The CIA World Factbook Edition 2020 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 2020 edition carries it in 227 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.
entries in the 2020 edition 227
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: 4,558,502
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10.77 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 122,566
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 37,305
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 139,735
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6.12 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 75,066
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 20,758
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 60,233
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10.46 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 966,035
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.58 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,934
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,540
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 9,840
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.18 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 0 NA
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2018 est.)
total subscriptions: 17,076
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 284,799
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.06 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 34,671
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.84 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 8,885,103
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8.73 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,779
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 116,882
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.94 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 40,003
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.65 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,095,946
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.04 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 22,412
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.03 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 41,179
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.93 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 272,801
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 0
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2018 est.)
total subscriptions: 0
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2018 est.)
total subscriptions: 68,072
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 7,865
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 8,394
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,618,511
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 23.95 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 68,426
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 14,357
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 227,831
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.2 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 53,742
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.37 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 470,166
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34.27 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,982,934
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5.63 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 61,575
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 144,575
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5.6 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 116,352
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 146,075
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 11,215
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,921
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 49.93 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,614
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2.22 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 195,288
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.27 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 19,627
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20.59 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,586
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 74,800
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1 less than 1 (2018 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,934,778
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.46 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 0
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2018 est.)
total subscriptions: 141,922
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 74,081
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 45,311
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,444,631
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12.43 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 184,065
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 91,422
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 258,419
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.81 (2019 est.)
Arctic Region 2 entries
total subscriptions: 7,259
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12.59 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 128,597
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37.04 (2019 est.)
Asia 22 entries
total subscriptions: 125,232
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 462,725
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15.27 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,686,316
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16.65 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,433,460
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 21,916
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2.83 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 185,097,221
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13.32 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 638,092
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12.95 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 20,198,012
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.54 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 62,775,494
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 49.88 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,275,584
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17.31 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,183,806
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4.64 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 24,924,607
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 48.27 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 275,311
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4.66 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 12,316
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.14 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 385,191
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12.28 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 855,926
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2.85 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,607,495
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.14 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 31,171,043
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21.96 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,641,982
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11.62 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 471,090
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5.39 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 648,223
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11.85 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,262,896
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10.77 (2019 est.)
Central America and the Caribbean 29 entries
total subscriptions: 7,461
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 42.02 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 24,403
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 25.15 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 39,582
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33.54 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 78,439
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 23.4 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 141,618
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 48.19 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 18,617
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4.74 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 7,640
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20.88 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 33,338
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 54.85 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 630,386
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12.5 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,475,679
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13.31 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 57,443
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 38.09 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,751
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.71 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,172,083
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11.27 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 882,498
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13.73 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 33,011
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29.3 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,894,179
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11.23 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 5,464
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 458,696
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 5.03 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 379,420
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13.5 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,227
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 60.4 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 215,055
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.5 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 671,799
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17.46 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 758,869
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 23.42 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 17,766
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33.23 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 33,285
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20.05 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 11,889
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11.7 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 298,493
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24.62 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,096
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11.12 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 77,212
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 72.41 (2019 est.)
Europe 47 entries
total subscriptions: 258,474
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8.43 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 44,050
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 51.41 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,700,006
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 41.91 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,513,255
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47.49 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,967,054
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34.06 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 920,407
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 23.95 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 974,056
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13.89 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,371,999
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 32.29 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,473,846
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13.78 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,017,009
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17.41 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 302,606
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24.47 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 210,621,546
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4 (2017 est.)
total subscriptions: 19,137
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37.29 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 269,980
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4.86 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 39,234,941
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 58.03 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 38,847,530
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 48.37 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 14,865
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 50.35 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 5,080,386
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47.75 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 36,547
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 60 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,084,836
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31.48 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,854,605
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 36.2 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 20,196,475
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 32.4 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 55,938
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 58 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 117,317
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6.11 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 227,149
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 11.94 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 14,337
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 36.91 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 368,515
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13.34 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 268,043
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 43.43 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 264,557
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 58.36 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 901,317
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 26.5 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 34,903
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 113.23 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 183,387
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29.96 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 5,598,798
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 32.52 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 402,250
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18.95 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 571,958
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10.55 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,907,937
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 18.01 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 5,179,685
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 50.15 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,731,047
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17.45 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 16,070
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47.25 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,060,005
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29.24 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 673,341
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12.37 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 715,283
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34.02 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 21,065,700
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 42.4 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,941,360
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19.18 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,012,224
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 36.08 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,378,911
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9.96 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 31,160,866
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 47.62 (2019 est.)
Middle East 17 entries
total subscriptions: 246,603
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16.73 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 469,305
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37.48 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 472,293 (includes the West Bank); (July 2016 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (includes the West Bank); (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 29,330,454
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34.92 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,678,046
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 7.04 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,050,693
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 35.68 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 375,576
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.52 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 368,305
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12.46 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 752,547
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12.87 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 456,940
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12.82 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 392,048
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16.29 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 5,276,773
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15.69 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,097,164
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 16.66 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 11,283,768
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13.82 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,380,238
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 24.18 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 472,293 (includes Gaza Strip) (2017 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9 (includes Gaza Strip) (2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,253,287
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4.28 (2019 est.)
North America 5 entries
total subscriptions: 24,808
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 34.71 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 13,258,721
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 35.46 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 22,471,647
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17.65 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,086
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 75.55 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 107,667,642
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 32.6 (2019 est.)
Oceania 22 entries
total subscriptions: 8,984
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17.92 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 7,792,701
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 31.03 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,305
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37.56 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 80,650
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8.66 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 63,769
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21.78 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 70,639
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 42.01 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 22
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,172
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4.13 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,420
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6.23 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,900
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 82,111
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28.67 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,801,645
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 37.11 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 20,398
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 39.44 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 8,808
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 40.78 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 133,593
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.87 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 8,770
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4.33 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 7,130
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.06 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 300
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 21 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,748
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6.35 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,978
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17.59 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,724
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 1.27 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,012
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 25.38 (2019 est.)
South America 13 entries
total subscriptions: 7,791,464
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17.28 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 719,399
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 6.27 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 33,585,164
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15.97 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,620,195
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 14.51 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,774,363
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 13.93 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,111,291
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 12.64 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,255
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 77 (July 2016 est.)
total subscriptions: 130,497
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 17.52 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 309,221
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 4.35 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,099,172
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 9.8 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 96,310
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 15.95 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,137,193
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 33.66 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 5,501,135
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19.17 (2019 est.)
Southeast Asia 14 entries
total subscriptions: 91,415
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19.98 (2019 est.)
Burma
now Burma (Myanmar)
total subscriptions: 544,283
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 56,749
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,942,605
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 54.51 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 9,272,754
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.5 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 1,526,232
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20.79 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 119,355
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 19.55 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 6,530,410
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 20.26 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 4,140,108
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.85 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,003,594
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 32.83 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 12,863,860
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 54.56 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,580,166
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.75 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 2,164
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: less than 1 (2019 est.)
total subscriptions: 3,710,210
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 3.79 (2019 est.)
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Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2020, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2020.