The CIA World Factbook Edition 2023 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 2023 edition carries it in 227 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2023 edition: 227
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

total subscriptions:: 901,317,598 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2021 est.)

Africa

54 entries

Algeria

total subscriptions:: 5,097,095 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2021 est.)

Angola

total subscriptions:: 119,826 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Benin

total subscriptions:: 11,493 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Botswana

total subscriptions:: 132,457 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2021 est.)

Burkina Faso

total subscriptions:: 81,374 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Burundi

total subscriptions:: 15,976 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Cabo Verde

total subscriptions:: 53,586 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2021 est.)

Cameroon

total subscriptions:: 739,572 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2021 est.)

Central African Republic

total subscriptions:: 2,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Chad

total subscriptions:: 5,300 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Comoros

total subscriptions:: 7,431 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2021 est.)

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

total subscriptions:: (2021 est.) less than 1
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Congo, Republic of the now Republic of the Congo

total subscriptions:: 17,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2020 est.) less than 1

Cote d'Ivoire

total subscriptions:: 265,513 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2021 est.)

Djibouti

total subscriptions:: 27,326 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2021 est.)

Egypt

total subscriptions:: 11,030,900 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2021 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total subscriptions:: 11,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Eritrea

total subscriptions:: 66,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2021 est.)

Eswatini

total subscriptions:: 46,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2021 est.)

Ethiopia

total subscriptions:: 890,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Gabon

total subscriptions:: 31,708 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2021 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

total subscriptions:: 60,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2021 est.)

Ghana

total subscriptions:: 315,271 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2021 est.)

Guinea

total subscriptions:: 0 (2018 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 0 (2018 est.)

Guinea-Bissau

total subscriptions:: 4,800 (2009 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2009 est.) less than 1

Kenya

total subscriptions:: 61,096 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Lesotho

total subscriptions:: 9,559 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Liberia

total subscriptions:: 6,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Libya

total subscriptions:: 1.6 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 23 (2021 est.)

Madagascar

total subscriptions:: 26,271 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Malawi

total subscriptions:: 12,465 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Mali

total subscriptions:: 301,055 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2021 est.)

Mauritania

total subscriptions:: 58,094 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2021 est.)

Mauritius

total subscriptions:: 469,100 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 36 (2021 est.)

Morocco

total subscriptions:: 2,460,155 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2021 est.)

Mozambique

total subscriptions:: 59,682 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Namibia

total subscriptions:: 91,869 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2021 est.)

Niger

total subscriptions:: 58,000 (2021)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Nigeria

total subscriptions:: 106,385 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Rwanda

total subscriptions:: 11,893 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

total subscriptions:: 4,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 74 (2021 est.)

Sao Tome and Principe

total subscriptions:: 2,501 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.)

Senegal

total subscriptions:: 297,046 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Seychelles

total subscriptions:: 19,027 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2022 est.)

Sierra Leone

total subscriptions:: 269 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 0 (2021 est.)

Somalia

total subscriptions:: 91,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2021 est.)

South Africa

total subscriptions:: 1,472,191 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2021 est.)

Sudan

total subscriptions:: 129,408 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Tanzania

total subscriptions:: 72,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Togo

total subscriptions:: 54,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Tunisia

total subscriptions:: 1.7 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2021 est.)

Uganda

total subscriptions:: 110,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Zambia

total subscriptions:: 66,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Zimbabwe

total subscriptions:: 243,421 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2021 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total subscriptions:: 6,352 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2020 est.)

Iceland

total subscriptions:: 100,482 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 27 (2021 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total subscriptions:: 150,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Armenia

total subscriptions:: 418,122 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2021 est.)

Azerbaijan

total subscriptions:: 1,644,300 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2021 est.)

Bangladesh

total subscriptions:: 587,476 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 0 (2021 est.) less than 1

Bhutan

total subscriptions:: 19,680 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2021 est.)

China

total subscriptions:: 180,700,500 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Georgia

total subscriptions:: 337,923 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2021 est.)

India

total subscriptions:: 23,773,751 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2021 est.)

Japan

total subscriptions:: 61,583,600 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 49 (2021 est.)

Kazakhstan

total subscriptions:: 2,997,400 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2021 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total subscriptions:: 1.2 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2021 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total subscriptions:: 23,213,189 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 45 (2021 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total subscriptions:: 300,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2021 est.)

Maldives

total subscriptions:: 14,005 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2021 est.)

Mongolia

total subscriptions:: 399,237 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2021 est.)

Nepal

total subscriptions:: 730,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2021 est.)

Pakistan

total subscriptions:: 2,989,133 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2021 est.)

Russia

total subscriptions:: 24 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2021 est.)

Sri Lanka

total subscriptions:: 2,869,186 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Tajikistan

total subscriptions:: 500,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2021 est.)

Turkmenistan

total subscriptions:: 800,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Uzbekistan

total subscriptions:: 3,470,097 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 17 (2021 est.)

Central America and the Caribbean

29 entries

Anguilla

total subscriptions:: 6,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 38 (2021 est.)

Antigua and Barbuda

total subscriptions:: 27,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 27 (2021 est.)

Aruba

total subscriptions:: 35,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 33 (2021 est.)

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total subscriptions:: 91,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 22 (2020 est.)

Barbados

total subscriptions:: 120,980 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 43 (2021 est.)

Belize

total subscriptions:: 19,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2021 est.)

British Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:: 7,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 22 (2021 est.)

Cayman Islands

total subscriptions:: 36,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 53 (2021 est.)

Costa Rica

total subscriptions:: 553,455 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2021 est.)

Cuba

total subscriptions:: 1,539,269 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2021 est.)

Curacao

total subscriptions:: 53,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 28 (2021 est.)

Dominica

total subscriptions:: 7,500 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2021 est.)

Dominican Republic

total subscriptions:: 1,154,670 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2021 est.)

El Salvador

total subscriptions:: 856,090 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2021 est.)

Grenada

total subscriptions:: 26,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 21 (2021 est.)

Guatemala

total subscriptions:: 2,319,643 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Haiti

total subscriptions:: 6,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 64 (2021 est.) less than 1

Honduras

total subscriptions:: 465,521 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2021 est.)

Jamaica

total subscriptions:: 473,617 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 17 (2021 est.)

Montserrat

total subscriptions:: 3,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 67 (2020 est.)

Nicaragua

total subscriptions:: 207,577 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2021 est.)

Panama

total subscriptions:: 790,486 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2021 est.)

Puerto Rico

total subscriptions:: 726,739 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 22 (2021 est.)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

total subscriptions:: 16,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 33 (2021 est.)

Saint Lucia

total subscriptions:: 14,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 8 (2021 est.)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

total subscriptions:: 11,385 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2021 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total subscriptions:: 340,000 (2021)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 22 (2021 est.)

Turks and Caicos Islands

total subscriptions:: 4,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2021 est.)

Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:: 76,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 76 (2021 est.)

Europe

47 entries

Albania

total subscriptions:: 197,690 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2021 est.)

Andorra

total subscriptions:: 50,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 63 (2021 est.)

Austria

total subscriptions:: 3,808,709 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 43 (2021 est.)

Belarus

total subscriptions:: 4,332,754 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 45 (2021 est.)

Belgium

total subscriptions:: 3,293,420 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 28 (2021 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total subscriptions:: 689,295 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 21 (2021 est.)

Bulgaria

total subscriptions:: 787,637 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2021 est.)

Croatia

total subscriptions:: 1,268,941 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 31 (2021 est.)

Czechia

total subscriptions:: 1,294,806 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2021 est.)

Denmark

total subscriptions:: 706,604 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2021 est.)

Estonia

total subscriptions:: 296,620 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 22 (2021 est.)

European Union

total subscriptions:: 160,149,025 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 36 (2020 est.)

Faroe Islands

total subscriptions:: 15,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 29 (2021 est.)

Finland

total subscriptions:: 207,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2021 est.)

France

total subscriptions:: 38 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 59 (2021 est.)

Germany

total subscriptions:: 38.6 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 46 (2021 est.)

Gibraltar

total subscriptions:: 17,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 53 (2021 est.)

Greece

total subscriptions:: 4,913,036 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 47 (2021 est.)

Guernsey

total subscriptions:: 33,930 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 53 (2021 est.)

Hungary

total subscriptions:: 2,955,979 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 30 (2021 est.)

Ireland

total subscriptions:: 1,595,061 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 32 (2021 est.)

Italy

total subscriptions:: 19,994,902 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 34 (2021 est.)

Jersey

total subscriptions:: 48,122 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 47 (2021 est.)

Kosovo

total subscriptions:: 383,763 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 25 (2022 est.)

Latvia

total subscriptions:: 191,798 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2021 est.)

Liechtenstein

total subscriptions:: 11,712 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 30 (2021 est.)

Lithuania

total subscriptions:: 290,711 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2021 est.)

Luxembourg

total subscriptions:: 270,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 42 (2021 est.)

Malta

total subscriptions:: 259,439 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 49 (2021 est.)

Moldova

total subscriptions:: 1,000,228 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 33 (2021 est.)

Monaco

total subscriptions:: 42,812 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 117 (2021 est.)

Montenegro

total subscriptions:: 189,519 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 30 (2021 est.)

Netherlands

total subscriptions:: 5.024 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 29 (2021 est.)

North Macedonia

total subscriptions:: 425,646 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 20 (2021 est.)

Norway

total subscriptions:: 350,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2021 est.)

Poland

total subscriptions:: 5,308,497 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2021 est.)

Portugal

total subscriptions:: 5,318,750 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 52 (2021 est.)

Romania

total subscriptions:: 2.606 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

San Marino

total subscriptions:: 16,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 48 (2022 est.)

Serbia

total subscriptions:: 2,538,727 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 37 (2021 est.)

Slovakia

total subscriptions:: 540,558 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2022 est.)

Slovenia

total subscriptions:: 695,444 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 33 (2021 est.)

Spain

total subscriptions:: 19,075,931 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 40 (2021 est.)

Sweden

total subscriptions:: 1,382,146 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Switzerland

total subscriptions:: 2,956,500 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 34 (2021 est.)

Ukraine

total subscriptions:: 2.3 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 6 (2021 est.)

United Kingdom

total subscriptions:: 33 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 48 (2021 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total subscriptions:: 266,741 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2021 est.)

Cyprus

total subscriptions:: 304,581 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 34 (2021 est.)

Gaza Strip

total subscriptions:

485,829 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:

9 (2021 est.)

includes the West Bank

Iran

total subscriptions:: 29,306,782 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 33 (2021 est.)

Iraq

total subscriptions:: 3,048,736 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2021 est.)

Israel

total subscriptions:: 3.5 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 39 (2021 est.)

Jordan

total subscriptions:: 427,517 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2021 est.)

Kuwait

total subscriptions:: 580,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2020 est.)

Lebanon

total subscriptions:: 880,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2021 est.)

Oman

total subscriptions:: 572,166 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Qatar

total subscriptions:: 460,240 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 17 (2021 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total subscriptions:: 6,773,272 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 19 (2022 est.)

Syria

total subscriptions:: 2,821,171 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

total subscriptions:: 12 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2021 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total subscriptions:: 2.2 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 24 (2021 est.)

West Bank

total subscriptions:: 485,829 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2021 est.)

note : includes Gaza Strip

Yemen

total subscriptions:: 1.2 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2021 est.)

North America

5 entries

Bermuda

total subscriptions:: 25,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 39 (2021 est.)

Canada

total subscriptions:: 12.928 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 34 (2021 est.)

Mexico

total subscriptions:: 24,366,595 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 19 (2021 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

total subscriptions:: 4,800 (2015 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 76 (2015 est.)

United States

total subscriptions:: 98 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 29 (2021 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

total subscriptions:: 10,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 22 (2021 est.)

Australia

total subscriptions:: 4.6 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2021 est.)

Cook Islands

total subscriptions:: 7,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 41 (2021 est.)

Fiji

total subscriptions:: 49,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2021 est.)

French Polynesia

total subscriptions:: 108,051 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 36 (2021 est.)

Guam

total subscriptions:: 70,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 41 (2021 est.)

Kiribati

total subscriptions:: 10 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Marshall Islands

total subscriptions:: 2,361 (2014 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2014 est.)

Micronesia, Federated States of now Federated States of Micronesia

total subscriptions:: 7,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 6 (2021 est.)

Nauru

total subscriptions:: (2018 est.) 0
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2018 est.) 0

New Caledonia

total subscriptions:: 46,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2021 est.)

New Zealand

total subscriptions:: 651,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Niue

total subscriptions:: 1,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 52 (2021 est.)

Northern Mariana Islands

total subscriptions:: 20,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 40 (2021 est.)

Palau

total subscriptions:: 8,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 44 (2021 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total subscriptions:: 170,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2021 est.)

Samoa

total subscriptions:: 4,567 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Solomon Islands

total subscriptions:: 7,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Tokelau

total subscriptions:: 300 (2010 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 22 (2010 est.)

Tonga

total subscriptions:: 11,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2021 est.)

Tuvalu

total subscriptions:: 2,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2021 est.)

Vanuatu

total subscriptions:: 3,600 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2021 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

total subscriptions:: 3,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 26 (2021 est.)

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total subscriptions:: 6,903,068 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2021 est.)

Bolivia

total subscriptions:: 539,481 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2021 est.)

Brazil

total subscriptions:: 28,883,475 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Chile

total subscriptions:: 2,510,972 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Colombia

total subscriptions:: 7.6 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2021 est.)

Ecuador

total subscriptions:: 1,846,666 (2021)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2021 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

total subscriptions:: 2,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 53 (2021 est.)

Guyana

total subscriptions:: 130,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2021 est.)

Paraguay

total subscriptions:: 203,971 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2021 est.)

Peru

total subscriptions:: 2,266,025 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2021 est.)

Suriname

total subscriptions:: 119,977 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 20 (2021 est.)

Uruguay

total subscriptions:: 1.2 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 36 (2021 est.)

Venezuela

total subscriptions:: 3.2 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2021 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total subscriptions:: 112,298 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 25 (2021 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total subscriptions:: 522,141 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2021 est.)

Cambodia

total subscriptions:: 40,296 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Hong Kong

total subscriptions:: 3,856,180 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 51 (2021 est.)

Indonesia

total subscriptions:: 8,998,814 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2021 est.)

Laos

total subscriptions:: 1,300,195 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2021 est.)

Macau

total subscriptions:: 110,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2021 est.)

Malaysia

total subscriptions:: 8,247,100 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 25 (2021 est.)

Philippines

total subscriptions:: 5,028,018 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2021 est.)

Singapore

total subscriptions:: 1,906,200 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 32 (2022 est.)

Taiwan

total subscriptions:: 13 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 53 (2021 est.)

Thailand

total subscriptions:: 4.6 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2021 est.)

Timor-Leste

total subscriptions:: 1,900 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Vietnam

total subscriptions:: 3.1 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2021 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2023, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2023.

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