The CIA World Factbook Edition 2009 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 2009 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 2009 edition 238
the first edition with it 1994
the latest edition with it 2025
Fields / Communications / Telephones - fixed lines
Published as “Telephones - main lines in use” (2000 to 2014), “Telephones - fixed lines” (2015 to 2025), “Telephones” (1996 to 1999) and “telephone” (1994).
Each 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.
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Africa 56 entries
3.314 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 46
114,300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 141
159,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 131
142,300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 135
144,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 133
30,400 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 178
72,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 155
198,300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 124
12,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 200
13,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 199
23,300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 187
37,300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 174
22,200 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 191
356,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 107
10,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 201
12.011 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 21
10,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 204
40,400 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 169
44,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 167
908,900 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 84
26,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 182
48,900 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 164
143,900 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 134
50,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 163
4,600 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 214
252,300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 119
65,200 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 156
2,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 224
1.033 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 79
164,900 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 130
236,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 122
82,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 148
76,400 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 152
364,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 103
10,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 205
2.991 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 50
78,300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 150
140,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 137
24,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 186
1.308 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 69
16,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 198
Saint Helena
now Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
2,300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 223
7,700 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 208
237,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 121
23,200 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 188
31,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 176
100,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 144
4.425 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 35
356,100 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 108
179,849 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 126
140,900 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 136
1.239 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 70
168,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 128
90,600 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 146
354,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 109
Antarctic Region 1 entry
0; note - information for US bases only (2001) country comparison to the world: 231
Arctic Region 3 entries
22,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 189
187,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 125
Asia 23 entries
460,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 100
650,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 91
1.311 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 68
1.39 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 67
27,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 181
365.6 million (2007)
country comparison to the world: 1
618,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 93
37.54 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 7
47.579 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 4
3.41 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 45
1.18 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 71
21.325 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 13
494,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 99
50,396 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 162
165,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 129
805,100 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 87
4.546 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 33
44.2 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 5
3.446 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 44
360,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 106
495,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 98
1.85 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 61
Central America and the Caribbean 29 entries
5,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 211
38,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 171
38,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 170
133,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 138
150,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 132
31,100 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 177
18,900 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 196
38,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 172
1.438 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 66
1.104 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 74
17,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 197
985,700 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 82
1.077 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 77
28,600 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 180
1.449 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 65
108,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 142
825,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 86
316,600 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 112
2,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 218
88,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 147
312,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 114
495,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 97
1.038 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 78
20,400 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 194
40,900 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 168
22,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 190
307,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 115
3,700 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 217
74,200 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 153
Europe 49 entries
316,400 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 113
37,400 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 173
3.285 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 47
3.718 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 41
4.457 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 34
1.031 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 80
2.258 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 55
1.851 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 60
2.278 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 54
2.487 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 53
498,100 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 96
21,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 192
1.65 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 63
35.909 million; 35.0 million (metropolitan France) (2008) country comparison to the world: 8
51.5 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 3
24,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 185
5.975 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 29
45,100 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 166
5,120 (2005)
country comparison to the world: 212
3.094 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 48
2.202 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 56
51,000 (1999)
country comparison to the world: 161
20.031 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 16
74,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 154
106,300 (2006)
country comparison to the world: 143
644,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 92
19,600 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 195
784,900 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 88
260,600 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 118
241,100 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 120
1.115 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 73
35,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 175
362,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 105
7.324 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 25
Macedonia
now North Macedonia
457,100 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 101
1.928 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 57
10.336 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 22
4.121 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 37
5.036 million (2007)
country comparison to the world: 31
21,300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 193
3.085 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 49
1.098 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 75
1.01 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 81
20.2 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 15
5.323 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 30
4.82 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 32
13.177 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 20
33.209 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 9
Middle East 17 entries
220,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 123
area under government control: 413,300 (2008) ; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)
country comparison to the world: 102
348,000 (includes West Bank) (2008) country comparison to the world: 110
24.8 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 12
1.082 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 76
2.9 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 51
519,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 95
541,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 94
714,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 89
274,200 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 116
263,400 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 117
4.1 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 39
3.633 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 42
17.502 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 18
1.508 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 64
348,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2008) country comparison to the world: 111
1.117 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 72
North America 5 entries
57,600 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 159
18.25 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 17
20.539 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 14
4,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 213
150 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 2
Oceania 25 entries
10,400 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 202
9.37 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 24
6,700 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 210
129,100 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 139
54,600 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 160
4,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 216
4,400 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 215
8,700 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 206
1,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 225
63,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 157
1.75 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 62
1,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 227
2,532; note - a mix of analog (2,500) and digital (32) circuits (2004) country comparison to the world: 220
24,700 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 184
7,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 209
60,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 158
1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004) country comparison to the world: 230
28,800 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 179
8,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 207
300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 228
25,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 183
1,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 226
10,400 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 203
2,700 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 219
South America 13 entries
9.631 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 23
690,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 90
41.141 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 6
3.526 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 43
6.82 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 27
1.91 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 58
2,300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 222
125,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 140
363,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 104
2.878 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 52
81,500 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 149
959,300 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 83
6.304 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 28
Southeast Asia 16 entries
76,600 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 151
Burma
now Burma (Myanmar)
829,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 85
45,100 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 165
287 (1992)
country comparison to the world: 229
4.108 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 38
30.378 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 10
97,600 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 145
173,533 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 127
4.292 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 36
3.905 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 40
1.857 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 59
14.273 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 19
7.024 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 26
2,400 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 221
29.591 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 11
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2009, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2009.