriptions:: 0 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Marshall Islands

total subscriptions:: 2,000 (2014 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2022 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total subscriptions:: 7,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 6 (2022 est.)

Nauru

total subscriptions:: 0 (2019 est.) 0
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

New Caledonia

total subscriptions:: 46,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2022 est.)

New Zealand

total subscriptions:: 660,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2023 est.)

Niue

total subscriptions:: 1,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 52 (2021 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total subscriptions:: 20,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 42 (2022 est.)

Palau

total subscriptions:: 8,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 45 (2023 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total subscriptions:: 166,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Samoa

total subscriptions:: 5,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Solomon Islands

total subscriptions:: 7,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.) less than 1

Tokelau

total subscriptions:: 300 (2010 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 22 (2010 est.)

Tonga

total subscriptions:: 11,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

Tuvalu

total subscriptions:: 2,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 21 (2022 est.)

Vanuatu

total subscriptions:: 3,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total subscriptions:: 3,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 26 (2021 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total subscriptions:: 6.42 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2024 est.)

Bolivia

total subscriptions:: 369,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2024 est.)

Brazil

total subscriptions:: 22.5 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2024 est.)

Chile

total subscriptions:: 1.74 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 8 (2024 est.)

Colombia

total subscriptions:: 6.32 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2024 est.)

Ecuador

total subscriptions:: 1.22 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2024 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total subscriptions:: 2,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 53 (2021 est.)

Guyana

total subscriptions:: 125,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2022 est.)

Paraguay

total subscriptions:: 206,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2023 est.)

Peru

total subscriptions:: 1.504 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2023 est.)

Suriname

total subscriptions:: 129,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 20 (2023 est.)

Uruguay

total subscriptions:: 1.205 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 36 (2023 est.)

Venezuela

total subscriptions:: 2.683 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2022 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total subscriptions:: 122,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 26 (2023 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total subscriptions:: 559,000 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2024 est.)

Cambodia

total subscriptions:: 29,100 (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2024 est.) less than 1

Hong Kong

total subscriptions:: 3.487 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 47 (2023 est.)

Indonesia

total subscriptions:: 9.16 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2023 est.)

Laos

total subscriptions:: 1.3 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2022 est.)

Macau

total subscriptions:: 87,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2023 est.)

Malaysia

total subscriptions:: 8.402 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 24 (2023 est.)

Philippines

total subscriptions:: 4.627 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2023 est.)

Singapore

total subscriptions:: 1.912 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 33 (2023 est.)

Taiwan

total subscriptions:: 10 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 43 (2023 est.)

Thailand

total subscriptions:: 4.087 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 6 (2023 est.)

Timor-Leste

total subscriptions:: 2,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2023 est.) less than 1

Vietnam

total subscriptions:: 2.316 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2023 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2025, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines.

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