The CIA World Factbook Edition 2000 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 2000 edition carries it in 238 entries, in its Communications section, under the heading “Telephones - main lines in use”. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2000 edition
238
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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Entries with Telephones - fixed lines in each edition

19902000201020202025

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World

1 entry

World

NA

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

1.176 million (1995)

Angola

60,000 (1995)

Benin

28,000 (1995)

Botswana

78,000 (1998)

Burkina Faso

30,000 (1995)

Burundi

17,000 (1995)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

22,000 (1995)

Cameroon

60,000 (1995)

Central African Republic

8,000 (1995)

Chad

5,000 (1995)

Comoros

5,000 (1995)

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

36,000 (1995)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

21,000 (1995)

Cote d'Ivoire

182,000 (1998)

Djibouti

8,000 (1995)

Egypt

3.168 million (1996)

Equatorial Guinea

3,000 (1995)

Eritrea

23,578 (2000)

Swaziland now Eswatini

20,000 (1996)

Ethiopia

365,000 (1999)

Gabon

32,000 (1995)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

22,000 (1998)

Ghana

200,000 (1998 est.)

Guinea

11,000 (1995)

Guinea-Bissau

13,120 (1995)

Kenya

290,000 (1998)

Lesotho

18,000 (1995)

Liberia

5,000 (1995)

Libya

318,000 (1995)

Madagascar

33,000 (1995)

Malawi

34,000 (1995)

Mali

17,000 (1995)

Mauritania

9,000 (1995)

Mauritius

148,000 (1995)

Mayotte

450 (1999)

Morocco

1.391 million (1998)

Mozambique

60,000 (1995)

Namibia

100,848 (1997)

Niger

13,000 (1995)

Nigeria

405,000 (1995)

Reunion

236,500 (1997)

Rwanda

15,000 (1995)

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

2,000 (1994)

Sao Tome and Principe

3,000 (1995)

Senegal

82,000 (1995)

Seychelles

17,844 (1997)

Sierra Leone

17,000 (1995)

Somalia

NA

South Africa

5.075 million (1999)

Sudan

75,000 (1995)

Tanzania

127,000 (1998)

Togo

22,000 (1995)

Tunisia

628,000 (1997)

Uganda

54,074 (1998)

Western Sahara

  • about 2,000 (1999 est.)

Zambia

77,935 (in addition there are about 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)

Zimbabwe

212,000 (in addition there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)

Antarctic Region

1 entry

Antarctica

0 (1997)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

20,000 (1995)

Iceland

162,310 (1997)

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

31,200 (1983); note - there were 21,000 main lines in use in Kabul in 1998

Armenia

583,000 (1995)

Azerbaijan

640,000 (1995)

Bangladesh

470,000 (1998)

Bhutan

5,000 (1995)

British Indian Ocean Territory

NA

China

110 million (1999 est.)

Georgia

554,000 (1995)

India

18.95 million (1999)

Japan

60.3 million (1997)

Kazakhstan

1.963 million (1995)

Korea, North now North Korea

1.1 million (1995)

Korea, South now South Korea

23.1 million (1998)

Kyrgyzstan

357,000 (1995)

Maldives

21,000 (1999)

Mongolia

93,800 (1998)

Nepal

236,816 (January 2000)

Pakistan

2.861 million (March 1999)

Russia

25.019 million (1995)

Sri Lanka

494,509 (1998)

Tajikistan

263,000 (1995)

Turkmenistan

320,000 (1995)

Uzbekistan

1.976 million (1999)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

4,000 (1994)

Antigua and Barbuda

20,000 (1994)

Aruba

27,000 (1995)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

77,000 (1994)

Barbados

90,000 (1995)

Belize

29,600 (1996)

British Virgin Islands

9,000 (1994)

Cayman Islands

19,000 (1995)

Costa Rica

451,000 (525,700 main lines installed) (yearend 1996)

Cuba

353,000 (1995)

Dominica

18,000 (1995)

Dominican Republic

569,000 (1995)

El Salvador

380,000 (1998)

Grenada

23,000 (1995)

Guadeloupe

159,000 (1995)

Guatemala

342,000 (1996)

Haiti

60,000 (1995)

Honduras

190,200 (1996)

Jamaica

292,000 (1995)

Martinique

155,000 (1994)

Montserrat

4,000 (1992)

Netherlands Antilles

75,000 (1995)

Nicaragua

140,000 (1996)

Panama

325,300 (1998)

Puerto Rico

1.196 million (1995)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

14,000 (1995)

Saint Lucia

31,000 (1995)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

20,500 (1998)

Trinidad and Tobago

209,000 (1995)

Turks and Caicos Islands

3,000 (1994)

Virgin Islands

58,000 (1995)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

42,000 (1995)

Andorra

31,980 (1997)

Austria

3.726 million (plus 83,100 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1997)

Belarus

2.537 million (1997)

Belgium

4.632 million (1995)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

238,000 (1995)

Bulgaria

3.186 million (1999)

Croatia

1.477 million (1997)

Czech Republic now Czechia

3,741,492 (1998)

Denmark

3.203 million (1995)

Estonia

476,078 (yearend 1998)

Faroe Islands

22,000 (1995)

Finland

2.861 million (1997)

France

34.86 million (yearend 1998)

Germany

  • NA; 46.5 million main lines are installed (July 1999)

Gibraltar

17,000 (1995)

Greece

5.431 million (1997)

Guernsey

41,850 (1983)

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA

Hungary

1.893 million (1995)

Ireland

1,642,541 (1999)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

51,000 (1999)

Italy

25 million (1998)

Jersey

NA

Latvia

748,000 (1997)

Liechtenstein

19,000 (1995)

Lithuania

1.048 million (1997)

Luxembourg

314,700 (1999)

Malta

171,000 (1995)

Moldova

566,000 (1995)

Monaco

31,027 (1995)

Netherlands

8.431 million (1996)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

407,000 (1997)

Norway

2,325,010 (1997)

Poland

8.07 million (1998)

Portugal

3.724 million (1996)

Romania

3.84 million (1999)

San Marino

18,000 (1998)

Serbia and Montenegro

2.017 million (1995)

Slovakia

1.557 million (1998)

Slovenia

700,000 (1997)

Spain

17.336 million (1999)

Sweden

6.017 million (December 1998)

Switzerland

4.82 million (1998)

Ukraine

9.45 million (April 1999)

United Kingdom

29.41 million (1995)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

141,000 (1995)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
405,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 70,845 (1996)

Gaza Strip

  • 95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)

Iran

7 million (1998 est.)

Iraq

675,000 (1995)

Israel

2.8 million (1999)

Jordan

402,600 (1997)

Kuwait

411,600 (1997)

Lebanon

330,000 (1995)

Oman

300,000 (1999)

Qatar

146,980 (1995)

Saudi Arabia

3.1 million (1998)

Syria

930,000 (1995)

Turkey now Turkiye

17.244 million (1998)

United Arab Emirates

915,223 (1998)

West Bank

  • 95,729 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (1997)

Yemen

188,000 (1998)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

48,000 (1995)

Canada

18.5 million (1999)

Mexico

9.6 million (1998)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4,000 (1994)

United States

178 million (1999)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

10,000 (1994)

Australia

92 million (1995)

Cook Islands

4,180 (1994)

Fiji

65,000 (1995)

French Polynesia

32,000 (1995)

Guam

82,669 (1997)

Kiribati

2,600 (1995)

Marshall Islands

3,000 (1994)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

8,000 (1995)

Nauru

2,000 (1994)

New Caledonia

44,000 (1995)

New Zealand

1.719 million (1995)

Niue

376 (1991)

Norfolk Island

1,087 (1983)

Northern Mariana Islands

15,000 (1995)

Palau

1,500 (1988)

Papua New Guinea

44,000 (1995)

Pitcairn Islands

  • 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (1997)

Samoa

8,000 (1994)

Solomon Islands

7,000 (1995)

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

7,000 (1995)

Tuvalu

400 (1994)

Vanuatu

2,500 (1995)

Wallis and Futuna

1,125 (1994)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

7.5 million (1997)

Bolivia

368,874 (1996)

Brazil

19 million (1997)

Chile

2.603 million (1998)

Colombia

5,433,565 (December 1997)

Ecuador

748,000 (1995)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

French Guiana

47,000 (1995)

Guyana

45,000 (1995)

Paraguay

167,000 (1995)

Peru

1.509 million (1998)

Suriname

56,844 (1996)

Uruguay

622,000 (1995)

Venezuela

2.6 million (1998)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

68,000 (1995)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

158,000 (1995)

Cambodia

21,800 (mid-1998)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

NA

Hong Kong

3.708 million (1998)

Indonesia

3.291 million (1995)

Laos

20,000 (1995)

Macau

222,500 (1997)

Malaysia

4.4 million (1998)

Philippines

1.9 million (1997)

Singapore

54.6 million (including 46.62 million that serve facsimile machines, computers, and other communication devices) (1998)

Taiwan

12 million (October 1999)

Thailand

5.4 million (1998)

Vietnam

775,000 (1995)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2000, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2000.

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