The CIA World Factbook Edition 2001 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 2001 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 2001 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

2.3 million (1998)

Angola

62,000 (1997)

Benin

36,000 (1997)

Botswana

86,000 (1997)

Burkina Faso

36,000 (1997)

Burundi

16,000 (1997)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

45,644 (2000)

Cameroon

75,000 (1997)

Central African Republic

10,000 (1997)

Chad

7,000 (1997)

Comoros

6,000 (1997)

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

21,000 (1997)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

22,000 (1997)

Cote d'Ivoire

219,283 (31 December 1999)

Djibouti

8,000 (1997)

Egypt

3,971,500 (December 1998)

Equatorial Guinea

4,000 (1996)

Eritrea

23,578 (2000)

Swaziland now Eswatini

33,500 (2000)

Ethiopia

157,000 (1997)

Gabon

37,000 (1997)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

31,900 (2000)

Ghana

200,000 (1998)

Guinea

20,000 (1997)

Guinea-Bissau

8,000 (1997)

Kenya

290,000 (1998)

Lesotho

20,000 (1997)

Liberia

6,000 (1997)

Libya

380,000 (1996)

Madagascar

43,000 (1997)

Malawi

37,000 (1997)

Mali

23,000 (1997)

Mauritania

26,000 (2000)

Mauritius

223,000 (1997)

Mayotte

9,314 (1997)

Morocco

1.391 million (1998)

Mozambique

65,354 (2000)

Namibia

100,848 (1997)

Niger

16,000 (1997)

Nigeria

500,000 (2000)

Reunion

236,500 (1997)

Rwanda

15,000 (1995)

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

2,000 (1997)

Sao Tome and Principe

3,000 (1997)

Senegal

116,000 (1997)

Seychelles

19,635 (1997)

Sierra Leone

17,000 (1997)

Somalia

NA

South Africa

5.075 million (1999)

Sudan

400,000 (2000)

Tanzania

127,000 (1998)

Togo

25,000 (1997)

Tunisia

654,000 (1997)

Uganda

  • 50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (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 note: information for US bases only (2001)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

25,617 (end 1999)

Iceland

168,000 (1997)

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

29,000 (1996) note: there were 21,000 main lines in service in Kabul in 1998

Armenia

568,000 (1997)

Azerbaijan

663,000 (1997)

Bangladesh

500,000 (2000)

Bhutan

6,000 (1997)

British Indian Ocean Territory

NA

China

135 million (2000)

Georgia

620,000 (1997)

India

27.7 million (October 2000)

Japan

60.381 million (1997)

Kazakhstan

1.818 million (1997)

Korea, North now North Korea

1.1 million (1997)

Korea, South now South Korea

24 million (1999)

Kyrgyzstan

351,000 (1997)

Maldives

21,000 (1999)

Mongolia

104,100 (1999)

Nepal

236,816 (January 2000)

Pakistan

2.861 million (March 1999)

Russia

30 million (1998)

Sri Lanka

494,509 (1998)

Tajikistan

363,000 (1997)

Turkmenistan

363,000 (1997)

Uzbekistan

1.98 million (1999)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

5,000 (1997)

Antigua and Barbuda

28,000 (1996)

Aruba

33,000 (1997)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

96,000 (1997)

Barbados

108,000 (1997)

Belize

31,000 (1997)

British Virgin Islands

10,000 (1996)

Cayman Islands

19,000 (1995)

Costa Rica

450,000 (1998) note: 584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use 1998

Cuba

473,031 (2000)

Dominica

19,000 (1996)

Dominican Republic

709,000 (1997)

El Salvador

380,000 (1998)

Grenada

27,000 (1997)

Guadeloupe

171,000 (1996)

Guatemala

665,061 (June 2000)

Haiti

60,000 (1997)

Honduras

234,000 (1997)

Jamaica

353,000 (1996)

Martinique

170,000 (1997)

Montserrat

4,000 (1997)

Netherlands Antilles

76,000 (1995)

Nicaragua

140,000 (1996)

Panama

396,000 (1997)

Puerto Rico

1.322 million (1997)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

17,000 (1997)

Saint Lucia

37,000 (1997)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

20,500 (1998)

Trinidad and Tobago

243,000 (1997)

Turks and Caicos Islands

3,000 (1994)

Virgin Islands

62,000 (1997)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

87,000 (1997)

Andorra

32,946 (December 1998)

Austria

4 million (3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1999)

Belarus

2.313 million (1997)

Belgium

4.769 million (1997)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

303,000 (1997)

Bulgaria

3.255 million (2000)

Croatia

1.488 million (1997)

Czech Republic now Czechia

3.869 million (2000)

Denmark

4.785 million (1997)

Estonia

476,078 (yearend 1998)

Faroe Islands

24,851 (1999)

Finland

2.861 million (1997)

France

34.86 million (yearend 1998)

Germany

45.2 million (1997) note: 46.5 million main lines were installed by yearend 1998

Gibraltar

19,000 (1997)

Greece

5.431 million (1997)

Guernsey

44,000 (1996)

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA

Hungary

3.095 million (1997)

Ireland

1.59 million (2001)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

51,000 (1999)

Italy

25 million (1999)

Jersey

65,500 (1997)

Latvia

748,000 (1997)

Liechtenstein

20,000 (1997)

Lithuania

1.048 million (1997)

Luxembourg

314,700 (1999)

Malta

187,000 (1997)

Moldova

627,000 (1997)

Monaco

31,027 (1995)

Netherlands

9,132,400 (1999)

Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of now North Macedonia

408,000 (1997)

Norway

2.735 million (1998)

Poland

8.07 million (1998)

Portugal

5.3 million (end 1998)

Romania

3.777 million (1997)

San Marino

18,000 (1998)

Yugoslavia now Serbia and Montenegro

2.017 million (1995)

Slovakia

1,934,558 (1998)

Slovenia

722,000 (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

34.878 million (1997)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

152,000 (1997)

Cyprus

Greek Cypriot area:
405,000 (1998);

Gaza Strip

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

Iran

6.313 million (1997)

Iraq

675,000 (1997)

Israel

2.8 million (1999)

Jordan

403,000 (1997)

Kuwait

412,000 (1997)

Lebanon

700,000 (1999)

Oman

201,000 (1997)

Qatar

142,000 (1997)

Saudi Arabia

3.1 million (1998)

Syria

1.313 million (1997)

Turkey now Turkiye

19.5 million (1999)

United Arab Emirates

915,223 (1998)

West Bank

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

Yemen

291,359 (1999)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

52,000 (1997)

Canada

18.5 million (1999)

Mexico

9.6 million (1998)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4,000 (1997)

United States

194 million (1997)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

13,000 (1997)

Australia

9.58 million (1998)

Cook Islands

5,000 (1997)

Fiji

72,000 (1997)

French Polynesia

52,000 (1997)

Guam

84,134 (1998)

Kiribati

2,000 (1997)

Marshall Islands

3,000 (1996)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

11,000 (2001)

Nauru

2,000 (1996)

New Caledonia

47,000 (1997)

New Zealand

1.84 million (1997)

Niue

376 (1991)

Norfolk Island

1,087 (1983)

Northern Mariana Islands

21,000 (1996)

Palau

1,500 (1988)

Papua New Guinea

47,000 (1996)

Pitcairn Islands

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

Samoa

8,000 (1997)

Solomon Islands

8,000 (1997)

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

8,000 (1996)

Tuvalu

1,000 (1997)

Vanuatu

4,000 (1996)

Wallis and Futuna

1,125 (1994)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

7.5 million (1998)

Bolivia

327,600 (1996)

Brazil

17.039 million (1997)

Chile

2.603 million (1998)

Colombia

5,433,565 (December 1997)

Ecuador

899,000 (1997)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

French Guiana

47,000 (1997)

Guyana

70,000 (2000)

Paraguay

290,475 (2001)

Peru

1.509 million (1998)

Suriname

64,000 (1997)

Uruguay

850,000 (2000)

Venezuela

  • 2,600,000.00; however, 3,500,000 were installed (1998)

Southeast Asia

15 entries

Brunei

79,000 (1996)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

250,000 (2000)

Cambodia

21,800 (mid-1998)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  • NA (1999)

Hong Kong

3.839 million (1999)

Indonesia

5,588,310 (1998)

Laos

25,000 (1997)

Macau

176,837 (2000)

Malaysia

4.5 million (1999)

Philippines

1.9 million (1997)

Singapore

1.928 million (November 2000)

Taiwan

12.49 million (September 2000)

Thailand

5.4 million (1998)

Vietnam

2.6 million (2000)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2001, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2001.

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