The CIA World Factbook Edition 1996 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 1996 edition carries it in 241 entries, in its Communications section, under the heading “Telephones”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 1996 edition
241
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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1996

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World

1 entry

World

NA

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

862,000 (1991 est.)

Angola

78,000 (1991 est.)

Benin

16,200 (1986 est.)

Botswana

19,109 (1985 est.)

Burkina Faso

21,000 (1993 est.)

Burundi

7,200 (1987 est.)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

1,740 (1987 est.)

Cameroon

36,737 (1991 est.)

Central African Republic

16,867 (1992 est.)

Chad

5,000 (1987 est.)

Comoros

3,770 (1991 est.)

Zaire now Democratic Republic of the Congo

34,000 (1991 est.)

Congo now Republic of the Congo

18,000 (1983 est.)

Cote d'Ivoire

87,700 (1987 est.)

Djibouti

7,200 (1986 est.)

Egypt

2.2 million (1993)

Equatorial Guinea

2,000 (1987 est.)

Eritrea

NA

Swaziland now Eswatini

30,364 (1993 est.)

Ethiopia

100,000 (1983 est.)

Gabon

22,000 (1991 est.)

The Gambia

11,000 (1991 est.)

Ghana

70,000 (1988 est.)

Guinea

18,000 (1994 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

3,000 (1988 est.)

Lesotho

12,000 (1991 est.)

Liberia

  • less than 25,000 (1991 est.)

Libya

370,000

Madagascar

96,000 (1988 est.)

Malawi

43,000 (1985 est.)

Mali

11,000 (1982 est.)

Mauritania

17,000 (1991 est.)

Mauritius

65,000 (1985 est.)

Mayotte

450

Morocco

270,100 (1987 est.)

Mozambique

59,000 (1983 est.)

Namibia

89,722 (1992 est.)

Niger

14,000 (1991 est.)

Nigeria

492,204 (1990 est.)

Reunion

191,647 (1993 est.)

Rwanda

6,400 (1983 est.)

Saint Helena now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

550

Sao Tome and Principe

2,200 (1986 est.)

Senegal

55,000 (1993 est.)

Seychelles

8,300 (1982 est.)

Sierra Leone

17,526 (1991 est.)

Somalia

9,000 (1991 est.)

South Africa

5,206,235 (1993 est.)

Sudan

77,215 (1983 est.)

Tanzania

137,000 (1989 est.)

Togo

12,000 (1987 est.)

Tunisia

233,000 (1987 est.)

Uganda

54,900 (1989 est.)

Western Sahara

2,000

Zambia

80,900 (1987 est.)

Zimbabwe

301,000 (1990 est.)

Antarctic Region

3 entries

Antarctica

NA

French Southern and Antarctic Lands

NA

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands

NA

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

17,900 (1984 est.)

Iceland

143,600 (1993 est.)

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

31,200 (1983 est.)

Armenia

2.7 million (1983 est.)

Azerbaijan

710,000 (1991 est.)

Bangladesh

249,800 (1994 est.)

Bhutan

4,620 (1991 est.)

British Indian Ocean Territory

NA

China

20 million (1994 est.)

Georgia

672,000 (1993 est.)

India

9.8 million (1995)

Japan

64 million (1987 est.)

Kazakstan now Kazakhstan

2.2 million

Korea, North now North Korea

30,000 (1990 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

16.6 million (1993)

Kyrgyzstan

342,000 (1991 est.)

Maldives

8,523 (1992 est.)

Mongolia

89,000 (1995 est.)

Nepal

82,774 (1995 est.)

Pakistan

1.572 million (1993 est.)

Russia

25.4 million (1993 est.)

Sri Lanka

175,000 (1991 est.)

Tajikistan

303,000 (1991 est.)

Turkmenistan

NA

Uzbekistan

1.458 million (1995 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

890

Antigua and Barbuda

6,700

Aruba

22,922 (1993 est.)

The Bahamas

119,000 (1987 est.)

Barbados

87,343 (1991 est.)

Belize

15,917 (1990 est.)

British Virgin Islands

6,291 (1990 est.)

Cayman Islands

21,584 (1993 est.)

Costa Rica

281,042 (1983 est.)

Cuba

430,000 (1987 est.)

Dominica

14,613 (1993 est.)

Dominican Republic

190,000 (1987 est.)

El Salvador

116,000 (1984 est.)

Grenada

5,650 (1988 est.)

Guadeloupe

64,916 (1984 est.)

Guatemala

210,000 (1993 est.)

Haiti

50,000 (1990 est.)

Honduras

105,000 (1992 est.)

Jamaica

212,257 (1991 est.)

Martinique

159,000 (1990 est.)

Montserrat

3,000

Netherlands Antilles

NA

Nicaragua

66,810 (1993 est.)

Panama

273,000 (1991 est.)

Puerto Rico

1,166,231 (1992 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

3,800 (1986 est.)

Saint Lucia

26,000 (1992 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

6,189 (1983 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

170,000 (1992 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

1,359 (1988 est.)

Virgin Islands

60,000 (1990 est.)

Europe

45 entries

Albania

55,000

Andorra

21,258 (1983 est.)

Austria

3.47 million (1986 est.)

Belarus

1.849 million (1991 est.)

Belgium

5.691 million (1992 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

727,000

Bulgaria

2,773,293 (1993 est.)

Croatia

1.216 million (1993 est.)

Czech Republic now Czechia

3,349,539 (1993 est.)

Denmark

4.005 million (1985 est.)

Estonia

400,000

Faroe Islands

27,900 (1984 est.)

Finland

2.78 million (1986 est.)

France

35 million (1987 est.)

Germany

44 million

Gibraltar

19,529 (1993 est.)

Guernsey

41,850 (1983 est.)

Holy See (Vatican City)

2,000

Hungary

1.52 million (1993 est.)

Ireland

900,000 (1987 est.)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

41,000 (1995)

Italy

25.6 million (1987 est.)

Jersey

61,447 (1983 est.)

Latvia

660,000 (1993 est.)

Liechtenstein

18,916 (1993 est.)

Lithuania

900,000

Luxembourg

900,000

Malta

11,000 (1982 est.)

Moldova

577,000 (1991 est.)

Monaco

577,000 (1991 est.)

Netherlands

8.272 million (1983 est.)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

125,000

Norway

2.39 million (1986 est.)

Poland

5 million (1994)

Portugal

2,236,411 (1993 est.)

Romania

2.3 million (1990 est.)

San Marino

22,300 (1992 est.)

Serbia and Montenegro

700,000

Slovakia

1,362,178 (1992 est.)

Slovenia

527,800 (1993 est.)

Spain

12.6 million (1990 est.)

Sweden

7.41 million (1986 est.)

Switzerland

5,622,976 (1986 est.)

Ukraine

NA

United Kingdom

29.5 million (1987 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

73,552 (1987 est.)

Cyprus

331,000 (1995 est.)

Gaza Strip

NA

note: 10% of Palestinian households have telephones (1992 est.)

Iran

3.02 million (1992 est.)

Iraq

632,000 (1987 est.)

Israel

2.425 million (1990 est.)

Jordan

81,500 (1987 est.)

Kuwait

548,000 (1991 est.)

Lebanon

150,000 (1990 est.)

Oman

150,000 (1994 est.)

Qatar

160,717 (1992 est.)

Saudi Arabia

1.46 million (1993)

Syria

541,465 (1992 est.)

Turkey now Turkiye

6.89 million (1990 est.)

United Arab Emirates

677,793 (1993 est.)

West Bank

NA

note: 8% of Palestinian households have telephones (1992 est.)

Yemen

131,655 (1992 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

54,000 (1991 est.)

Canada

15.3 million (1990)

Mexico

11,890,868 (1993 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

3,300 (1992 est.)

United States

182.558 million (1987 est.)

Oceania

28 entries

American Samoa

8,399

Australia

8.7 million (1987 est.)

Cook Islands

4,180 (1994)

Fiji

60,017 (1987 est.)

French Polynesia

33,200 (1983 est.)

Guam

26,317 (1989 est.)

Johnston Atoll

NA

Kiribati

1,400 (1984 est.)

Marshall Islands

800 (1988 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

960

Midway Islands

NA

Nauru

2,000 (1989 est.)

New Caledonia

38,748 (1993 est.)

New Zealand

1.7 million (1986 est.)

Niue

276 (1992 est.)

Norfolk Island

1,087 (1983 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

13,618 (1993 est.)

Palau

1,500 (1988 est.)

Papua New Guinea

63,212 (1986 est.)

Pitcairn Islands

24

Western Samoa now Samoa

7,500 (1988 est.)

Solomon Islands

5,000 (1991 est.)

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

3,500 (1986 est.)

Tuvalu

1,359 (1988 est.)

Vanuatu

3,000 (1987 est.)

Wake Island

NA

Wallis and Futuna

340 (1985 est.)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

2.7 million (1983 est.)

Bolivia

144,300 (1987 est.)

Brazil

14,426,673 (1992 est.)

Chile

1.5 million (1994 est.)

Colombia

1.89 million (1986 est.)

Ecuador

586,300 (1994 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

1,180 (1991 est.)

French Guiana

31,000 (1990 est.)

Guyana

33,000 (1987 est.)

Paraguay

88,730 (1985 est.)

Peru

779,306 (1990 est.)

Suriname

43,522 (1992 est.)

Uruguay

451,000 (1991 est.)

Venezuela

3,000 (1987 est.)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

76,900 (1993)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

122,195 (1993 est.)

Cambodia

7,000 (1981 est.)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

4.13 million (1995 est.)

Indonesia

1,276,600 (1993 est.)

Laos

6,600 (1991 est.)

Macau

170,021 (1994 est.)

Malaysia

2,550,957 (1992 est.)

Philippines

887,229 (1993 est.)

Singapore

1.23 million (1993 est.)

Taiwan

10,253,773 (1993 est.)

Thailand

1,553,200 (1994 est.)

Vietnam

800,000 (1995 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 1996, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/1996.

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