The CIA World Factbook Edition 2011 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 2011 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 2011 edition
238
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

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World

1 entry

World

1.175 billion (2010)

Africa

56 entries

Algeria

2.923 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 52

Angola

303,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 115

Benin

133,400 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 141

Botswana

137,400 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 139

Burkina Faso

144,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 136

Burundi

32,600 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 178

Cape Verde now Cabo Verde

72,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 156

Cameroon

496,500 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 98

Central African Republic

12,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 200

Chad

51,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 161

Comoros

21,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 190

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

42,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 168

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

9,800 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

Cote d'Ivoire

223,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 125

Djibouti

18,500 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 195

Egypt

9.618 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 22

Equatorial Guinea

13,500 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 199

Eritrea

54,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 160

Swaziland now Eswatini

44,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 167

Ethiopia

908,900 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 82

Gabon

30,400 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 180

Gambia, The now The Gambia

48,800 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 164

Ghana

277,900 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 119

Guinea

18,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 196

Guinea-Bissau

5,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 212

Kenya

460,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 101

Lesotho

38,800 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 172

Liberia

5,900 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 209

Libya

1.228 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 70

Madagascar

172,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 130

Malawi

160,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 133

Mali

114,400 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 144

Mauritania

71,600 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 157

Mauritius

387,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 105

Mayotte

10,000 (2009)

  • country comparison to the world: 202

Morocco

3.749 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 43

Mozambique

88,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 149

Namibia

152,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 134

Niger

83,600 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 151

Nigeria

1.05 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 75

Rwanda

39,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 171

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

3,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 219

Sao Tome and Principe

7,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 205

Senegal

341,900 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 110

Seychelles

22,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 186

Sierra Leone

14,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 198

Somalia

100,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 147

South Africa

4.225 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 38

Sudan

374,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 107

Tanzania

174,500 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 129

Togo

213,800 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 126

Tunisia

1.29 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 68

Uganda

327,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 114

Western Sahara

  • NA (2010)

Zambia

90,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 148

Zimbabwe

379,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 106

Arctic Region

3 entries

Greenland

21,800 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 187

Iceland

204,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 127

Svalbard

NA

Asia

23 entries

Afghanistan

140,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 137

Armenia

589,900 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 92

Azerbaijan

1.5 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 64

Bangladesh

900,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 83

Bhutan

26,300 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 183

British Indian Ocean Territory

NA

China

294.383 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 1

Georgia

597,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 91

India

35.09 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 9

Japan

40.419 million (2009)

  • country comparison to the world: 6

Kazakhstan

4.011 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 42

Korea, North now North Korea

1.18 million (2008)

  • country comparison to the world: 71

Korea, South now South Korea

28.543 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 11

Kyrgyzstan

502,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 97

Maldives

48,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 165

Mongolia

193,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 128

Nepal

841,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 87

Pakistan

3.419 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 46

Russia

44.959 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 4

Sri Lanka

3.579 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 44

Tajikistan

367,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 108

Turkmenistan

520,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 96

Uzbekistan

1.864 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 61

Central America and the Caribbean

30 entries

Anguilla

6,300 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 208

Antigua and Barbuda

41,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 169

Aruba

35,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 176

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

129,300 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 142

Barbados

137,500 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 138

Belize

30,300 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 181

British Virgin Islands

20,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 193

Cayman Islands

37,400 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 174

Costa Rica

1.482 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 66

Cuba

1.164 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 72

Curacao

NA

Dominica

15,500 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 197

Dominican Republic

1.01 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 77

El Salvador

1 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 78

Grenada

28,400 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 182

Guatemala

1.499 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 65

Haiti

50,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 163

Honduras

669,500 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 89

Jamaica

263,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 121

Montserrat

2,600 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 220

Nicaragua

258,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 122

Panama

553,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 94

Puerto Rico

891,900 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 84

Saint Kitts and Nevis

20,600 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 191

Saint Lucia

41,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 170

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

21,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 188

Sint Maarten

5,153 (2001)

  • country comparison to the world: 210

Trinidad and Tobago

293,300 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 117

Turks and Caicos Islands

3,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 217

Virgin Islands

75,800 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 153

Europe

49 entries

Albania

331,500 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 113

Andorra

38,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 173

Austria

3.245 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 48

Belarus

4.139 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 40

Belgium

4.64 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 32

Bosnia and Herzegovina

998,600 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 79

Bulgaria

2.2 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 54

Croatia

1.866 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 60

Czech Republic now Czechia

2.198 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 55

Denmark

2.623 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 53

Estonia

482,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 100

European Union

238 million (2005)

Faroe Islands

20,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 192

Finland

1.25 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 69

France

  • 36.154 million; 35.2 million (metropolitan France) (2010)
  • country comparison to the world: 8

Germany

45.6 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 3

Gibraltar

24,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 185

Greece

5.203 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 30

Guernsey

45,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 166

Holy See (Vatican City)

5,120 (2005)

  • country comparison to the world: 211

Hungary

2.977 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 51

Ireland

2.078 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 57

Isle of Man

51,000 (1999)

  • country comparison to the world: 162

Italy

21.6 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 13

Jersey

73,800 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 154

Kosovo

106,300 (2006)

  • country comparison to the world: 145

Latvia

532,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 95

Liechtenstein

19,600 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 194

Lithuania

733,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 88

Luxembourg

272,400 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 120

Malta

247,300 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 123

Moldova

1.161 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 73

Monaco

34,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 177

Montenegro

169,500 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 131

Netherlands

7.169 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 25

Macedonia now North Macedonia

413,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 103

Norway

1.702 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 62

Poland

9.451 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 23

Portugal

4.485 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 36

Romania

4.5 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 34

San Marino

21,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 189

Serbia

3.11 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 50

Slovakia

1.099 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 74

Slovenia

913,600 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 81

Spain

19.904 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 14

Sweden

5.014 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 31

Switzerland

4.488 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 35

Ukraine

12.941 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 20

United Kingdom

33.32 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 10

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

228,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 124

Cyprus

area under government control:
414,700 (2010); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)
country comparison to the world:
102

Gaza Strip

  • 337,000 (includes West Bank) (2010)
  • country comparison to the world: 112

Iran

26.849 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 12

Iraq

1.6 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 63

Israel

3.276 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 47

Jordan

485,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 99

Kuwait

566,300 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 93

Lebanon

887,800 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 85

Oman

283,900 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 118

Qatar

298,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 116

Saudi Arabia

4.166 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 39

Syria

4.069 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 41

Turkey now Turkiye

16.202 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 19

United Arab Emirates

1.48 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 67

West Bank

  • 337,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2010)
  • country comparison to the world: 111

Yemen

1.046 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 76

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

57,800 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 158

Canada

17.021 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 16

Mexico

19.892 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 15

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

4,800 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 214

United States

151 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 2

Oceania

25 entries

American Samoa

10,400 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 201

Australia

8.66 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 24

Cook Islands

7,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 206

Fiji

137,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 140

French Polynesia

54,900 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 159

Guam

65,500 (2010)

Kiribati

4,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 216

Marshall Islands

4,400 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 215

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

8,500 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 203

Nauru

1,900 (2009)

  • country comparison to the world: 224

New Caledonia

72,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 155

New Zealand

1.87 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 59

Niue

1,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 226

Norfolk Island

2,532 (2004)

  • country comparison to the world: 221

Northern Mariana Islands

25,500 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 184

Palau

7,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 207

Papua New Guinea

121,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 143

Pitcairn Islands

  • 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (2004)
  • country comparison to the world: 229

Samoa

35,300 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 175

Solomon Islands

8,400 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 204

Tokelau

300 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 227

Tonga

31,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 179

Tuvalu

1,600 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 225

Vanuatu

5,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 213

Wallis and Futuna

3,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 218

South America

13 entries

Argentina

10 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 21

Bolivia

848,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 86

Brazil

42.141 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 5

Chile

3.458 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 45

Colombia

6.809 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 28

Ecuador

2.086 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 56

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

2,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 223

Guyana

149,900 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 135

Paraguay

405,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 104

Peru

3.16 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 49

Suriname

85,000 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 150

Uruguay

962,200 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 80

Venezuela

7.083 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 26

Southeast Asia

16 entries

Brunei

79,900 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 152

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

604,700 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 90

Cambodia

358,800 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 109

Christmas Island

NA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands

287 (1992)

  • country comparison to the world: 228

Hong Kong

4.345 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 37

Indonesia

37.96 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 7

Laos

103,100 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 146

Macau

167,500 (2011)

  • country comparison to the world: 132

Malaysia

4.573 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 33

Philippines

6.783 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 29

Singapore

1.984 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 58

Taiwan

16.433 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 17

Thailand

7.009 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 27

Timor-Leste

2,400 (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 222

Vietnam

16.4 million (2010)

  • country comparison to the world: 18

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2011, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2011.

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