The CIA World Factbook Edition 2007 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 2007 edition carries it in 237 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 2007 edition
237
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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2007

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World

1 entry

World

1,263,367,600 (2005)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

2.841 million (2006)

Angola

98,200 (2006)

Benin

76,300 (2005)

Botswana

136,900 (2006)

Burkina Faso

94,800 (2006)

Burundi

31,100 (2005)

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

71,600 (2006)

Cameroon

100,300 (2005)

Central African Republic

10,000 (2005)

Chad

13,000 (2006)

Comoros

16,900 (2005)

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

9,700 (2006)

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

15,900 (2005)

Cote d'Ivoire

260,900 (2006)

Djibouti

10,800 (2005)

Egypt

10.808 million (2006)

Equatorial Guinea

10,000 (2005)

Eritrea

37,700 (2006)

Swaziland now Eswatini

44,000 (2006)

Ethiopia

725,000 (2006)

Gabon

36,500 (2006)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

52,900 (2006)

Ghana

356,400 (2006)

Guinea

26,300 (2005)

Guinea-Bissau

10,200 (2005)

Kenya

293,400 (2006)

Lesotho

48,000 (2005)

Liberia

6,900 (2002)

Libya

483,000 (2006)

Madagascar

129,800 (2006)

Malawi

102,700 (2005)

Mali

82,500 (2006)

Mauritania

34,900 (2006)

Mauritius

357,300 (2006)

Mayotte

10,000 (2002)

Morocco

1.266 million (2006)

Mozambique

67,000 (2006)

Namibia

138,900 (2005)

Niger

24,000 (2005)

Nigeria

1.688 million (2006)

Rwanda

22,000 (2005)

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

2,200 (2002)

Sao Tome and Principe

7,100 (2005)

Senegal

282,600 (2006)

Seychelles

20,700 (2006)

Sierra Leone

24,000 (2002)

Somalia

100,000 (2005)

South Africa

4.729 million (2005)

Sudan

636,900 (2006)

Tanzania

169,135 (2007)

Togo

82,100 (2006)

Tunisia

1.268 million (2006)

Uganda

108,100 (2006)

Western Sahara

  • about 2,000 (1999 est.)

Zambia

94,700 (2005)

Zimbabwe

331,700 (2006)

Antarctic Region

1 entry

Antarctica

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

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

25,300 (2002)

Iceland

193,700 (2006)

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

280,000 (2005)

Armenia

594,400 (2005)

Azerbaijan

1.189 million (2006)

Bangladesh

1.134 million (2006)

Bhutan

31,500 (2006)

British Indian Ocean Territory

NA

China

368 million (2006)

Georgia

553,100 (2006)

India

49.75 million (2005)

Japan

55.155 million (2006)

Kazakhstan

2.928 million (2006)

Korea, North now North Korea

980,000 (2003)

Korea, South now South Korea

26.866 million (2006)

Kyrgyzstan

440,400 (2005)

Maldives

32,500 (2006)

Mongolia

156,000 (2005)

Nepal

595,800 (2006)

Pakistan

5.24 million (2006)

Russia

40.1 million (2005)

Sri Lanka

2.087 million (2007)

Tajikistan

280,200 (2005)

Turkmenistan

495,000 (2006)

Uzbekistan

1.793 million (2005)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

6,200 (2002)

Antigua and Barbuda

40,000 (2006)

Aruba

38,300 (2005)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

133,100 (2005)

Barbados

134,900 (2005)

Belize

33,900 (2006)

British Virgin Islands

11,700 (2002)

Cayman Islands

38,000 (2002)

Costa Rica

1.351 million (2006)

Cuba

972,900 (2006)

Dominica

21,000 (2004)

Dominican Republic

897,000 (2006)

El Salvador

1.037 million (2006)

Grenada

27,700 (2006)

Guatemala

1.355 million (2006)

Haiti

145,300 (2005)

Honduras

708,400 (2006)

Jamaica

319,000 (2005)

Montserrat

NA

Netherlands Antilles

81,000 (2001)

Nicaragua

247,900 (2006)

Panama

432,900 (2006)

Puerto Rico

1.038 million (2005)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

25,000 (2004)

Saint Lucia

51,100 (2002)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

22,600 (2006)

Trinidad and Tobago

325,500 (2006)

Turks and Caicos Islands

5,700 (2002)

Virgin Islands

71,700 (2005)

Europe

48 entries

Albania

353,600 (2005)

Andorra

35,400 (2005)

Austria

3.564 million (2006)

Belarus

3.368 million (2006)

Belgium

4.719 million (2006)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

989,000 (2006)

Bulgaria

2.399 million (2006)

Croatia

1.832 million (2006)

Czech Republic now Czechia

3,217,300 (2005)

Denmark

3.098 million (2006)

Estonia

541,900 (2006)

European Union

238 million (2005)

Faroe Islands

23,000 (2006)

Finland

1.92 million (2006)

France

  • 34.63 million; 33.897 million (metropolitan France) (2006)

Germany

54.2 million (2006)

Gibraltar

24,512 (2002)

Greece

6.185 million (2006)

Guernsey

45,100 (2005)

Holy See (Vatican City)

5,120 (2005)

Hungary

3.35 million (2006)

Ireland

2.097 million (2006)

Isle of Man

51,000 (1999)

Italy

25.049 million (2005)

Jersey

73,900 (2001)

Latvia

657,400 (2006)

Liechtenstein

20,000 (2005)

Lithuania

792,400 (2006)

Luxembourg

246,700 (2006)

Malta

202,300 (2006)

Moldova

1.018 million (2006)

Monaco

34,000 (2005)

Montenegro

353,300 (2006)

Netherlands

7.6 million (2005)

Macedonia now North Macedonia

490,900 (2006)

Norway

2.055 million (2006)

Poland

11.475 million (2006)

Portugal

4.231 million (2006)

Romania

4.231 million (2006)

San Marino

21,000 (2006)

Serbia

2.719 million (2006)

Slovakia

1.167 million (2006)

Slovenia

837,500 (2006)

Spain

18.385 million (2006)

Sweden

6.379 million (2005)

Switzerland

5.04 million (2006)

Ukraine

12.341 million (2006)

United Kingdom

33.602 million (2006)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

193,300 (2006)

Cyprus

area under government control:
408,300 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)

Gaza Strip

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

Iran

21.981 million (2006)

Iraq

1.547 million (2005)

Israel

3.005 million (2006)

Jordan

614,000 (2006)

Kuwait

510,300 (2005)

Lebanon

681,400 (2006)

Oman

278,300 (2006)

Qatar

228,300 (2006)

Saudi Arabia

4.5 million (2006)

Syria

3.243 million (2006)

Turkey now Turkiye

18.978 million (2005)

United Arab Emirates

1.31 million (2006)

West Bank

  • 349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)

Yemen

968,400 (2006)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

57,700 (2006)

Canada

20.78 million (2005)

Mexico

19.861 million (2006)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4,800 (2002)

United States

172 million (2006)

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

10,400 (2004)

Australia

9.94 million (2006)

Cook Islands

6,200 (2002)

Fiji

112,500 (2005)

French Polynesia

53,600 (2006)

Guam

80,000 (2001)

Kiribati

4,500 (2002)

Marshall Islands

4,500 (2004)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

12,400 (2005)

Nauru

1,900 (2002)

New Caledonia

55,300 (2005)

New Zealand

1.729 million (2005)

Niue

1,100 (2002 est.)

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

63,700 (2005)

Pitcairn Islands

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

Samoa

19,500 (2005)

Solomon Islands

7,400 (2005)

Tokelau

300 (2002)

Tonga

13,700 (2005)

Tuvalu

700 (2002)

Vanuatu

7,000 (2005)

Wallis and Futuna

1,900 (2002)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

9.46 million (2006)

Bolivia

646,300 (2005)

Brazil

38.8 million (2006)

Chile

3.326 million (2006)

Colombia

7.865 million (2006)

Ecuador

1.754 million (2006)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

2,400 (2002)

Guyana

110,100 (2005)

Paraguay

331,100 (2006)

Peru

2.332 million (2006)

Suriname

81,500 (2006)

Uruguay

987,000 (2006)

Venezuela

4.217 million (2006)

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

80,200 (2006)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

503,900 (2005)

Cambodia

32,800 (2006)

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

287 (1992)

Hong Kong

3.85 million (2006)

Indonesia

14.821 million (2006)

Laos

90,067 (2006)

Macau

176,700 (2006)

Malaysia

4.342 million (2006)

Philippines

3.633 million (2006)

Singapore

1.854 million (2006)

Taiwan

14.497 million (2006)

Thailand

7.073 million (2006)

Timor-Leste

2,500 (2006)

Vietnam

15.845 million (2005)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2007, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2007.

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