The CIA World Factbook Edition 2024 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 2024 edition carries it in 228 entries, in its Communications section. Every entry is shown as that edition published it.

entries in the 2024 edition: 228
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:: 840.736 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2022 est.)

Africa

55 entries

Algeria

total subscriptions:: 5.576 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2022 est.)

Angola

total subscriptions:: 94,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Benin

total subscriptions:: 2,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Botswana

total subscriptions:: 92,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

Burkina Faso

total subscriptions:: 81,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Burundi

total subscriptions:: 15,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Cabo Verde

total subscriptions:: 57,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2022 est.)

Cameroon

total subscriptions:: 929,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

Central African Republic

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

Chad

total subscriptions:: 5,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Comoros

total subscriptions:: 7,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

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

total subscriptions:: 0 (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:: 263,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Djibouti

total subscriptions:: 28,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Egypt

total subscriptions:: 11.6 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2022 est.)

Equatorial Guinea

total subscriptions:: 11,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Eritrea

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

Eswatini

total subscriptions:: 38,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

Ethiopia

total subscriptions:: 862,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Gabon

total subscriptions:: 43,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Gambia, The now The Gambia

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

Ghana

total subscriptions:: 330,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Guinea

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

Guinea-Bissau

total subscriptions:: 4,800 (2009 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2018 est.) less than 1

Kenya

total subscriptions:: 63,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Lesotho

total subscriptions:: 7,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Liberia

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

Libya

total subscriptions:: 1.218 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2022 est.)

Madagascar

total subscriptions:: 26,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Malawi

total subscriptions:: 9,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Mali

total subscriptions:: 307,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.)

Mauritania

total subscriptions:: 48,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.)

Mauritius

total subscriptions:: 462,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 36 (2022 est.)

Morocco

total subscriptions:: 2.645 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 7 (2021 est.)

Mozambique

total subscriptions:: 29,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Namibia

total subscriptions:: 86,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

Niger

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

Nigeria

total subscriptions:: 97,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Rwanda

total subscriptions:: 10,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 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:: 3,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.)

Senegal

total subscriptions:: 297,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Seychelles

total subscriptions:: 19,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2022 est.)

Sierra Leone

total subscriptions:: 269 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Somalia

total subscriptions:: 91,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

South Africa

total subscriptions:: 1.31 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

South Sudan

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2018 est.) less than 1

Sudan

total subscriptions:: 156,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Tanzania

total subscriptions:: 85,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Togo

total subscriptions:: 66,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Tunisia

total subscriptions:: 1.79 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2022 est.)

Uganda

total subscriptions:: 117,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Zambia

total subscriptions:: 96,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Zimbabwe

total subscriptions:: 291,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Arctic Region

2 entries

Greenland

total subscriptions:: 6,000 (2020 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2020 est.)

Iceland

total subscriptions:: 93,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 25 (2022 est.)

Asia

22 entries

Afghanistan

total subscriptions:: 146,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2021 est.) less than 1

Armenia

total subscriptions:: 366,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2022 est.)

Azerbaijan

total subscriptions:: 1.641 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2022 est.)

Bangladesh

total subscriptions:: 274,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Bhutan

total subscriptions:: 20,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

China

total subscriptions:: 179.414 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2022 est.)

Georgia

total subscriptions:: 301,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 8 (2022 est.)

India

total subscriptions:: 27.45 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Japan

total subscriptions:: 60.721 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 49 (2022 est.)

Kazakhstan

total subscriptions:: 2.888 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2022 est.)

Korea, North now North Korea

total subscriptions:: 1.18 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2021 est.)

Korea, South now South Korea

total subscriptions:: 22.81 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 44 (2022 est.)

Kyrgyzstan

total subscriptions:: 299,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2021 est.)

Maldives

total subscriptions:: 13,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

Mongolia

total subscriptions:: 475,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2022 est.)

Nepal

total subscriptions:: 726,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2021 est.)

Pakistan

total subscriptions:: 2.799 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.)

Russia

total subscriptions:: 23.864 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2021 est.)

Sri Lanka

total subscriptions:: 2.582 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2022 est.)

Tajikistan

total subscriptions:: 502,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2021 est.)

Turkmenistan

total subscriptions:: 802,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Uzbekistan

total subscriptions:: 5.686 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2022 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:: 29 (2021 est.)

Aruba

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

Bahamas, The now The Bahamas

total subscriptions:: 86,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 21 (2022 est.)

Barbados

total subscriptions:: 121,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 43 (2022 est.)

Belize

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

British Virgin Islands

total subscriptions:: 23,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 73 (2021 est.)

Cayman Islands

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

Costa Rica

total subscriptions:: 492,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2022 est.)

Cuba

total subscriptions:: 1.574 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2022 est.)

Curacao

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

Dominica

total subscriptions:: 7,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2021 est.)

Dominican Republic

total subscriptions:: 1.144 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2022 est.)

El Salvador

total subscriptions:: 863,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 14 (2022 est.)

Grenada

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

Guatemala

total subscriptions:: 1.918 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2022 est.)

Haiti

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

Honduras

total subscriptions:: 414,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2022 est.)

Jamaica

total subscriptions:: 447,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2022 est.)

Montserrat

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

Nicaragua

total subscriptions:: 216,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

Panama

total subscriptions:: 811,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2022 est.)

Puerto Rico

total subscriptions:: 739,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 23 (2022 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:: 11,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2022 est.)

Trinidad and Tobago

total subscriptions:: 326,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 21 (2022 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:: 177,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 6 (2022 est.)

Andorra

total subscriptions:: 51,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 64 (2022 est.)

Austria

total subscriptions:: 3.544 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 40 (2022 est.)

Belarus

total subscriptions:: 4.23 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 44 (2022 est.)

Belgium

total subscriptions:: 2.953 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 25 (2022 est.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

total subscriptions:: 651,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 20 (2022 est.)

Bulgaria

total subscriptions:: 691,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2022 est.)

Croatia

total subscriptions:: 1.235 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 31 (2022 est.)

Czechia

total subscriptions:: 1.214 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2022 est.)

Denmark

total subscriptions:: 712,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2022 est.)

Estonia

total subscriptions:: 266,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 20 (2022 est.)

European Union

total subscriptions:: 155.005 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 36 (2022 est.)

Faroe Islands

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

Finland

total subscriptions:: 186,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

France

total subscriptions:: 37.74 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 58 (2022 est.)

Germany

total subscriptions:: 38.58 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 46 (2022 est.)

Gibraltar

total subscriptions:: 17,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 53 (2022 est.)

Greece

total subscriptions:: 4.907 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 47 (2022 est.)

Guernsey

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

Hungary

total subscriptions:: 2.845 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 29 (2022 est.)

Ireland

total subscriptions:: 1.498 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 30 (2022 est.)

Italy

total subscriptions:: 19.982 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 34 (2022 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:: 174,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2022 est.)

Liechtenstein

total subscriptions:: 11,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 28 (2022 est.)

Lithuania

total subscriptions:: 250,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2022 est.)

Luxembourg

total subscriptions:: 261,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 40 (2022 est.)

Malta

total subscriptions:: 259,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 49 (2022 est.)

Moldova

total subscriptions:: 951,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 29 (2022 est.)

Monaco

total subscriptions:: 45,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 122 (2022 est.)

Montenegro

total subscriptions:: 191,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 30 (2022 est.)

Netherlands

total subscriptions:: 4.57 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 26 (2022 est.)

North Macedonia

total subscriptions:: 436,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 21 (2022 est.)

Norway

total subscriptions:: 140,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

Poland

total subscriptions:: 5.277 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2022 est.)

Portugal

total subscriptions:: 5.437 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 53 (2022 est.)

Romania

total subscriptions:: 2.222 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2022 est.)

San Marino

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

Serbia

total subscriptions:: 2.539 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 37 (2021 est.)

Slovakia

total subscriptions:: 541,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 10 (2022 est.)

Slovenia

total subscriptions:: 676,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 32 (2022 est.)

Spain

total subscriptions:: 18.687 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 39 (2022 est.)

Sweden

total subscriptions:: 1.261 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 12 (2021 est.)

Switzerland

total subscriptions:: 2.919 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 33 (2022 est.)

Ukraine

total subscriptions:: 1.739 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 6 (2021 est.)

United Kingdom

total subscriptions:: 29.798 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 44 (2022 est.)

Middle East

17 entries

Bahrain

total subscriptions:: 253,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 17 (2022 est.)

Cyprus

total subscriptions:: 297,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 34 (2021 est.)

Gaza Strip

total subscriptions:: 458,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2021 est.)

note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Iran

total subscriptions:: 29.342 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 33 (2022 est.)

Iraq

total subscriptions:: 2.392 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2022 est.)

Israel

total subscriptions:: 3.574 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 40 (2022 est.)

Jordan

total subscriptions:: 466,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2022 est.)

Kuwait

total subscriptions:: 573,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2022 est.)

Lebanon

total subscriptions:: 875,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2021 est.)

Oman

total subscriptions:: 563,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Qatar

total subscriptions:: 524,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 19 (2022 est.)

Saudi Arabia

total subscriptions:: 6.773 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 19 (2022 est.)

Syria

total subscriptions:: 2.821 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2021 est.)

Turkey (Turkiye) now Turkiye

total subscriptions:: 11.198 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2022 est.)

United Arab Emirates

total subscriptions:: 2.286 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 24 (2022 est.)

West Bank

total subscriptions:: 458,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2021 est.)

note: entry includes the West Bank and the Gaza Strip

Yemen

total subscriptions:: 1.24 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:: 11.312 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 29 (2022 est.)

Mexico

total subscriptions:: 27.185 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 21 (2022 est.)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon

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

United States

total subscriptions:: 91.623 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 27 (2022 est.)

Oceania

23 entries

American Samoa

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

Australia

total subscriptions:: 6.409 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 24 (2022 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:: 139,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 45 (2022 est.)

Guam

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

Kiribati

total subscriptions:: 0 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Marshall Islands

total subscriptions:: 2,000 (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:: (2014 est.) less than 1

New Caledonia

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

New Zealand

total subscriptions:: 757,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2022 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 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 44 (2022 est.)

Papua New Guinea

total subscriptions:: 166,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2021 est.)

Samoa

total subscriptions:: 5,000 (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:: 3,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 1 (2022 est.)

Wallis and Futuna

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

South America

13 entries

Argentina

total subscriptions:: 7.615 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 17 (2022 est.)

Bolivia

total subscriptions:: 550,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2021 est.)

Brazil

total subscriptions:: 27.258 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2022 est.)

Chile

total subscriptions:: 2.217 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2022 est.)

Colombia

total subscriptions:: 7.588 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 15 (2022 est.)

Ecuador

total subscriptions:: 1.644 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 9 (2022 est.)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

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

Guyana

total subscriptions:: 125,000 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 16 (2021 est.)

Paraguay

total subscriptions:: 169,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Peru

total subscriptions:: 1.798 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 5 (2022 est.)

Suriname

total subscriptions:: 108,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2022 est.)

Uruguay

total subscriptions:: 1.259 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 37 (2022 est.)

Venezuela

total subscriptions:: 3.147 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 11 (2022 est.)

Southeast Asia

14 entries

Brunei

total subscriptions:: 122,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 27 (2022 est.)

Burma now Burma (Myanmar)

total subscriptions:: 535,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Cambodia

total subscriptions:: 38,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Hong Kong

total subscriptions:: 3.673 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 49 (2022 est.)

Indonesia

total subscriptions:: 8.424 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 3 (2022 est.)

Laos

total subscriptions:: 1.3 million (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 18 (2021 est.)

Macau

total subscriptions:: 92,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 13 (2022 est.)

Malaysia

total subscriptions:: 8.453 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 25 (2022 est.)

Philippines

total subscriptions:: 4.885 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 4 (2022 est.)

Singapore

total subscriptions:: 1.906 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 32 (2022 est.)

Taiwan

total subscriptions:: 10 million (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 43 (2023 est.)

Thailand

total subscriptions:: 4.368 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 6 (2022 est.)

Timor-Leste

total subscriptions:: 2,000 (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: (2022 est.) less than 1

Vietnam

total subscriptions:: 2.391 million (2022 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants:: 2 (2022 est.)

Central Intelligence Agency. The World Factbook 2024, “Telephones - fixed lines”, all entries. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/fields/telephones-fixed-lines/2024.

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