The CIA World Factbook Edition 2019 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 2019 edition carries it in 224 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
entries in the 2019 edition 224
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).
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World 1 entry
total subscriptions: 984,289,950
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
Africa 55 entries
total subscriptions: 3,130,090
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 161,070
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 56,787
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 141,207
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 76,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 23,409
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 64,970
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 699,055
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,964
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 14,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 17,212
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: NA
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: NA (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 17,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 305,562
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 36,582
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,604,849
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 10,989
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 66,086
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 42,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 1.181 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 21,235
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 37,969
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 301,551
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 0
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 69,861
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 10,637
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 8,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,374,408
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 68,792
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 17,337
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 200,812
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 57,057
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 413,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 30 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,046,390
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 80,545
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 193,125
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 114,352
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 139,344
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 12,333
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (December 2017 est.) (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 576
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 35 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 5,569
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 290,636
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 19,652
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 17,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 48,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,629,141
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 143,280
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 127,094
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 36,111
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,113,168
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 262,286
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 101,444
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 264,150
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2017 est.)
Arctic Region 2 entries
total subscriptions: 16,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 146,213
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 43 (2017 est.)
Asia 22 entries
total subscriptions: 118,769 (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 505,190
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,688,325
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 710,189
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 21,364
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 193.762 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 713,826
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 23,234,687
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 63,941,094
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 51 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,697,300
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1.18 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 26,842,952
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 52 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 362,288
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 20,377
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 292,594
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 861,299
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,940,243
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 31,190,855
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 22 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,603,178
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 468,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 5.315 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 132 (January 2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,444,330
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
Central America and the Caribbean 27 entries
total subscriptions: 6,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 22,504
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 35,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 113,852
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 35 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 139,645
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 48 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 23,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 10,004
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 34,116
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 60 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 843,148
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,349,188
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 13,328
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,329,852
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 677,599
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 32,491
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,461,109
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 5,703
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 491,107
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 297,027
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 57 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 375,856
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 603,638
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 783,739
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 23 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 17,293
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 35,014
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 20,111
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 257,445
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 76,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 73 (July 2016 est.)
Europe 47 entries
total subscriptions: 247,010
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 38,411
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 50 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,762,801
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 43 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,499,821
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,251,564
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 759,344
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,302,316
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,401,354
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,616,631
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,439,695
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 26 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 362,117
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 210,621,546
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 20,193
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 46 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 378,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 38.687 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 58 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 44.4 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 55 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 19,753
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 67 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 5,176,475
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 48 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 36,547
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 60 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,131,598
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 32 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,842,026
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 20,700,659
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 55,938
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 58 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 831,470
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 45 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 342,097
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 15,852
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 41 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 486,895
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 275,300
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 46 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 240,280
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 58 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,143,852
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 47,013
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 153 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 152,155
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 6.551 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 361,269
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 745,182
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 8,143,145
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,831,022
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 45 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 3.89 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 15,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,609,592
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 758,842
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 717,235
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 36 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 19,680,973
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 40 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,794,418
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,672,500
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 45 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 7,186,579
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 33,140,662
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 50 (2017 est.)
Middle East 17 entries
total subscriptions: 285,318
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 317,241
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 26 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 432,000 (includes the West Bank); (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (includes the West Bank); (July 2016 est.) (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 31,182,812
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,918,396
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 3.24 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 39 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 404,112
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 542,082
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,816,262
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 497,716
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 440,909
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,619,352
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,726,193
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 11,308,444
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,320,837
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 472,293 (includes Gaza Strip)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (includes Gaza Strip) (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,165,828
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (July 2016 est.)
North America 5 entries
total subscriptions: 21,883
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 14,700,854
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 41 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 20,602,668
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 80 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 119.902 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37 (2017 est.)
Oceania 21 entries
total subscriptions: 10,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 8.46 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 36 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 7,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 75 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 75,952
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 60,530
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 68,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 42 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 765
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,361
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,947
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 92,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 1.368 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 30 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 7,204
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 154,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 8,454
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 7,405
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 300
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 11,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,499
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,132
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (July 2016 est.)
South America 13 entries
total subscriptions: 9,530,349
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 22 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 851,110
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 40,878,018
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,193,131
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,987,654
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,415,204
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,255
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 77 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 135,795
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 290,109
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,082,036
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 89,030
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,136,977
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 547,291
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19 (2018 est.)
Southeast Asia 14 entries
total subscriptions: 74,213
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17 (July 2016 est.)
Burma
now Burma (Myanmar)
total subscriptions: 556,112
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 132,911
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,266,837
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 59 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 11,172,021
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,125,469
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 142,000
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,578,200
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,163,282
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,983,100
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 13,565,064
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 58 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2.91 million
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,364
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,526,077
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5 (2017 est.)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2019, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2019.