The CIA World Factbook Edition 2006 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 2006 edition carries it in 241 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 2006 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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2006

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World

1 entry

World

1,263,367,600 (2005)

Africa

57 entries

Algeria

2.572 million (2005)

Angola

94,300 (2005)

Benin

76,300 (2005)

Botswana

132,000 (2005)

Burkina Faso

97,400 (2005)

Burundi

27,700 (2004)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

71,400 (2005)

Cameroon

99,400 (2004)

Central African Republic

10,000 (2004)

Chad

13,000 (2004)

Comoros

16,900 (2005)

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

10,600 (2005)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

13,800 (2004)

Cote d'Ivoire

257,900 (2004)

Djibouti

11,100 (2004)

Egypt

10,396,100 (2005)

Equatorial Guinea

10,000 (2005)

Eritrea

37,700 (2005)

Swaziland now Eswatini

35,000 (2005)

Ethiopia

610,300 (2005)

Gabon

39,100 (2005)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

44,000 (2005)

Ghana

321,500 (2005)

Guinea

26,200 (2003)

Guinea-Bissau

10,600 (2003)

Kenya

281,800 (2005)

Lesotho

48,000 (2005)

Liberia

6,900 (2002)

Libya

750,000 (2003)

Madagascar

66,900 (2005)

Malawi

102,700 (2005)

Mali

75,000 (2005)

Mauritania

41,000 (2005)

Mauritius

359,000 (2005)

Mayotte

10,000 (2002)

Morocco

1,341,200 (2005)

Mozambique

69,700 (2004)

Namibia

127,900 (2004)

Niger

24,000 (2005)

Nigeria

1,223,300 (2005)

Reunion

300,000 (2001)

Rwanda

23,000 (2004)

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

2,200 (2002)

Sao Tome and Principe

7,000 (2004)

Senegal

266,600 (2005)

Seychelles

21,400 (2005)

Sierra Leone

24,000 (2002)

Somalia

100,000 (2005)

South Africa

4.729 million (2005)

Sudan

670,000 (2005)

Tanzania

148,400 (2004)

Togo

58,600 (2005)

Tunisia

1,257,500 (2005)

Uganda

100,800 (2005)

Western Sahara

  • about 2,000 (1999 est.)

Zambia

94,700 (2005)

Zimbabwe

328,000 (2005)

Antarctic Region

1 entry

Antarctica

  • 0; note - information for US bases only (2001)

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

25,300 (2002)

Iceland

193,900 (2005)

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

100,000 (2005)

Armenia

582,500 (2004)

Azerbaijan

1,091,400 (2005)

Bangladesh

1.07 million (2005)

Bhutan

32,700 (2005)

British Indian Ocean Territory

NA

China

350.433 million (2005)

Georgia

683,200 (2004)

India

49.75 million (2005)

Japan

58.78 million (2005)

Kazakhstan

2.5 million (2004)

Korea, North now North Korea

980,000 (2003)

Korea, South now South Korea

23.745 million (2005)

Kyrgyzstan

438,200 (2005)

Maldives

32,300 (2005)

Mongolia

156,000 (2005)

Nepal

448,600 (2005)

Pakistan

5,277,500 (2005)

Russia

40.1 million (2005)

Sri Lanka

1.244 million (2005)

Tajikistan

245,200 (2004)

Turkmenistan

376,100 (2003)

Uzbekistan

1,717,100 (2003)

Central America and the Caribbean

31 entries

Anguilla

6,200 (2002)

Antigua and Barbuda

38,000 (2004)

Aruba

37,100 (2002)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

139,900 (2004)

Barbados

134,900 (2005)

Belize

33,300 (2005)

British Virgin Islands

11,700 (2002)

Cayman Islands

38,000 (2002)

Costa Rica

1,388,500 (2005)

Cuba

849,900 (2005)

Dominica

21,000 (2004)

Dominican Republic

894,500 (2005)

El Salvador

971,500 (2005)

Grenada

32,700 (2004)

Guadeloupe

210,000 (2001)

Guatemala

1,132,100 (2004)

Haiti

140,000 (2004)

Honduras

494,400 (2005)

Jamaica

342,000 (2005)

Martinique

172,000 (2001)

Montserrat

NA

Netherlands Antilles

81,000 (2001)

Nicaragua

220,900 (2005)

Panama

440,100 (2005)

Puerto Rico

1,111,900 (2004)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

25,000 (2004)

Saint Lucia

51,100 (2002)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

22,500 (2005)

Trinidad and Tobago

323,500 (2005)

Turks and Caicos Islands

5,700 (2002)

Virgin Islands

70,900 (2004)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

255,000 (2003)

Andorra

35,400 (2005)

Austria

3.705 million (2005)

Belarus

3,284,300 (2005)

Belgium

4.801 million (2004)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

968,900 (2005)

Bulgaria

2,483,500 (2005)

Croatia

1,889,500 (2005)

Czech Republic now Czechia

3,217,300 (2005)

Denmark

3.35 million (2005)

Estonia

442,000 (2005)

European Union

238,763,162 (2002)

Faroe Islands

23,800 (2005)

Finland

2.12 million (2005)

France

35.7 million (2005)

Germany

55.046 million (2005)

Gibraltar

24,512 (2002)

Greece

6.303 million (2005)

Guernsey

55,100 (2004)

Holy See (Vatican City)

5,120 (2005)

Hungary

3.356 million (2005)

Ireland

2.033 million (2005)

Isle of Man

51,000 (1999)

Italy

25.049 million (2005)

Jersey

73,900 (2001)

Latvia

731,000 (2005)

Liechtenstein

19,900 (2002)

Lithuania

801,100 (2005)

Luxembourg

244,500 (2005)

Malta

202,100 (2005)

Moldova

929,400 (2005)

Monaco

33,700 (2002)

Montenegro

177,663 (2005)

Netherlands

7.6 million (2005)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

533,200 (2005)

Norway

2.129 million (2005)

Poland

11.803 million (2005)

Portugal

4.234 million (2005)

Romania

4.391 million (2005)

San Marino

20,600 (2002)

Serbia

2,685,400 (2004)

Slovakia

1.197 million (2005)

Slovenia

816,400 (2005)

Spain

18.322 million (2005)

Sweden

6.447 million (2004)

Switzerland

5.123 million (2005)

Ukraine

12.142 million (2004)

United Kingdom

32.943 million (2005)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

196,500 (2005)

Cyprus

Republic of Cyprus:
420,000 (2005); north Cyprus: 86,228 (2002)

Gaza Strip

  • 349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)

Iran

18.986 million (2005)

Iraq

1,034,200 (2004)

Israel

2,936,300 (2005)

Jordan

617,300 (2004)

Kuwait

510,300 (2005)

Lebanon

990,000 (2005)

Oman

265,200 (2005)

Qatar

205,400 (2005)

Saudi Arabia

3.8 million (2005)

Syria

2.903 million (2005)

Turkey now Turkiye

18.978 million (2005)

United Arab Emirates

1.237 million (2005)

West Bank

  • 357,300 (includes Gaza Strip) (2004)

Yemen

798,100 (2004)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

56,000 (2002)

Canada

18.276 million (2005)

Mexico

19.512 million (2005)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4,800 (2002)

United States

268 million (2003)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

15,000 (2001)

Australia

11.46 million (2005)

Cook Islands

6,200 (2002)

Fiji

102,000 (2003)

French Polynesia

53,400 (2005)

Guam

84,134 (2001)

Kiribati

4,500 (2002)

Marshall Islands

5,510 (2004)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

12,400 (2005)

Nauru

1,900 (2002)

New Caledonia

55,300 (2005)

New Zealand

1,800,500 (2004)

Niue

1,100 est (2002)

Norfolk Island

  • 2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)

Northern Mariana Islands

21,000 (2000)

Palau

6,700 (2002)

Papua New Guinea

62,000 (2002)

Pitcairn Islands

  • 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)

Samoa

13,300 (2003)

Solomon Islands

7,400 (2005)

Tokelau

300 (2002)

Tonga

11,200 (2002)

Tuvalu

700 (2002)

Vanuatu

6,800 (2004)

Wallis and Futuna

1,900 (2002)

South America

14 entries

Argentina

8.8 million (2005)

Bolivia

646,300 (2005)

Brazil

42.382 million (2004)

Chile

3,435,900 (2005)

Colombia

7,678,800 (2005)

Ecuador

1,701,500 (2005)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

2,400 (2002)

French Guiana

51,000 (2001)

Guyana

110,100 (2005)

Paraguay

320,300 (2005)

Peru

2,250,500 (2005)

Suriname

81,100 (2004)

Uruguay

1 million (2004)

Venezuela

3,605,500 (2005)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

90,000 (2002)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

476,200 (2005)

Cambodia

36,400 (2003)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

287 (1992)

Hong Kong

3,794,600 (2005)

Indonesia

12.772 million (2005)

Laos

90,067 (2006)

Macau

174,400 (2005)

Malaysia

4.366 million (2005)

Philippines

3,437,500 (2004)

Singapore

1.848 million (2005)

Taiwan

13.615 million (2005)

Thailand

7.035 million (2005)

East Timor now Timor-Leste

NA

Vietnam

15.845 million (2005)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2006, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2006.

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