The CIA World Factbook Edition 2016 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 2016 edition carries it in 224 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2016 edition
224
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 (July 2015 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total subscriptions:
3,267,592
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
46

Angola

total subscriptions:
284,925
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
117

Benin

total subscriptions:
194,666
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
127

Botswana

total subscriptions:
160,490
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
7 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
132

Burkina Faso

total subscriptions:
75,075
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
141

Burundi

total subscriptions:
21,774
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
182

Cabo Verde

total subscriptions:
58,456
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
11 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
156

Cameroon

total subscriptions:
1,054,978
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
4 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
76

Central African Republic

total subscriptions:
1,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
216

Chad

total subscriptions:
17,029
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
177

Comoros

total subscriptions:
24,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
178

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

total subscriptions:
59,534
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world:
217

Congo, Republic Of The now Republic of the Congo

total subscriptions:
17,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
193

Cote D'Ivoire now Cote d'Ivoire

total subscriptions:
277,248
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
124

Djibouti

total subscriptions:
23,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
181

Egypt

total subscriptions:
6,235,133
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
7 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
26

Equatorial Guinea

total subscriptions:
11,334
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
194

Eritrea

total subscriptions:
66,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
154

Swaziland now Eswatini

total subscriptions:
43,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
166

Ethiopia

total subscriptions:
890,642
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
87

Gabon

total subscriptions:
18,758
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
190

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total subscriptions:
45,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
158

Ghana

total subscriptions:
275,570
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
120

Guinea

total subscriptions:
18,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2011 est.)
country comparison to the world:
219

Guinea-Bissau

total subscriptions:
5,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world:
208

Kenya

total subscriptions:
85,496
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
129

Lesotho

total subscriptions:
45,364
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
161

Liberia

total subscriptions:
9,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
198

Libya

total subscriptions:
632,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
10 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
89

Madagascar

total subscriptions:
253,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
121

Malawi

total subscriptions:
45,678
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
153

Mali

total subscriptions:
169,006
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
136

Mauritania

total subscriptions:
51,294
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
160

Mauritius

total subscriptions:
380,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
28 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
110

Morocco

total subscriptions:
2,222,370
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
7 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
54

Mozambique

total subscriptions:
89,292
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
151

Namibia

total subscriptions:
182,507
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
128

Niger

total subscriptions:
110,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
142

Nigeria

total subscriptions:
187,155
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
130

Rwanda

total subscriptions:
16,983
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
163

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

total:
2,728
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
35 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
211

Sao Tome And Principe now Sao Tome and Principe

total subscriptions:
7,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
4 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
205

Senegal

total subscriptions:
300,219
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
115

Seychelles

total subscriptions:
21,341
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
23 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
184

Sierra Leone

total subscriptions:
17,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
192

Somalia

total subscriptions:
51,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
157

South Africa

total subscriptions:
4,131,055
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
40

South Sudan

total subscriptions:
150
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2012 est.)

Sudan

total subscriptions:
118,954
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
102

Tanzania

total subscriptions:
142,819
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
139

Togo

total subscriptions:
52,690
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
155

Tunisia

total subscriptions:
943,508
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
78

Uganda

total subscriptions:
328,811
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
114

Zambia

total subscriptions:
116,165
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
144

Zimbabwe

total subscriptions:
333,702
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
113

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total subscriptions:
16,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
28 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
191

Iceland

total subscriptions:
168,149
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
51 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
131

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total subscriptions:
110,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
145

Armenia

total subscriptions:
551,366
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
94

Azerbaijan

total subscriptions:
1,796,027
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
63

Bangladesh

total subscriptions:
830,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
74

Bhutan

total subscriptions:
21,811
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
176

China

total subscriptions:
230.996 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
17 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
1

Georgia

total subscriptions:
950,167
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
19 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
73

India

total subscriptions:
25.518 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
13

Japan

total subscriptions:
63,633,050
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
50 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
4

Kazakhstan

total subscriptions:
4,143,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
23 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
39

Korea, North now North Korea

total subscriptions:
1.18 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
5 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
70

Korea, South now South Korea

total subscriptions:
28,882,783
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
59 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
12

Kyrgyzstan

total subscriptions:
408,037
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
7 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
100

Maldives

total subscriptions:
21,911
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
183

Mongolia

total subscriptions:
255,634
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
125

Nepal

total subscriptions:
846,940
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
85

Pakistan

total subscriptions:
2,990,954
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
31

Russia

total subscriptions:
36,524,978
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
26 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
7

Sri Lanka

total subscriptions:
2,601,196
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
52

Tajikistan

total subscriptions:
457,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
98

Turkmenistan

total subscriptions:
648,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
91

Uzbekistan

total subscriptions:
2,507,711
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
53

Central America and the Caribbean

27 entries

Anguilla

total subscriptions:
6,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
37 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
206

Antigua And Barbuda now Antigua and Barbuda

total subscriptions:
12,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
13 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
172

Aruba

total subscriptions:
35,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
31 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
169

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total subscriptions:
120,925
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
37 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
140

Barbados

total subscriptions:
156,857
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
54 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
138

Belize

total subscriptions:
21,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
180

British Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:
12,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
36 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
197

Cayman Islands

total subscriptions:
33,534
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
60 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
170

Costa Rica

total subscriptions:
859,514
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
82

Cuba

total subscriptions:
1,295,857
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
67

Dominica

total subscriptions:
15,123
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
21 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
188

Dominican Republic

total subscriptions:
1,304,968
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
68

El Salvador

total subscriptions:
944,266
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
15 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
79

Grenada

total subscriptions:
27,034
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
24 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
174

Guatemala

total subscriptions:
1,718,851
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
65

Haiti

total subscriptions:
41,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
167

Honduras

total subscriptions:
497,072
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
95

Jamaica

total subscriptions:
252,630
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
122

Montserrat

total subscriptions:
3,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
57 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
210

Nicaragua

total subscriptions:
354,017
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
111

Panama

total subscriptions:
620,436
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
17 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
92

Puerto Rico

total subscriptions:
813,106
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
23 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
86

Saint Kitts And Nevis now Saint Kitts and Nevis

total subscriptions:
19,748
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
38 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
185

Saint Lucia

total subscriptions:
34,874
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
21 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
171

Saint Vincent And The Grenadines now Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total subscriptions:
24,865
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
24 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
175

Trinidad And Tobago now Trinidad and Tobago

total subscriptions:
270,872
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
22 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
116

Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:
76,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
73 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
149

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total subscriptions:
226,718
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
7 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
123

Andorra

total subscriptions:
38,850
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
45 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
168

Austria

total subscriptions:
3,609,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
45

Belarus

total subscriptions:
4,540,678
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
47 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
35

Belgium

total subscriptions:
4,488,711
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
40 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
32

Bosnia And Herzegovina now Bosnia and Herzegovina

total subscriptions:
771,684
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
84

Bulgaria

total subscriptions:
1,654,535
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
23 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
64

Croatia

total subscriptions:
1,476,506
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
33 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
66

Czechia

total subscriptions:
1,949,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
60

Denmark

total subscriptions:
1,694,051
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
30 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
61

Estonia

total subscriptions:
387,607
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
31 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
103

European Union

total:
213.8 million (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
2

Faroe Islands

total subscriptions:
17,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
34 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
189

Finland

total subscriptions:
537,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
10 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
90

France

total subscriptions:
38.929 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
58 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
8

Germany

total subscriptions:
45.352 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
56 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
5

Gibraltar

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

Greece

total subscriptions:
5,177,090
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
48 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
29

Guernsey

total subscriptions:
45,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
69 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world:
165

Hungary

total subscriptions:
3,094,228
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
31 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
49

Ireland

total subscriptions:
1,932,059
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
39 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
57

Italy

total subscriptions:
20,236,305
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
33 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
15

Jersey

total subscriptions:
73,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
80 (July 2010 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:
395,602
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
106

Liechtenstein

total subscriptions:
17,184
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
46 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
187

Lithuania

total subscriptions:
561,919
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
19 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
93

Luxembourg

total subscriptions:
276,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
49 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
119

Malta

total subscriptions:
230,226
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
56 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
126

Moldova

total subscriptions:
1,202,466
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
34 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
69

Monaco

total subscriptions:
49,085
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
130 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
162

Montenegro

total subscriptions:
154,448
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
24 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
135

Netherlands

total subscriptions:
6,951,528
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
41 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
25

Macedonia now North Macedonia

total subscriptions:
372,557
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
105

Norway

total subscriptions:
1,029,545
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
72

Poland

total subscriptions:
4.245 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
11 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
30

Portugal

total subscriptions:
4,682,997
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
43 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
34

Romania

total subscriptions:
4.27 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
33

San Marino

total subscriptions:
16,550
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
50 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
186

Serbia

total subscriptions:
2,770,462
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
39 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
51

Slovakia

total subscriptions:
866,630
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
16 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
80

Slovenia

total subscriptions:
753,082
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
38 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
88

Spain

total subscriptions:
19,180,192
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
40 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
16

Sweden

total subscriptions:
3,554,665
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
36 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
43

Switzerland

total subscriptions:
4.14 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
51 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
38

Ukraine

total subscriptions:
9,113,061
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
21 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
20

United Kingdom

total subscriptions:
33.613 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
52 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
9

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total subscriptions:
278,976
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
21 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
118

Cyprus

total subscriptions:
323,707
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
27 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
112

Gaza Strip

  • 406,500 (includes the West Bank) (July 2015 est.)

Iran

total subscriptions:
30,418,973
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
37 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
10

Iraq

total subscriptions:
1.997 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
5 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
59

Israel

total subscriptions:
3.412 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
50

Jordan

total subscriptions:
368,938
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
5 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
107

Kuwait

total subscriptions:
480,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
17 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
97

Lebanon

total subscriptions:
970,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
16 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
77

Oman

total subscriptions:
434,932
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
13 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
108

Qatar

total subscriptions:
428,858
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
101

Saudi Arabia

total subscriptions:
3,746,906
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
14 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
42

Syria

total subscriptions:
4.082 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
24 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
41

Turkey now Turkiye

total subscriptions:
11,493,057
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
14 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
19

United Arab Emirates

total subscriptions:
2,208,425
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
38 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
56

West Bank

total subscriptions:
406,500 (includes Gaza Strip)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
104

Yemen

total subscriptions:
1.195 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
4 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
71

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

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

Canada

total subscriptions:
15.902 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
45 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
17

Mexico

total subscriptions:
19,886,949
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
16 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
14

Saint Pierre And Miquelon now Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total subscriptions:
4,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
80 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world:
209

United States

total subscriptions:
121.991 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
38 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
3

Oceania

21 entries

American Samoa

total subscriptions:
10,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
199

Australia

total subscriptions:
9.08 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
40 (July 2015 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:
72,565
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
150

French Polynesia

total subscriptions:
60,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
21 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
159

Guam

total subscriptions:
68,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
152

Kiribati

total subscriptions:
1,477
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
200

Marshall Islands

total subscriptions:
2,361
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world:
213

Micronesia, Federated States Of now Federated States of Micronesia

total subscriptions:
6,808
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
204

Nauru

total subscriptions:
1,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
14 (July 2009 est.)
country comparison to the world:
218

New Caledonia

total subscriptions:
92,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
34 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
146

New Zealand

total subscriptions:
1.85 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
42 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
62

Palau

total subscriptions:
7,204
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
34 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
203

Papua New Guinea

total subscriptions:
150,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
137

Samoa

total subscriptions:
10,886
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
196

Solomon Islands

total subscriptions:
7,438
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
201

Tokelau

total subscriptions:
300
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
21 (July 2010 est.)

Tonga

total subscriptions:
13,220
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
12 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
195

Tuvalu

total subscriptions:
2,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
18 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
215

Vanuatu

total subscriptions:
4,797
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
207

Wallis And Futuna now Wallis and Futuna

total subscriptions:
3,132
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (July 2014 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total subscriptions:
10,119,920
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
23 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
21

Bolivia

total subscriptions:
881,084
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
83

Brazil

total subscriptions:
43,677,141
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
21 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
6

Chile

total subscriptions:
3,445,880
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
20 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
44

Colombia

total subscriptions:
7,109,254
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
15 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
24

Ecuador

total subscriptions:
2,512,657
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
16 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
55

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total subscriptions:
2,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
68 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
214

Guyana

total subscriptions:
154,057
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
21 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
134

Paraguay

total subscriptions:
384,135
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
109

Peru

total subscriptions:
2,912,316
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
10 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
48

Suriname

total subscriptions:
85,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
15 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
147

Uruguay

total subscriptions:
1,106,431
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
33 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
75

Venezuela

total subscriptions:
7,780,096
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
27 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
23

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total subscriptions:
38,384
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
164

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total subscriptions:
523,722
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
96

Cambodia

total subscriptions:
256,387
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
2 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
99

Hong Kong

total subscriptions:
4,327,286
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
61 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
36

Indonesia

total subscriptions:
22.386 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
9 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
11

Laos

total subscriptions:
962,497
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
14 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
81

Macau

total:
146,138
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
25 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
133

Malaysia

total subscriptions:
4,394,559
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
14 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
37

Philippines

total subscriptions:
3.039 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
3 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
47

Singapore

total subscriptions:
2,021,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
36 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
58

Taiwan

total subscriptions:
13,916,334
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
59 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
18

Thailand

total subscriptions:
5.309 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
8 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
27

Timor-Leste

total subscriptions:
2,720
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
less than 1 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
212

Vietnam

total subscriptions:
5.9 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:
6 (July 2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
28

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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2016, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2016.

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