The CIA World Factbook Edition 2003 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 2003 edition carries it in 239 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 2003 edition
239
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).

the entry has the field in that editionnot in that editionthe open editionEach entry below ends in its editions with Telephones - fixed lines, 1990 to 2025. Point at a year above to follow it down; choose one in a row to read that edition’s text there.

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

72,000 (1998)

Benin

51,000 (2000)

Botswana

131,000 (September 2001)

Burkina Faso

53,200 (2000)

Burundi

18,000 (2002)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

60,935 (2002)

Cameroon

95,000 (2001)

Central African Republic

9,500 (2000)

Chad

9,700 (1999)

Comoros

7,000 (2000)

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

20,000 (2000)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

22,000 (1998)

Cote d'Ivoire

263,700 (2000)

Djibouti

10,000 (2002)

Egypt

3,971,500 (December 1998)

Equatorial Guinea

6,000 (1998)

Eritrea

30,000 (2001)

Swaziland now Eswatini

38,500 (2001)

Ethiopia

231,900 (2000)

Gabon

39,000 (1998)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

31,900 (2000)

Ghana

240,000 (2001)

Guinea

37,000 (1998)

Guinea-Bissau

10,000 (2001)

Kenya

310,000 (2001)

Lesotho

22,200 (2000)

Liberia

6,700 (2000)

Libya

500,000 (1998)

Madagascar

55,000 (2000)

Malawi

45,000 (2000)

Mali

45,000 (2000)

Mauritania

26,500 (2001)

Mauritius

280,900 (2000)

Mayotte

12,000 (1998)

Morocco

1.391 million (1998)

Mozambique

90,000 (2001)

Namibia

110,200 (2000)

Niger

20,000 (2001)

Nigeria

500,000 (2000 est.)

Reunion

268,500 (1999)

Rwanda

  • 600,000 note - 90% in Kigali (2002)

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

2,000 (1997)

Sao Tome and Principe

4,600 (2000)

Senegal

234,916 (2001)

Seychelles

19,635 (1997)

Sierra Leone

25,000 (2001)

Somalia

15,000 (2000)

South Africa

  • more than 5 million (2001)

Sudan

400,000 (2000)

Tanzania

127,000 (1998)

Togo

25,000 (1997)

Tunisia

654,000 (1997)

Uganda

  • 50,074; however, 80,868 main lines have been installed (1998)

Western Sahara

  • about 2,000 (1999 est.)

Zambia

130,000 (including approximately 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (2002)

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 (yearend 1999)

Iceland

196,984 (2001)

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

29,000 (1998)

Armenia

600,000 (2002)

Azerbaijan

865,000 (2002)

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

1.92 million (2001)

Korea, North now North Korea

1.1 million (1997)

Korea, South now South Korea

24 million (2000)

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

4,974 (2000)

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 in 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

252,000 (1999)

Turks and Caicos Islands

3,000 (1994)

Virgin Islands

65,000 (1997)

Europe

46 entries

Albania

120,000 (2001)

Andorra

32,946 (December 1998)

Austria

  • 4 million (consisting of 3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 Integrated Services Digital Network connections);
  • in addition, there are 100,000 Asymmetric Digital Services lines (2001)

Belarus

2.313 million (1997)

Belgium

4.769 million (1997)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

303,000 (1997)

Bulgaria

3,186,731 (2001)

Croatia

1,721,139 (2000)

Czech Republic now Czechia

3.869 million (2000)

Denmark

4.785 million (1997)

Estonia

501,691 (2000)

Faroe Islands

24,851 (1999)

Finland

2,847,900 (2001)

France

34.86 million (yearend 1998)

Germany

50.9 million (March 2001)

Gibraltar

19,000 (1997)

Greece

5.431 million (1997)

Guernsey

44,000 (1996)

Holy See (Vatican City)

NA

Hungary

3.095 million (1997)

Ireland

1.6 million (2002)

Man, Isle of now Isle of Man

51,000 (1999)

Italy

25 million (1999)

Jersey

65,500 (1997)

Latvia

734,693 (2000)

Liechtenstein

20,072 (2000)

Lithuania

1.142 million (2001)

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 (yearend 1998)

Romania

3.777 million (1997)

San Marino

18,000 (1998)

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);; Turkish Cypriot area: 83,162 (1998)

Gaza Strip

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

Iran

6.313 million (1997)

Iraq

675,000 (1997); note - an unknown number of telephone lines were damaged or destroyed during the March-April war

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

3.9 million (2002 est.)

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

20,802,900 (1999)

Mexico

12.332 million (2000)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4,000 (1997)

United States

194 million (1997)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

13,000 (1997)

Australia

10.05 million (2000)

Cook Islands

5,000 (1997)

Fiji

80,901 (1999)

French Polynesia

52,000 (1997)

Guam

84,134 (1998)

Kiribati

3,800 (1999)

Marshall Islands

4,186 (2001)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

11,000 (2001)

Nauru

2,000 (1996)

New Caledonia

47,000 (1997)

New Zealand

1.92 million (2000)

Niue

376 (1991)

Norfolk Island

1,087 (1983)

Northern Mariana Islands

21,000 (1996)

Palau

6,700 (2002)

Papua New Guinea

61,152 (1999)

Pitcairn Islands

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

Samoa

8,183 (1998)

Solomon Islands

8,000 (1997)

Tokelau

NA

Tonga

8,000 (1996)

Tuvalu

1,000 (1997)

Vanuatu

5,500 (1998)

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

1,115,272 (1999)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

NA

French Guiana

47,000 (1997)

Guyana

70,000 (2000)

Paraguay

290,475 (2001)

Peru

1.8 million (2000)

Suriname

64,000 (1997)

Uruguay

929,141 (2001)

Venezuela

  • 2.6 million (however, 3,500,000 have been installed) (1998)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

79,000 (1996)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

250,000 (2000)

Cambodia

21,800 (mid-1998)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

287 (1992)

Hong Kong

3.839 million (1999)

Indonesia

5,588,310 (1998)

Laos

25,000 (1997)

Macau

176,902 (November 2001)

Malaysia

4.6 million (2000)

Philippines

6.98 million (2001)

Singapore

1.95 million (2000)

Taiwan

12.49 million (September 2000)

Thailand

5.6 million (2000)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

NA

Vietnam

2.6 million (2000)

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2003, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2003.

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