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Afghanistan: 29,000 (1996)

note:  there were 21,000 main lines in service in Kabul in 1998
Albania: 87,000 (1997)
Algeria: 2.3 million (1998)
American Samoa: 13,000 (1997)
Andorra: 32,946 (December 1998)
Angola: 62,000 (1997)
Anguilla: 5,000 (1997)
Antarctica: 0

note:  information for US bases only (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda: 28,000 (1996)
Argentina: 7.5 million (1998)
Armenia: 568,000 (1997)
Aruba: 33,000 (1997)
Australia: 9.58 million (1998)
Austria: 4 million (3,600,000 analog main lines plus 400,000 ISDN or Integrated Services Digital Network connections) (1999)
Azerbaijan: 663,000 (1997)
Bahamas, The: 96,000 (1997)
Bahrain: 152,000 (1997)
Bangladesh: 500,000 (2000)
Barbados: 108,000 (1997)
Belarus: 2.313 million (1997)
Belgium: 4.769 million (1997)
Belize: 31,000 (1997)
Benin: 36,000 (1997)
Bermuda: 52,000 (1997)
Bhutan: 6,000 (1997)
Bolivia: 327,600 (1996)
Bosnia and Herzegovina: 303,000 (1997)
Botswana: 86,000 (1997)
Brazil: 17.039 million (1997)
British Indian Ocean Territory: NA
British Virgin Islands: 10,000 (1996)
Brunei: 79,000 (1996)
Bulgaria: 3.255 million (2000)
Burkina Faso: 36,000 (1997)
Burma: 250,000 (2000)
Burundi: 16,000 (1997)
Cambodia: 21,800 (mid-1998)
Cameroon: 75,000 (1997)
Canada: 18.5 million (1999)
Cape Verde: 45,644 (2000)
Cayman Islands: 19,000 (1995)
Central African Republic: 10,000 (1997)
Chad: 7,000 (1997)
Chile: 2.603 million (1998)
China: 135 million (2000)
Christmas Island: NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands: NA (1999)
Colombia: 5,433,565 (December 1997)
Comoros: 6,000 (1997)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 21,000 (1997)
Congo, Republic of the: 22,000 (1997)
Cook Islands: 5,000 (1997)
Costa Rica: 450,000 (1998)

note:  584,000 installed in 1997, but only about 450,000 were in use 1998
Cote d'Ivoire: 219,283 (31 December 1999)
Croatia: 1.488 million (1997)
Cuba: 473,031 (2000)
Cyprus: Greek Cypriot area: 405,000 (1998); Turkish Cypriot area: 83,162 (1998)
Czech Republic: 3.869 million (2000)
Denmark: 4.785 million (1997)
Djibouti: 8,000 (1997)
Dominica: 19,000 (1996)
Dominican Republic: 709,000 (1997)
Ecuador: 899,000 (1997)
Egypt: 3,971,500 (December 1998)
El Salvador: 380,000 (1998)
Equatorial Guinea: 4,000 (1996)
Eritrea: 23,578 (2000)
Estonia: 476,078 (yearend 1998)
Ethiopia: 157,000 (1997)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): NA
Faroe Islands: 24,851 (1999)
Fiji: 72,000 (1997)
Finland: 2.861 million (1997)
France: 34.86 million (yearend 1998)
French Guiana: 47,000 (1997)
French Polynesia: 52,000 (1997)
Gabon: 37,000 (1997)
Gambia, The: 31,900 (2000)
Gaza Strip: 95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)
Georgia: 620,000 (1997)
Germany: 45.2 million (1997)

note:  46.5 million main lines were installed by yearend 1998
Ghana: 200,000 (1998)
Gibraltar: 19,000 (1997)
Greece: 5.431 million (1997)
Greenland: 25,617 (end 1999)
Grenada: 27,000 (1997)
Guadeloupe: 171,000 (1996)
Guam: 84,134 (1998)
Guatemala: 665,061 (June 2000)
Guernsey: 44,000 (1996)
Guinea: 20,000 (1997)
Guinea-Bissau: 8,000 (1997)
Guyana: 70,000 (2000)
Haiti: 60,000 (1997)
Holy See (Vatican City): NA
Honduras: 234,000 (1997)
Hong Kong: 3.839 million (1999)
Hungary: 3.095 million (1997)
Iceland: 168,000 (1997)
India: 27.7 million (October 2000)
Indonesia: 5,588,310 (1998)
Iran: 6.313 million (1997)
Iraq: 675,000 (1997)
Ireland: 1.59 million (2001)
Israel: 2.8 million (1999)
Italy: 25 million (1999)
Jamaica: 353,000 (1996)
Japan: 60.381 million (1997)
Jersey: 65,500 (1997)
Jordan: 403,000 (1997)
Kazakhstan: 1.818 million (1997)
Kenya: 290,000 (1998)
Kiribati: 2,000 (1997)
Korea, North: 1.1 million (1997)
Korea, South: 24 million (1999)
Kuwait: 412,000 (1997)
Kyrgyzstan: 351,000 (1997)
Laos: 25,000 (1997)
Latvia: 748,000 (1997)
Lebanon: 700,000 (1999)
Lesotho: 20,000 (1997)
Liberia: 6,000 (1997)
Libya: 380,000 (1996)
Liechtenstein: 20,000 (1997)
Lithuania: 1.048 million (1997)
Luxembourg: 314,700 (1999)
Macau: 176,837 (2000)
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 408,000 (1997)
Madagascar: 43,000 (1997)
Malawi: 37,000 (1997)
Malaysia: 4.5 million (1999)
Maldives: 21,000 (1999)
Mali: 23,000 (1997)
Malta: 187,000 (1997)
Man, Isle of: 51,000 (1999)
Marshall Islands: 3,000 (1996)
Martinique: 170,000 (1997)
Mauritania: 26,000 (2000)
Mauritius: 223,000 (1997)
Mayotte: 9,314 (1997)
Mexico: 9.6 million (1998)
Micronesia, Federated States of: 11,000 (2001)
Moldova: 627,000 (1997)
Monaco: 31,027 (1995)
Mongolia: 104,100 (1999)
Montserrat: 4,000 (1997)
Morocco: 1.391 million (1998)
Mozambique: 65,354 (2000)
Namibia: 100,848 (1997)
Nauru: 2,000 (1996)
Nepal: 236,816 (January 2000)
Netherlands: 9,132,400 (1999)
Netherlands Antilles: 76,000 (1995)
New Caledonia: 47,000 (1997)
New Zealand: 1.84 million (1997)
Nicaragua: 140,000 (1996)
Niger: 16,000 (1997)
Nigeria: 500,000 (2000)
Niue: 376 (1991)
Norfolk Island: 1,087 (1983)
Northern Mariana Islands: 21,000 (1996)
Norway: 2.735 million (1998)
Oman: 201,000 (1997)
Pakistan: 2.861 million (March 1999)
Palau: 1,500 (1988)
Panama: 396,000 (1997)
Papua New Guinea: 47,000 (1996)
Paraguay: 290,475 (2001)
Peru: 1.509 million (1998)
Philippines: 1.9 million (1997)
Pitcairn Islands: 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (1997)
Poland: 8.07 million (1998)
Portugal: 5.3 million (end 1998)
Puerto Rico: 1.322 million (1997)
Qatar: 142,000 (1997)
Reunion: 236,500 (1997)
Romania: 3.777 million (1997)
Russia: 30 million (1998)
Rwanda: 15,000 (1995)
Saint Helena: 2,000 (1997)
Saint Kitts and Nevis: 17,000 (1997)
Saint Lucia: 37,000 (1997)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 4,000 (1997)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 20,500 (1998)
Samoa: 8,000 (1997)
San Marino: 18,000 (1998)
Sao Tome and Principe: 3,000 (1997)
Saudi Arabia: 3.1 million (1998)
Senegal: 116,000 (1997)
Seychelles: 19,635 (1997)
Sierra Leone: 17,000 (1997)
Singapore: 1.928 million (November 2000)
Slovakia: 1,934,558 (1998)
Slovenia: 722,000 (1997)
Solomon Islands: 8,000 (1997)
Somalia: NA
South Africa: 5.075 million (1999)
Spain: 17.336 million (1999)
Sri Lanka: 494,509 (1998)
Sudan: 400,000 (2000)
Suriname: 64,000 (1997)
Svalbard: NA
Swaziland: 33,500 (2000)
Sweden: 6.017 million (December 1998)
Switzerland: 4.82 million (1998)
Syria: 1.313 million (1997)
Tajikistan: 363,000 (1997)
Tanzania: 127,000 (1998)
Thailand: 5.4 million (1998)
Togo: 25,000 (1997)
Tokelau: NA
Tonga: 8,000 (1996)
Trinidad and Tobago: 243,000 (1997)
Tunisia: 654,000 (1997)
Turkey: 19.5 million (1999)
Turkmenistan: 363,000 (1997)
Turks and Caicos Islands: 3,000 (1994)
Tuvalu: 1,000 (1997)
Uganda: 50,074; however, 80,868 main lines were installed (1998)
Ukraine: 9.45 million (April 1999)
United Arab Emirates: 915,223 (1998)
United Kingdom: 34.878 million (1997)
United States: 194 million (1997)
Uruguay: 850,000 (2000)
Uzbekistan: 1.98 million (1999)
Vanuatu: 4,000 (1996)
Venezuela: 2,600,000.00; however, 3,500,000 were installed (1998)
Vietnam: 2.6 million (2000)
Virgin Islands: 62,000 (1997)
Wallis and Futuna: 1,125 (1994)
West Bank: 95,729 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (1997)
Western Sahara: about 2,000 (1999 est.)
World: NA
Yemen: 291,359 (1999)
Yugoslavia: 2.017 million (1995)
Zambia: 77,935 (in addition there are about 40,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)
Zimbabwe: 212,000 (in addition there are about 20,000 fixed telephones in wireless local loop connections) (1997)
Taiwan: 12.49 million (September 2000)