| Indicators by Countries (Source: United Nations) |
| Telephone lines and cellular subscribers (ITU estimates) (Thousands) |
 |
|
| country |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
China |
61,800 |
83,543 |
111,284 |
152,012 |
230,089 |
325,188 |
421,040 |
532,700 |
.. |
.. |
United States |
209,090 |
227,765 |
249,031 |
269,568 |
296,480 |
320,072 |
328,291 |
340,125 |
.. |
.. |
Japan |
90,944 |
103,989 |
109,721 |
118,899 |
128,741 |
136,145 |
141,891 |
146,873 |
.. |
.. |
Germany |
49,612 |
53,476 |
60,443 |
71,656 |
98,422 |
108,456 |
112,798 |
119,050 |
.. |
.. |
Brazil |
17,604 |
21,589 |
27,355 |
40,018 |
54,114 |
66,177 |
73,692 |
85,595 |
.. |
.. |
Italy |
31,681 |
37,436 |
46,475 |
56,798 |
69,399 |
78,599 |
80,145 |
82,514 |
.. |
.. |
France |
35,363 |
39,517 |
45,309 |
55,321 |
63,039 |
71,081 |
72,709 |
75,589 |
.. |
.. |
India |
14,871 |
18,684 |
22,789 |
28,396 |
36,013 |
44,968 |
54,108 |
75,071 |
.. |
.. |
Russian Federation |
26,138 |
28,735 |
29,993 |
32,320 |
35,333 |
41,029 |
53,109 |
73,493 |
.. |
.. |
Korea; Republic of |
22,782 |
27,301 |
34,107 |
43,961 |
48,748 |
54,837 |
58,078 |
59,392 |
.. |
.. |
Spain |
18,410 |
20,192 |
22,726 |
31,484 |
41,369 |
47,187 |
51,172 |
55,074 |
.. |
.. |
Turkey |
15,093 |
17,354 |
20,466 |
26,176 |
34,529 |
38,477 |
42,289 |
46,804 |
.. |
.. |
Mexico |
9,848 |
10,995 |
13,276 |
18,659 |
26,410 |
35,532 |
40,870 |
46,409 |
.. |
.. |
Canada |
21,472 |
22,926 |
24,659 |
26,962 |
29,227 |
31,139 |
32,202 |
33,955 |
.. |
.. |
Thailand |
6,005 |
7,031 |
7,015 |
7,555 |
8,647 |
13,599 |
22,630 |
31,481 |
.. |
.. |
Poland |
6,749 |
8,322 |
10,740 |
14,132 |
17,693 |
21,405 |
25,502 |
29,700 |
.. |
.. |
Indonesia |
4,749 |
5,899 |
6,637 |
8,301 |
10,332 |
13,740 |
19,450 |
27,277 |
.. |
.. |
Philippines |
2,746 |
3,422 |
4,225 |
5,742 |
9,516 |
15,474 |
18,512 |
25,200 |
.. |
.. |
Australia |
13,160 |
14,076 |
14,458 |
16,075 |
18,912 |
21,617 |
23,480 |
25,162 |
.. |
.. |
Netherlands |
9,447 |
10,577 |
12,688 |
16,358 |
20,644 |
22,355 |
22,064 |
22,504 |
.. |
.. |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
5,885 |
6,742 |
7,745 |
8,862 |
10,449 |
12,984 |
14,387 |
17,948 |
.. |
.. |
Ukraine |
9,271 |
9,467 |
9,814 |
10,291 |
11,236 |
12,894 |
14,526 |
17,576 |
.. |
.. |
Malaysia |
5,292 |
6,223 |
6,584 |
7,421 |
9,756 |
12,095 |
13,923 |
15,696 |
.. |
.. |
Greece |
5,861 |
6,369 |
7,583 |
9,515 |
11,592 |
13,572 |
14,727 |
15,537 |
.. |
.. |
Egypt |
3,032 |
3,518 |
4,062 |
5,167 |
6,844 |
9,489 |
12,231 |
14,533 |
.. |
.. |
Colombia |
5,168 |
6,660 |
8,167 |
8,632 |
9,450 |
10,637 |
12,363 |
14,036 |
.. |
.. |
Portugal |
4,486 |
5,509 |
7,192 |
8,901 |
10,979 |
12,360 |
12,884 |
13,629 |
.. |
.. |
Czech Republic |
3,018 |
3,806 |
4,707 |
5,751 |
8,218 |
10,808 |
12,286 |
13,335 |
.. |
.. |
Belgium |
5,292 |
5,939 |
6,813 |
8,401 |
10,931 |
12,829 |
13,256 |
13,297 |
.. |
.. |
Hungary |
3,124 |
3,801 |
4,493 |
5,354 |
6,875 |
8,710 |
10,529 |
11,547 |
.. |
.. |
Switzerland |
5,234 |
5,732 |
6,583 |
8,124 |
9,874 |
10,576 |
11,071 |
11,496 |
.. |
.. |
Romania |
3,193 |
3,599 |
4,242 |
5,096 |
6,398 |
7,961 |
9,326 |
11,380 |
.. |
.. |
China; Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
4,813 |
5,876 |
6,904 |
8,144 |
9,373 |
9,674 |
10,228 |
11,156 |
.. |
.. |
Austria |
4,500 |
5,129 |
6,290 |
8,113 |
10,112 |
10,538 |
10,619 |
10,976 |
.. |
.. |
Chile |
2,470 |
3,103 |
4,011 |
5,369 |
6,704 |
8,750 |
9,913 |
10,771 |
.. |
.. |
Saudi Arabia |
1,987 |
2,209 |
2,794 |
3,543 |
4,341 |
5,762 |
8,326 |
10,741 |
.. |
.. |
Venezuela |
3,249 |
3,876 |
4,602 |
6,336 |
7,983 |
9,178 |
9,305 |
9,858 |
.. |
.. |
Israel |
3,587 |
4,347 |
4,954 |
5,758 |
7,374 |
8,933 |
9,340 |
9,600 |
.. |
.. |
Morocco |
1,251 |
1,375 |
1,510 |
1,840 |
3,767 |
5,963 |
7,326 |
8,579 |
.. |
.. |
Denmark |
4,568 |
4,785 |
5,427 |
6,267 |
7,173 |
7,825 |
8,179 |
8,380 |
.. |
.. |
Norway |
3,850 |
4,412 |
5,041 |
5,921 |
6,670 |
7,104 |
7,218 |
7,431 |
.. |
.. |
Finland |
4,344 |
5,024 |
5,687 |
6,124 |
6,577 |
6,982 |
7,242 |
7,315 |
.. |
.. |
Viet Nam |
1,255 |
1,493 |
1,966 |
2,435 |
3,331 |
4,301 |
5,832 |
7,144 |
.. |
.. |
Pakistan |
2,445 |
2,693 |
2,963 |
3,265 |
3,403 |
4,064 |
4,894 |
6,608 |
.. |
.. |
Bulgaria |
2,674 |
2,751 |
2,885 |
3,183 |
3,620 |
4,464 |
5,466 |
6,357 |
.. |
.. |
Serbia and Montenegro |
2,096 |
2,269 |
2,559 |
2,886 |
3,710 |
4,442 |
5,243 |
6,246 |
.. |
.. |
Singapore |
1,994 |
2,534 |
2,873 |
3,507 |
4,694 |
4,939 |
5,240 |
5,467 |
.. |
.. |
Ireland |
1,679 |
2,103 |
2,579 |
3,414 |
4,293 |
4,830 |
4,975 |
5,455 |
.. |
.. |
Slovakia |
1,275 |
1,592 |
2,012 |
2,319 |
2,808 |
3,704 |
4,366 |
4,973 |
.. |
.. |
Peru |
1,636 |
2,068 |
2,298 |
2,701 |
2,991 |
3,364 |
3,964 |
4,748 |
.. |
.. |
New Zealand |
2,219 |
2,343 |
2,599 |
3,228 |
3,373 |
4,111 |
4,214 |
4,397 |
.. |
.. |
Belarus |
2,135 |
2,321 |
2,502 |
2,662 |
2,801 |
3,001 |
3,430 |
4,189 |
.. |
.. |
United Arab Emirates |
932 |
1,144 |
1,409 |
1,807 |
2,448 |
2,962 |
3,522 |
4,108 |
.. |
.. |
Nigeria |
427 |
419 |
459 |
498 |
583 |
1,000 |
2,310 |
4,003 |
.. |
.. |
Ecuador |
861 |
1,027 |
1,234 |
1,513 |
1,707 |
2,195 |
2,987 |
3,943 |
.. |
.. |
Algeria |
1,290 |
1,418 |
1,495 |
1,672 |
1,847 |
1,980 |
2,308 |
3,641 |
.. |
.. |
Tunisia |
590 |
662 |
791 |
906 |
1,074 |
1,445 |
1,723 |
3,112 |
.. |
.. |
Dominican Republic |
701 |
846 |
982 |
1,251 |
1,600 |
2,225 |
2,610 |
3,024 |
.. |
.. |
Lithuania |
1,044 |
1,220 |
1,380 |
1,485 |
1,712 |
2,170 |
2,581 |
2,994 |
.. |
.. |
Slovenia |
705 |
804 |
885 |
1,389 |
2,001 |
2,272 |
2,475 |
2,551 |
.. |
.. |
Sri Lanka |
328 |
457 |
698 |
929 |
1,198 |
1,495 |
1,815 |
2,332 |
.. |
.. |
Bangladesh |
320 |
394 |
488 |
582 |
770 |
1,085 |
1,681 |
2,107 |
.. |
.. |
Paraguay |
209 |
302 |
492 |
704 |
1,104 |
1,439 |
1,940 |
2,044 |
.. |
.. |
Uzbekistan |
1,541 |
1,558 |
1,564 |
1,640 |
1,708 |
1,791 |
1,868 |
2,038 |
.. |
.. |
Azerbaijan |
662 |
698 |
745 |
1,100 |
1,222 |
1,595 |
1,794 |
1,996 |
.. |
.. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
274 |
312 |
358 |
421 |
873 |
1,292 |
1,652 |
1,988 |
.. |
.. |
Jordan |
362 |
449 |
593 |
684 |
1,009 |
1,534 |
1,894 |
1,948 |
.. |
.. |
Kenya |
270 |
279 |
299 |
314 |
419 |
909 |
1,509 |
1,919 |
.. |
.. |
Costa Rica |
572 |
749 |
851 |
941 |
1,104 |
1,256 |
1,498 |
1,915 |
.. |
.. |
Kuwait |
543 |
622 |
677 |
756 |
943 |
1,350 |
1,709 |
1,907 |
.. |
.. |
El Salvador |
349 |
401 |
524 |
1,007 |
1,369 |
1,508 |
1,557 |
1,902 |
.. |
.. |
Bolivia |
382 |
503 |
692 |
923 |
1,093 |
1,304 |
1,611 |
1,887 |
.. |
.. |
Latvia |
768 |
817 |
910 |
1,006 |
1,136 |
1,379 |
1,618 |
1,881 |
.. |
.. |
Sudan |
101 |
116 |
171 |
264 |
410 |
552 |
863 |
1,550 |
.. |
.. |
Lebanon |
659 |
936 |
1,071 |
1,198 |
1,319 |
1,393 |
1,454 |
1,520 |
.. |
.. |
Ivory Coast |
143 |
178 |
261 |
476 |
737 |
1,022 |
1,352 |
1,519 |
.. |
.. |
Estonia |
508 |
613 |
746 |
902 |
1,080 |
1,157 |
1,356 |
1,511 |
.. |
.. |
Georgia |
570 |
647 |
689 |
805 |
703 |
870 |
1,152 |
1,368 |
.. |
.. |
Albania |
66 |
90 |
121 |
151 |
182 |
590 |
1,071 |
1,355 |
.. |
.. |
Republic of Moldova |
594 |
629 |
664 |
573 |
723 |
864 |
1,058 |
1,267 |
.. |
.. |
Panama |
332 |
384 |
505 |
695 |
840 |
857 |
913 |
1,214 |
.. |
.. |
Ghana |
91 |
127 |
175 |
229 |
367 |
436 |
724 |
1,102 |
.. |
.. |
United Republic of Tanzania |
102 |
125 |
160 |
201 |
354 |
575 |
922 |
1,040 |
.. |
.. |
Cyprus |
437 |
478 |
521 |
576 |
658 |
749 |
845 |
976 |
.. |
.. |
Luxembourg |
303 |
347 |
424 |
520 |
634 |
756 |
828 |
899 |
.. |
.. |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
380 |
410 |
520 |
580 |
645 |
710 |
790 |
877 |
.. |
.. |
Uganda |
52 |
59 |
87 |
114 |
189 |
340 |
448 |
837 |
.. |
.. |
Oman |
211 |
260 |
323 |
344 |
386 |
555 |
693 |
823 |
.. |
.. |
Senegal |
96 |
123 |
167 |
254 |
456 |
539 |
680 |
805 |
.. |
.. |
Occupied Palestinian Territory |
108 |
151 |
267 |
339 |
448 |
592 |
622 |
796 |
.. |
.. |
Cuba |
359 |
374 |
392 |
439 |
495 |
583 |
683 |
760 |
.. |
.. |
Honduras |
193 |
248 |
284 |
358 |
454 |
547 |
649 |
714 |
.. |
.. |
Zimbabwe |
175 |
217 |
256 |
413 |
558 |
582 |
641 |
680 |
.. |
.. |
Armenia |
580 |
573 |
564 |
552 |
551 |
557 |
615 |
678 |
.. |
.. |
Mauritius |
205 |
265 |
306 |
359 |
461 |
579 |
675 |
674 |
.. |
.. |
Nicaragua |
116 |
130 |
160 |
194 |
255 |
322 |
409 |
672 |
.. |
.. |
Botswana |
72 |
86 |
117 |
216 |
336 |
459 |
577 |
655 |
.. |
.. |
Bahrain |
184 |
211 |
250 |
299 |
377 |
475 |
564 |
629 |
.. |
.. |
Somalia |
15 |
15 |
20 |
35 |
.. |
.. |
105 |
580 |
.. |
.. |
Qatar |
162 |
185 |
216 |
239 |
281 |
345 |
443 |
561 |
.. |
.. |
China; Macao Special Administrative Region |
206 |
220 |
256 |
297 |
318 |
371 |
452 |
539 |
.. |
.. |
Cambodia |
39 |
54 |
86 |
117 |
161 |
257 |
415 |
535 |
.. |
.. |
Kyrgyzstan |
342 |
351 |
370 |
373 |
385 |
415 |
448 |
534 |
.. |
.. |
Ethiopia |
149 |
157 |
164 |
201 |
250 |
311 |
404 |
533 |
.. |
.. |
Malta |
193 |
205 |
214 |
235 |
319 |
447 |
484 |
498 |
.. |
.. |
Iceland |
202 |
233 |
283 |
361 |
407 |
439 |
449 |
470 |
.. |
.. |
Haiti |
60 |
60 |
75 |
95 |
128 |
172 |
270 |
460 |
.. |
.. |
Mongolia |
85 |
89 |
112 |
138 |
272 |
319 |
344 |
457 |
.. |
.. |
Myanmar |
186 |
222 |
238 |
260 |
285 |
318 |
390 |
429 |
.. |
.. |
Nepal |
113 |
140 |
208 |
259 |
277 |
315 |
350 |
422 |
.. |
.. |
Mauritania |
10 |
13 |
15 |
17 |
34 |
135 |
279 |
389 |
.. |
.. |
Namibia |
92 |
112 |
125 |
138 |
192 |
224 |
271 |
351 |
.. |
.. |
Madagascar |
42 |
47 |
60 |
86 |
118 |
206 |
223 |
343 |
.. |
.. |
Gabon |
42 |
47 |
48 |
47 |
159 |
187 |
311 |
338 |
.. |
.. |
Congo |
23 |
.. |
25 |
27 |
92 |
172 |
244 |
337 |
.. |
.. |
Zambia |
81 |
82 |
86 |
111 |
182 |
207 |
227 |
329 |
.. |
.. |
Benin |
35 |
41 |
45 |
51 |
107 |
184 |
281 |
303 |
.. |
.. |
Tajikistan |
247 |
226 |
222 |
213 |
220 |
228 |
251 |
293 |
.. |
.. |
Burkina Faso |
35 |
38 |
44 |
52 |
78 |
134 |
175 |
292 |
.. |
.. |
Togo |
24 |
28 |
39 |
55 |
93 |
143 |
221 |
281 |
.. |
.. |
Barbados |
103 |
116 |
125 |
135 |
152 |
182 |
230 |
274 |
.. |
.. |
Suriname |
59 |
66 |
73 |
88 |
116 |
164 |
187 |
248 |
.. |
.. |
Bahamas |
94 |
104 |
114 |
127 |
146 |
184 |
248 |
248 |
.. |
.. |
Afghanistan |
29 |
29 |
29 |
29 |
29 |
29 |
58 |
237 |
.. |
.. |
Malawi |
39 |
44 |
48 |
64 |
95 |
110 |
159 |
220 |
.. |
.. |
Fiji |
74 |
77 |
85 |
105 |
141 |
173 |
187 |
212 |
.. |
.. |
Lao People`s Democratic Republic |
23 |
29 |
35 |
47 |
54 |
82 |
117 |
182 |
.. |
.. |
New Caledonia |
48 |
53 |
62 |
76 |
101 |
119 |
132 |
149 |
.. |
.. |
Guinea |
17 |
23 |
37 |
46 |
66 |
81 |
117 |
138 |
.. |
.. |
Lesotho |
17 |
24 |
31 |
34 |
44 |
78 |
125 |
137 |
.. |
.. |
Swaziland |
23 |
25 |
34 |
45 |
65 |
89 |
103 |
134 |
.. |
.. |
Cape Verde |
25 |
33 |
41 |
55 |
74 |
96 |
113 |
125 |
.. |
.. |
Andorra |
36 |
41 |
47 |
54 |
58 |
72 |
76 |
97 |
.. |
.. |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
20 |
21 |
22 |
25 |
27 |
34 |
37 |
95 |
.. |
.. |
Belize |
32 |
33 |
36 |
43 |
53 |
74 |
83 |
94 |
.. |
.. |
Burundi |
16 |
16 |
18 |
20 |
36 |
51 |
74 |
88 |
.. |
.. |
Grenada |
25 |
27 |
29 |
31 |
36 |
39 |
41 |
75 |
.. |
.. |
Seychelles |
17 |
20 |
24 |
36 |
47 |
58 |
66 |
70 |
.. |
.. |
Equatorial Guinea |
4 |
4 |
6 |
6 |
11 |
22 |
41 |
51 |
.. |
.. |
Monaco |
37 |
38 |
42 |
43 |
44 |
44 |
49 |
49 |
.. |
.. |
Eritrea |
19 |
22 |
24 |
27 |
31 |
31 |
36 |
38 |
.. |
.. |
San Marino |
19 |
20 |
24 |
29 |
35 |
36 |
37 |
38 |
.. |
.. |
Bhutan |
6 |
6 |
10 |
12 |
14 |
18 |
20 |
33 |
.. |
.. |
Djibouti |
8 |
8 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
13 |
25 |
33 |
.. |
.. |
Samoa |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
11 |
12 |
14 |
24 |
.. |
.. |
Micronesia; Federated States of |
8 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
17 |
.. |
.. |
Comoros |
5 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
9 |
10 |
15 |
.. |
.. |
Vanuatu |
5 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
12 |
14 |
.. |
.. |
Guinea-Bissau |
8 |
8 |
8 |
6 |
11 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
.. |
.. |
Sao Tome and Principe |
3 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
8 |
12 |
.. |
.. |
Solomon Islands |
8 |
8 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
8 |
.. |
.. |
Marshall Islands |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
.. |
.. |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |