The CIA World Factbook Edition 2015 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 2015 edition carries it in 221 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2015 edition
221
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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World

1 entry

World

1.1 billion (2014 est.)

Africa

54 entries

Algeria

total subscriptions:
3.1 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
46

Angola

total subscriptions:
280,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
117

Benin

total subscriptions:
200,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
127

Botswana

total subscriptions:
170,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
132

Burkina Faso

total subscriptions:
120,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
141

Burundi

total subscriptions:
21,700
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
182

Cabo Verde

total subscriptions:
58,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
11 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
156

Cameroon

total subscriptions:
1.05 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
5 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
76

Central African Republic

total subscriptions:
800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
216

Chad

total subscriptions:
23,600
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
177

Comoros

total subscriptions:
23,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
178

Congo, Democratic Republic Of The now Democratic Republic of the Congo

total subscriptions:
0
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
217

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

total subscriptions:
16,300
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
193

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total subscriptions:
240,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
124

Djibouti

total subscriptions:
21,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
181

Egypt

total subscriptions:
6.32 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
7 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
26

Equatorial Guinea

total subscriptions:
15,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
194

Eritrea

total subscriptions:
64,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
154

Swaziland now Eswatini

total subscriptions:
44,400
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
166

Ethiopia

total subscriptions:
820,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
87

Gabon

total subscriptions:
17,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
190

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total subscriptions:
55,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
158

Ghana

total subscriptions:
260,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
120

Guinea

total subscriptions:
0
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
219

Guinea-Bissau

total subscriptions:
5,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
208

Kenya

total subscriptions:
180,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
129

Lesotho

total subscriptions:
51,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
161

Liberia

total subscriptions:
10,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
198

Libya

total subscriptions:
710,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
11 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
89

Madagascar

total subscriptions:
250,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
121

Malawi

total subscriptions:
64,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
153

Mali

total subscriptions:
160,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
136

Mauritania

total subscriptions:
51,400
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
160

Mauritius

total subscriptions:
370,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
28 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
110

Morocco

total subscriptions:
2.49 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
54

Mozambique

total subscriptions:
68,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
151

Namibia

total subscriptions:
180,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
128

Niger

total subscriptions:
110,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
142

Nigeria

total subscriptions:
180,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
130

Rwanda

total subscriptions:
49,600
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
163

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

total:
3,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
39 (2012)
country comparison to the world:
211

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

total subscriptions:
6,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
4 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
205

Senegal

total subscriptions:
310,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
115

Seychelles

total subscriptions:
21,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
23 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
184

Sierra Leone

total subscriptions:
16,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
192

Somalia

total subscriptions:
57,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
157

South Africa

total subscriptions:
4.3 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
40

Sudan

total subscriptions:
420,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
102

Tanzania

total subscriptions:
150,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
139

Togo

total subscriptions:
63,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
155

Tunisia

total subscriptions:
950,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
78

Uganda

total subscriptions:
320,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
114

Zambia

total subscriptions:
110,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
144

Zimbabwe

total subscriptions:
330,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
113

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total subscriptions:
17,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
30 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
191

Iceland

total subscriptions:
170,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
52 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
131

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total subscriptions:
100,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
145

Armenia

total subscriptions:
560,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
94

Azerbaijan

total subscriptions:
1.8 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
19 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
63

Bangladesh

total subscriptions:
1.09 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
74

Bhutan

total subscriptions:
23,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
176

China

total subscriptions:
249.4 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
1

Georgia

total subscriptions:
1.1 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
22 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
73

India

total subscriptions:
27 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
13

Japan

total subscriptions:
63.61 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
50 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
4

Kazakhstan

total subscriptions:
4.34 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
24 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
39

Korea, North now North Korea

total subscriptions:
1.18 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
5 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
70

Korea, South now South Korea

total subscriptions:
29.48 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
60 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
12

Kyrgyzstan

total subscriptions:
440,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
100

Maldives

total subscriptions:
21,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
5 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
183

Mongolia

total subscriptions:
230,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
125

Nepal

total subscriptions:
840,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
85

Pakistan

total subscriptions:
4.9 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
31

Russia

total subscriptions:
39.43 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
28 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
7

Sri Lanka

total subscriptions:
2.7 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
52

Tajikistan

total subscriptions:
440,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
5 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
98

Turkmenistan

total subscriptions:
620,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
91

Uzbekistan

total subscriptions:
2.51 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
53

Central America and the Caribbean

27 entries

Anguilla

total subscriptions:
5,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
37 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
206

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

total subscriptions:
32,400
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
35 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
172

Aruba

total subscriptions:
35,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
32 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
169

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total subscriptions:
140,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
43 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
140

Barbados

total subscriptions:
150,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
52 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
138

Belize

total subscriptions:
22,700
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
7 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
180

British Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:
11,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
36 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
197

Cayman Islands

total subscriptions:
32,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
60 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
170

Costa Rica

total subscriptions:
880,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
19 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
82

Cuba

total subscriptions:
1.26 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
11 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
67

Dominica

total subscriptions:
17,600
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
24 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
188

Dominican Republic

total subscriptions:
1.23 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
68

El Salvador

total subscriptions:
950,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
15 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
79

Grenada

total subscriptions:
28,600
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
26 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
174

Guatemala

total subscriptions:
1.72 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
65

Haiti

total subscriptions:
41,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
167

Honduras

total subscriptions:
530,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
95

Jamaica

total subscriptions:
250,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
122

Montserrat

total subscriptions:
3,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
59 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
210

Nicaragua

total subscriptions:
340,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
111

Panama

total subscriptions:
590,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
16 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
92

Puerto Rico

total subscriptions:
820,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
23 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
86

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

total subscriptions:
19,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
37 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
185

Saint Lucia

total subscriptions:
32,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
171

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total subscriptions:
23,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
23 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
175

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

total subscriptions:
290,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
24 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
116

Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:
76,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
73 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
149

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total subscriptions:
250,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
123

Andorra

total subscriptions:
38,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
45 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
168

Austria

total subscriptions:
3.27 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
38 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
45

Belarus

total subscriptions:
4.5 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
47 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
35

Belgium

total subscriptions:
4.7 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
32

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

total subscriptions:
850,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
22 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
84

Bulgaria

total subscriptions:
1.8 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
25 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
64

Croatia

total subscriptions:
1.57 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
35 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
66

Czech Republic now Czechia

total subscriptions:
1.89 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
60

Denmark

total subscriptions:
1.88 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
34 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
61

Estonia

total subscriptions:
410,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
32 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
103

European Union

total:
213.8 million (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
2

Faroe Islands

total subscriptions:
17,300
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
35 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
189

Finland

total subscriptions:
640,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
90

France

total subscriptions:
38.81 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
59 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
8

Germany

total subscriptions:
47.02 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
58 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
5

Gibraltar

total subscriptions:
23,400
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
80 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
179

Greece

total subscriptions:
5.22 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
48 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
29

Guernsey

total subscriptions:
45,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
70 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
165

Hungary

total subscriptions:
3.01 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
30 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
49

Ireland

total subscriptions:
2.02 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
57

Italy

total subscriptions:
20.57 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
33 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
15

Jersey

total subscriptions:
83,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
95 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
148

Kosovo

total:
110,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (2006)
country comparison to the world:
143

Latvia

total subscriptions:
390,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
19 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
106

Liechtenstein

total subscriptions:
18,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
48 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
187

Lithuania

total subscriptions:
590,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
93

Luxembourg

total subscriptions:
270,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
48 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
119

Malta

total subscriptions:
230,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
56 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
126

Moldova

total subscriptions:
1.22 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
34 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
69

Monaco

total subscriptions:
50,600
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
166 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
162

Montenegro

total subscriptions:
160,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
25 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
135

Netherlands

total subscriptions:
7.13 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
25

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total subscriptions:
390,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
19 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
105

Norway

total subscriptions:
1.16 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
22 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
72

Poland

total subscriptions:
5.04 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
13 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
30

Portugal

total subscriptions:
4.59 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
34

Romania

total subscriptions:
4.6 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
21 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
33

San Marino

total subscriptions:
18,600
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
57 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
186

Serbia

total subscriptions:
2.86 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
40 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
51

Slovakia

total subscriptions:
920,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
17 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
80

Slovenia

total subscriptions:
770,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
39 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
88

Spain

total subscriptions:
19.09 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
40 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
16

Sweden

total subscriptions:
3.82 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
39 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
43

Switzerland

total subscriptions:
4.37 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
54 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
38

Ukraine

total subscriptions:
10.46 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
23 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
20

United Kingdom

total subscriptions:
33.24 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
52 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
9

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total subscriptions:
280,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
22 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
118

Cyprus

total subscriptions:
330,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
28 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
112

Gaza Strip

  • 403,118 (includes West Bank) (2014 est.)

Iran

total subscriptions:
30.59 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
38 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
10

Iraq

total subscriptions:
1.95 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
5 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
59

Israel

total subscriptions:
2.9 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
37 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
50

Jordan

total subscriptions:
380,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
5 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
107

Kuwait

total subscriptions:
490,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
97

Lebanon

total subscriptions:
970,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
16 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
77

Oman

total subscriptions:
380,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
108

Qatar

total subscriptions:
420,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
101

Saudi Arabia

total subscriptions:
3.92 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
14 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
42

Syria

total subscriptions:
3.99 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
22 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
41

Turkey now Turkiye

total subscriptions:
12.53 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
16 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
19

United Arab Emirates

total subscriptions:
2.1 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
37 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
56

West Bank

total subscriptions:
400,000 (includes Gaza Strip)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
15 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
104

Yemen

total subscriptions:
1.17 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
4 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
71

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total subscriptions:
29,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
173

Canada

total subscriptions:
16.6 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
48 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
17

Mexico

total subscriptions:
21.1 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
14

Saint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total subscriptions:
4,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
81 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
209

United States

total subscriptions:
129.4 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
41 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
3

Oceania

19 entries

American Samoa

total subscriptions:
9,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
199

Australia

total subscriptions:
9.19 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
41 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
22

Cook Islands

total:
7,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
61 (2009)
country comparison to the world:
202

Fiji

total subscriptions:
74,700
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
150

French Polynesia

total subscriptions:
55,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
159

Guam

total subscriptions:
67,400
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
152

Kiribati

total subscriptions:
9,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
200

Marshall Islands

total subscriptions:
2,400
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
213

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

total subscriptions:
7,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
7 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
204

Nauru

total subscriptions:
0
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
218

New Caledonia

total subscriptions:
88,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
33 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
146

New Zealand

total subscriptions:
1.85 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
62

Palau

total subscriptions:
7,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
34 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
203

Papua New Guinea

total subscriptions:
150,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
137

Samoa

total subscriptions:
11,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
196

Solomon Islands

total subscriptions:
7,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
201

Tonga

total subscriptions:
12,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
11 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
195

Tuvalu

total subscriptions:
1,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
14 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
215

Vanuatu

total subscriptions:
5,700
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
207

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total subscriptions:
9.4 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
22 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
21

Bolivia

total subscriptions:
880,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
83

Brazil

total subscriptions:
44.1 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
22 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
6

Chile

total subscriptions:
3.4 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
44

Colombia

total subscriptions:
7.2 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
16 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
24

Ecuador

total subscriptions:
2.44 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
16 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
55

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total subscriptions:
2,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
66 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
214

Guyana

total subscriptions:
160,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
22 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
134

Paraguay

total subscriptions:
370,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
109

Peru

total subscriptions:
3.03 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
10 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
48

Suriname

total subscriptions:
84,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
15 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
147

Uruguay

total subscriptions:
1.08 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
32 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
75

Venezuela

total subscriptions:
7.81 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
27 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
23

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total subscriptions:
48,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
11 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
164

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total subscriptions:
530,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
96

Cambodia

total subscriptions:
440,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
99

Hong Kong

total subscriptions:
4.43 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
62 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
36

Indonesia

total subscriptions:
29.64 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
11

Laos

total subscriptions:
920,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
14 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
81

Macau

total:
160,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
28 (2012)
country comparison to the world:
133

Malaysia

total subscriptions:
4.41 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
15 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
37

Philippines

total subscriptions:
3.09 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
47

Singapore

total subscriptions:
1.96 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
35 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
58

Taiwan

total subscriptions:
14.04 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
60 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
18

Thailand

total subscriptions:
5.69 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
27

Timor-Leste

total subscriptions:
3,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
212

Vietnam

total subscriptions:
5.56 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
28

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2015, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2015.

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