The CIA World Factbook Edition 2010 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 2010 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 2010 edition 239
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
2.576 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 51
303,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 112
127,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 141
144,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 133
167,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 132
31,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 177
72,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 153
323,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 110
12,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 199
13,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 198
25,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 183
40,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 167
24,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 185
282,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 117
16,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 197
10.313 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 21
10,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 201
48,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 163
44,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 165
915,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 82
26,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 181
49,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 162
267,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 120
22,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 190
4,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 212
664,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 90
40,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 168
2,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 224
1.101 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 74
181,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 127
175,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 129
81,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 148
74,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 151
379,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 104
10,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 202
3.516 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 45
82,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 147
142,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 134
65,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 155
1.419 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 66
33,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 174
2,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 219
7,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 205
278,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 118
22,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 188
32,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 175
100,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 144
4.32 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 33
370,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 105
173,552 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 130
178,700 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 128
1.279 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 69
233,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 124
90,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 145
385,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 103
Antarctic Region 1 entry
0; note - information for US bases only (2001) country comparison to the world: 231
Arctic Region 3 entries
22,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 189
185,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 126
Asia 23 entries
129,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 139
630,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 92
1.397 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 68
1.522 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 63
26,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 182
313.68 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 1
620,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 93
35.77 million (2010)
country comparison to the world: 8
44.364 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 5
3.763 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 42
1.18 million (2008)
country comparison to the world: 70
19.289 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 15
498,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 97
49,913 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 161
188,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 125
820,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 85
4.058 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 38
44.802 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 4
3.523 million (2010)
country comparison to the world: 44
290,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 115
478,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 99
1.857 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 60
Central America and the Caribbean 30 entries
6,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 209
37,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 172
38,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 169
129,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 140
135,700 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 136
31,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 178
20,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 194
38,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 170
1.493 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 64
1.168 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 71
17,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 196
965,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 80
1.099 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 75
28,600 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 180
1.413 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 67
108,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 142
830,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 84
302,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 113
2,700 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 220
88,000 (2008)
country comparison to the world: 146
255,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 121
537,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 95
870,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 83
20,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 193
41,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 166
23,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 187
5,153 (2001)
country comparison to the world: 210
314,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 111
3,700 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 217
75,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 150
Europe 49 entries
363,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 107
37,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 171
3.253 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 46
3.969 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 40
4,255 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 215
998,600 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 78
2.164 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 52
1.859 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 59
2.092 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 53
2.062 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 55
492,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 98
20,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 192
1.43 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 65
36.431 million; 35.5 million (metropolitan France) (2009) country comparison to the world: 7
48.7 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 3
24,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 186
5.93 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 29
45,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 164
5,120 (2005)
country comparison to the world: 211
3.069 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 49
2.08 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 54
51,000 (1999)
country comparison to the world: 160
21.3 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 12
73,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 152
106,300 (2006)
country comparison to the world: 143
644,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 91
19,600 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 195
747,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 89
273,600 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 119
252,700 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 122
1.139 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 72
35,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 173
366,600 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 106
7.32 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 26
Macedonia
now North Macedonia
442,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 100
1.9 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 57
9.556 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 23
4.049 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 39
5.313 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 30
21,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 191
3.106 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 48
1.022 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 77
1.034 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 76
20.057 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 13
5.146 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 31
4.65 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 32
13.026 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 20
32.117 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 10
Middle East 17 entries
238,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 123
area under government control: 414,500 (2009) ; area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)
country comparison to the world: 101
360,400 (includes West Bank) (2010) country comparison to the world: 108
25.804 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 11
1.108 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 73
3.25 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 47
501,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 96
553,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 94
750,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 88
300,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 114
285,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 116
4.171 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 36
3.871 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 41
16.534 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 18
1.561 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 62
360,400 (includes Gaza Strip) (2010) country comparison to the world: 109
997,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 79
North America 5 entries
57,700 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 157
18.251 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 16
19.425 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 14
4,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 213
141 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 2
Oceania 25 entries
10,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 200
9.02 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 24
6,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 208
136,800 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 135
54,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 158
4,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 216
4,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 214
8,700 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 203
1,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 225
65,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 154
1.87 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 58
1,100 (2009)
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: 221
25,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 184
7,100 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 207
60,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 156
1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004) country comparison to the world: 230
31,900 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 176
8,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 204
300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 228
31,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 179
1,700 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 226
7,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 206
3,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 218
South America 13 entries
9.764 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 22
810,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 87
41.497 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 6
3.575 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 43
7.5 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 25
2.004 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 56
2,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 223
130,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 138
387,300 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 102
2.965 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 50
83,700 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 146
953,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 81
6.867 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 28
Southeast Asia 16 entries
80,500 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 149
Burma
now Burma (Myanmar)
812,000 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 86
54,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 159
287 (1992)
country comparison to the world: 229
4.188 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 35
33.958 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 9
132,200 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 137
168,903 (2010)
country comparison to the world: 131
4.312 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 34
4.1 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 37
1.852 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 61
14.596 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 19
7.024 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 27
2,400 (2009)
country comparison to the world: 222
17.427 million (2009)
country comparison to the world: 17
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2010, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2010.