| Indicators by Countries (Source: United Nations) |
| Telephone lines and cellular subscribers per 100 population (ITU estimates) |
 |
|
| country |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
Luxembourg |
72.98 |
82.41 |
99.33 |
120.26 |
144.64 |
171.96 |
185.74 |
199.13 |
.. |
.. |
China; Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
74.79 |
90.55 |
105.48 |
123.30 |
140.63 |
143.85 |
150.71 |
163.81 |
.. |
.. |
Iceland |
74.97 |
85.38 |
102.71 |
129.67 |
144.76 |
152.85 |
155.88 |
162.56 |
.. |
.. |
Norway |
87.65 |
99.87 |
113.40 |
132.20 |
148.10 |
157.03 |
158.57 |
162.24 |
.. |
.. |
Switzerland |
74.01 |
80.67 |
92.19 |
113.23 |
136.97 |
145.97 |
152.05 |
157.09 |
.. |
.. |
Denmark |
86.99 |
90.70 |
102.41 |
117.94 |
134.58 |
146.12 |
152.18 |
155.25 |
.. |
.. |
Italy |
55.21 |
65.26 |
81.03 |
99.05 |
121.12 |
135.47 |
141.94 |
150.16 |
.. |
.. |
Monaco |
119.23 |
122.68 |
132.30 |
135.23 |
137.09 |
136.46 |
149.93 |
149.02 |
.. |
.. |
Germany |
60.49 |
65.17 |
73.68 |
87.21 |
119.65 |
131.56 |
136.66 |
144.25 |
.. |
.. |
Israel |
62.28 |
73.62 |
82.79 |
94.33 |
117.62 |
137.26 |
140.76 |
141.89 |
.. |
.. |
Finland |
84.64 |
97.60 |
110.22 |
118.56 |
127.08 |
134.39 |
139.09 |
140.16 |
.. |
.. |
San Marino |
77.37 |
79.55 |
97.22 |
112.54 |
128.91 |
134.65 |
138.37 |
139.22 |
.. |
.. |
Netherlands |
60.69 |
67.57 |
80.51 |
103.12 |
129.13 |
138.81 |
136.24 |
138.19 |
.. |
.. |
Ireland |
46.29 |
57.45 |
69.61 |
91.17 |
113.36 |
125.82 |
126.56 |
137.10 |
.. |
.. |
Austria |
56.54 |
64.37 |
78.85 |
101.51 |
126.22 |
131.21 |
131.86 |
135.95 |
.. |
.. |
Greece |
55.95 |
60.53 |
71.53 |
89.55 |
109.72 |
128.08 |
133.66 |
135.62 |
.. |
.. |
Spain |
46.88 |
51.35 |
57.72 |
78.31 |
103.11 |
116.72 |
125.78 |
134.53 |
.. |
.. |
Czech Republic |
29.25 |
36.95 |
45.72 |
55.92 |
79.99 |
105.71 |
121.11 |
132.49 |
.. |
.. |
Cyprus |
68.41 |
73.65 |
79.08 |
86.06 |
96.97 |
108.67 |
118.22 |
131.59 |
.. |
.. |
Portugal |
45.15 |
55.33 |
72.06 |
89.03 |
109.53 |
119.59 |
124.65 |
130.96 |
.. |
.. |
Singapore |
54.32 |
66.78 |
73.24 |
88.77 |
116.83 |
119.56 |
125.84 |
130.28 |
.. |
.. |
Belgium |
52.11 |
58.27 |
66.70 |
82.05 |
106.50 |
124.43 |
128 |
128.20 |
.. |
.. |
Slovenia |
35.48 |
40.49 |
44.40 |
69.84 |
100.55 |
113.88 |
124 |
127.77 |
.. |
.. |
France |
60.94 |
67.89 |
77.59 |
94.37 |
107.04 |
119.78 |
121.92 |
126.19 |
.. |
.. |
Australia |
71.87 |
75.72 |
77.19 |
84.89 |
98.72 |
111.50 |
119.42 |
126.18 |
.. |
.. |
Malta |
51.64 |
54.01 |
55.75 |
60.95 |
81.70 |
114.07 |
122.25 |
124.57 |
.. |
.. |
Korea; Republic of |
50.81 |
60.51 |
75.12 |
96.20 |
106.01 |
115.83 |
121.91 |
123.93 |
.. |
.. |
China; Macao Special Administrative Region |
49.60 |
52.18 |
59.46 |
67.79 |
72.25 |
84.94 |
102.41 |
120.10 |
.. |
.. |
United States |
78.06 |
83.99 |
90.71 |
96.98 |
105.35 |
112.27 |
114 |
116.96 |
.. |
.. |
Andorra |
51.34 |
54.77 |
62.75 |
72.17 |
74.05 |
89.93 |
93.11 |
115.15 |
.. |
.. |
Japan |
72.27 |
82.46 |
86.82 |
93.88 |
101.44 |
106.96 |
111.34 |
115.09 |
.. |
.. |
Estonia |
34.60 |
42.03 |
51.43 |
62.57 |
75.03 |
80.94 |
100.07 |
111.86 |
.. |
.. |
Hungary |
30.59 |
37.36 |
44.09 |
53.30 |
68.71 |
87.33 |
103.72 |
111.74 |
.. |
.. |
New Zealand |
59.47 |
61.95 |
68.13 |
84.18 |
87.43 |
105.94 |
106.98 |
109.67 |
.. |
.. |
Canada |
74.43 |
78.85 |
84.15 |
91.28 |
94.92 |
100.09 |
102.51 |
107.04 |
.. |
.. |
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) |
78.95 |
87.04 |
93.17 |
96.10 |
98.62 |
98.99 |
98.49 |
104 |
.. |
.. |
United Arab Emirates |
37.43 |
43.15 |
49.70 |
59.59 |
75.40 |
84.93 |
93.81 |
101.68 |
.. |
.. |
Barbados |
38.86 |
43.77 |
46.86 |
50.60 |
56.93 |
67.86 |
85.57 |
101.59 |
.. |
.. |
Slovakia |
23.71 |
29.55 |
37.32 |
42.97 |
51.98 |
68.85 |
81.18 |
92.49 |
.. |
.. |
Bahrain |
32.09 |
35.78 |
41.33 |
48.26 |
59.35 |
72.96 |
83.99 |
90.60 |
.. |
.. |
Lithuania |
28.15 |
32.93 |
37.30 |
40.13 |
46.35 |
58.94 |
74.56 |
86.89 |
.. |
.. |
Seychelles |
21.93 |
25.98 |
30.36 |
44.71 |
57.42 |
71.34 |
78.81 |
85.07 |
.. |
.. |
Bulgaria |
31.99 |
33.11 |
34.61 |
38.45 |
44.42 |
55.06 |
70.07 |
84.69 |
.. |
.. |
Latvia |
30.69 |
32.95 |
37.01 |
41.23 |
46.86 |
58.64 |
69.49 |
81.12 |
.. |
.. |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
17.66 |
18.68 |
19.46 |
22.14 |
24.04 |
29.19 |
31.88 |
80.12 |
.. |
.. |
Qatar |
32.08 |
35.51 |
39.39 |
41.44 |
46.29 |
54.08 |
65.99 |
79.43 |
.. |
.. |
Bahamas |
33.25 |
36.08 |
38.49 |
42.18 |
47.84 |
59.89 |
79.59 |
78.19 |
.. |
.. |
Poland |
17.48 |
21.53 |
27.74 |
36.48 |
45.78 |
55.41 |
66.05 |
76.96 |
.. |
.. |
Kuwait |
28.66 |
31.40 |
33.41 |
35.86 |
43.07 |
59.36 |
72.29 |
76.76 |
.. |
.. |
Chile |
17.13 |
21.22 |
27.06 |
35.76 |
44.07 |
56.81 |
65.86 |
73.24 |
.. |
.. |
Grenada |
27.35 |
30.11 |
31.30 |
33.67 |
37.76 |
39.16 |
38.77 |
66.67 |
.. |
.. |
Turkey |
24.07 |
27.78 |
32.25 |
40.68 |
52.88 |
56.15 |
60.74 |
66.19 |
.. |
.. |
New Caledonia |
24.20 |
26.19 |
30.32 |
36.24 |
47.04 |
54.09 |
58.93 |
65.08 |
.. |
.. |
Malaysia |
25 |
28.72 |
30.27 |
33.99 |
41.93 |
50.61 |
56.77 |
62.36 |
.. |
.. |
Serbia and Montenegro |
19.83 |
21.41 |
24.07 |
27.14 |
34.87 |
41.59 |
48.91 |
58.05 |
.. |
.. |
Mauritius |
18.06 |
23.25 |
26.37 |
30.59 |
38.61 |
48.26 |
55.79 |
55.22 |
.. |
.. |
Saint Helena |
29.83 |
31.08 |
31.91 |
32.43 |
32.88 |
33.67 |
49.44 |
52.41 |
.. |
.. |
Romania |
14.12 |
15.95 |
18.88 |
22.75 |
28.53 |
35.56 |
42.80 |
52.36 |
.. |
.. |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
7.06 |
8.24 |
9.75 |
10.95 |
23.10 |
34.01 |
43.29 |
51.88 |
.. |
.. |
Russian Federation |
17.72 |
19.49 |
20.36 |
21.96 |
24.05 |
27.96 |
36.23 |
50.20 |
.. |
.. |
Thailand |
10.33 |
11.97 |
11.82 |
12.60 |
14.27 |
22.20 |
36.57 |
49.91 |
.. |
.. |
Brazil |
11.15 |
13.50 |
16.49 |
23.82 |
31.87 |
38.51 |
42.38 |
48.65 |
.. |
.. |
Saudi Arabia |
10.58 |
11.46 |
14.12 |
17.44 |
20.82 |
26.93 |
37.91 |
47.65 |
.. |
.. |
Suriname |
14.41 |
16.03 |
17.21 |
20.55 |
26.81 |
37.36 |
38.87 |
47.20 |
.. |
.. |
Costa Rica |
16.84 |
20.69 |
22.16 |
23.92 |
27.44 |
30.54 |
36.15 |
45.89 |
.. |
.. |
Mexico |
10.36 |
11.52 |
13.85 |
19.16 |
26.71 |
35.83 |
40.60 |
45.44 |
.. |
.. |
Albania |
2.12 |
2.89 |
3.90 |
4.88 |
5.90 |
19.12 |
34.77 |
44.10 |
.. |
.. |
Lebanon |
21.35 |
29.76 |
33.57 |
37.02 |
40.13 |
41.57 |
42.58 |
43.43 |
.. |
.. |
Belarus |
21.05 |
22.99 |
24.91 |
26.57 |
28.04 |
30.15 |
34.60 |
42.43 |
.. |
.. |
China |
4.96 |
6.68 |
8.86 |
12 |
17.76 |
24.77 |
32.78 |
42.38 |
.. |
.. |
Panama |
12.43 |
14.12 |
18.24 |
24.70 |
29.57 |
29.56 |
30.36 |
38.95 |
.. |
.. |
Dominican Republic |
8.98 |
10.59 |
12.01 |
14.98 |
18.70 |
25.67 |
31.71 |
38.71 |
.. |
.. |
Venezuela |
14.30 |
16.87 |
19.80 |
26.73 |
33.03 |
37.12 |
36.92 |
38.36 |
.. |
.. |
Botswana |
4.83 |
5.59 |
7.48 |
13.40 |
20.44 |
27.28 |
33.57 |
37.19 |
.. |
.. |
Ukraine |
18.14 |
18.57 |
19.30 |
20.31 |
22.27 |
26.75 |
30.26 |
36.92 |
.. |
.. |
Jordan |
8.14 |
9.77 |
12.47 |
13.95 |
20.02 |
29.60 |
35.54 |
35.56 |
.. |
.. |
Republic of Moldova |
16.28 |
17.24 |
18.20 |
15.71 |
19.86 |
23.81 |
29.23 |
35.13 |
.. |
.. |
Paraguay |
4.22 |
5.94 |
9.43 |
13.13 |
20.08 |
25.52 |
33.56 |
34.46 |
.. |
.. |
Colombia |
13.15 |
16.62 |
20 |
20.76 |
22.33 |
24.85 |
28.56 |
32.06 |
.. |
.. |
Belize |
14.71 |
14.97 |
15.81 |
18.26 |
21.88 |
28.91 |
30.13 |
31.73 |
.. |
.. |
Oman |
9.51 |
11.55 |
14.12 |
14.82 |
16.08 |
22.40 |
27.29 |
31.67 |
.. |
.. |
Tunisia |
6.50 |
7.18 |
8.48 |
9.58 |
11.23 |
14.94 |
17.61 |
31.46 |
.. |
.. |
Ecuador |
7.36 |
8.60 |
10.13 |
12.19 |
13.50 |
17.04 |
24.06 |
31.16 |
.. |
.. |
Philippines |
3.92 |
4.72 |
5.79 |
7.71 |
12.44 |
19.78 |
23.29 |
31.07 |
.. |
.. |
El Salvador |
6.01 |
6.76 |
8.68 |
16.36 |
21.81 |
23.56 |
24.10 |
28.66 |
.. |
.. |
Morocco |
4.60 |
5 |
5.45 |
6.60 |
13.12 |
20.44 |
24.71 |
28.48 |
.. |
.. |
Georgia |
10.50 |
11.89 |
13.32 |
15.57 |
14.02 |
17.49 |
23.35 |
27.97 |
.. |
.. |
Cape Verde |
6.37 |
8.18 |
9.83 |
12.83 |
17.10 |
21.62 |
25.11 |
27.26 |
.. |
.. |
Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
9.80 |
11.06 |
12.53 |
14.12 |
16.41 |
20.10 |
22.01 |
27.06 |
.. |
.. |
Fiji |
9.52 |
9.78 |
10.66 |
13.01 |
17.46 |
21.29 |
22.87 |
25.66 |
.. |
.. |
Gabon |
3.78 |
4.11 |
4.15 |
3.92 |
12.97 |
14.84 |
23.95 |
25.31 |
.. |
.. |
Azerbaijan |
8.74 |
9.15 |
9.72 |
14.29 |
15.58 |
19.96 |
22.03 |
24.25 |
.. |
.. |
Bolivia |
5.03 |
6.47 |
8.69 |
11.33 |
13.32 |
15.76 |
19.31 |
22.44 |
.. |
.. |
Occupied Palestinian Territory |
4.28 |
5.42 |
9.22 |
11.23 |
14.23 |
17.95 |
17.99 |
21.99 |
.. |
.. |
Egypt |
5.12 |
5.83 |
6.62 |
8.28 |
10.78 |
14.70 |
18.17 |
21.17 |
.. |
.. |
Mongolia |
3.76 |
3.91 |
4.86 |
5.88 |
11.46 |
13.30 |
14.16 |
18.60 |
.. |
.. |
Namibia |
5.74 |
6.82 |
7.42 |
7.97 |
10.80 |
12.26 |
14.48 |
18.25 |
.. |
.. |
Armenia |
15.34 |
15.11 |
14.86 |
14.52 |
14.49 |
14.65 |
16.17 |
17.84 |
.. |
.. |
Peru |
6.83 |
8.49 |
9.27 |
10.71 |
11.66 |
12.89 |
14.82 |
17.31 |
.. |
.. |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
6.79 |
7.38 |
9.44 |
10.60 |
11.51 |
12.72 |
14.22 |
15.86 |
.. |
.. |
Micronesia; Federated States of |
7.77 |
7.91 |
8.54 |
9.23 |
9.02 |
9.39 |
9.49 |
15.77 |
.. |
.. |
Mauritania |
.44 |
.55 |
.62 |
.67 |
1.34 |
5.18 |
10.39 |
14.14 |
.. |
.. |
Samoa |
4.86 |
5.37 |
5.75 |
6.24 |
6.23 |
6.81 |
8.03 |
13.05 |
.. |
.. |
Swaziland |
2.41 |
2.65 |
3.54 |
4.63 |
6.43 |
8.70 |
9.99 |
12.85 |
.. |
.. |
Indonesia |
2.39 |
2.93 |
3.25 |
4.04 |
5.01 |
6.57 |
9.17 |
12.68 |
.. |
.. |
Nicaragua |
2.75 |
2.92 |
3.40 |
3.94 |
5.02 |
6.19 |
7.85 |
12.25 |
.. |
.. |
Sri Lanka |
1.86 |
2.55 |
3.89 |
5.10 |
6.49 |
7.98 |
9.58 |
12.17 |
.. |
.. |
Algeria |
4.52 |
4.88 |
5.07 |
5.58 |
6.08 |
6.42 |
7.38 |
11.46 |
.. |
.. |
Honduras |
3.14 |
4 |
4.55 |
5.66 |
7.24 |
8.37 |
9.69 |
10.40 |
.. |
.. |
Kyrgyzstan |
7.47 |
7.56 |
7.87 |
7.69 |
7.89 |
8.33 |
8.79 |
10.27 |
.. |
.. |
Congo |
.86 |
.. |
.91 |
.94 |
3.13 |
5.53 |
7.39 |
9.63 |
.. |
.. |
Equatorial Guinea |
.91 |
.98 |
1.36 |
1.45 |
2.45 |
4.66 |
8.08 |
9.41 |
.. |
.. |
Marshall Islands |
7.68 |
7.85 |
8.16 |
8.50 |
8.62 |
8.93 |
9.28 |
9.38 |
.. |
.. |
Ivory Coast |
1.05 |
1.29 |
1.83 |
3.28 |
4.98 |
6.25 |
8.20 |
9.13 |
.. |
.. |
Viet Nam |
1.67 |
1.95 |
2.54 |
3.09 |
4.17 |
5.30 |
7.18 |
8.78 |
.. |
.. |
Uzbekistan |
6.66 |
6.61 |
6.53 |
6.75 |
6.93 |
7.17 |
7.39 |
7.96 |
.. |
.. |
Senegal |
1.13 |
1.40 |
1.86 |
2.73 |
4.79 |
5.50 |
6.75 |
7.77 |
.. |
.. |
Sao Tome and Principe |
1.92 |
3.12 |
3.05 |
3.15 |
3.10 |
3.63 |
5.44 |
7.76 |
.. |
.. |
India |
1.58 |
1.96 |
2.32 |
2.85 |
3.56 |
4.38 |
5.19 |
7.10 |
.. |
.. |
Vanuatu |
2.69 |
2.83 |
2.97 |
3.11 |
3.65 |
3.61 |
5.69 |
6.90 |
.. |
.. |
Cuba |
3.25 |
3.38 |
3.52 |
3.93 |
4.42 |
5.19 |
6.06 |
6.71 |
.. |
.. |
Lesotho |
.83 |
1.13 |
1.50 |
1.59 |
2.03 |
3.63 |
5.79 |
6.28 |
.. |
.. |
Kenya |
1.03 |
1.03 |
1.07 |
1.09 |
1.37 |
2.91 |
4.79 |
6.05 |
.. |
.. |
Zimbabwe |
1.61 |
1.98 |
2.30 |
3.67 |
4.91 |
5.06 |
5.51 |
5.78 |
.. |
.. |
Togo |
.57 |
.65 |
.89 |
1.22 |
2 |
3.02 |
4.54 |
5.61 |
.. |
.. |
Haiti |
.82 |
.80 |
.96 |
1.17 |
1.57 |
2.07 |
3.25 |
5.52 |
.. |
.. |
Djibouti |
1.40 |
1.42 |
1.34 |
1.47 |
1.57 |
2.01 |
3.83 |
4.97 |
.. |
.. |
Ghana |
.51 |
.69 |
.91 |
1.16 |
1.82 |
2.08 |
3.34 |
4.91 |
.. |
.. |
Somalia |
.15 |
.15 |
.21 |
.36 |
.. |
.. |
1.07 |
4.83 |
.. |
.. |
Sudan |
.37 |
.41 |
.58 |
.87 |
1.32 |
1.73 |
2.63 |
4.66 |
.. |
.. |
Bhutan |
1.01 |
1.04 |
1.64 |
1.82 |
2.15 |
2.60 |
2.84 |
4.52 |
.. |
.. |
Tajikistan |
4.17 |
3.79 |
3.69 |
3.49 |
3.59 |
3.68 |
3.93 |
4.48 |
.. |
.. |
Pakistan |
1.90 |
2.08 |
2.24 |
2.41 |
2.45 |
2.85 |
3.35 |
4.42 |
.. |
.. |
Benin |
.63 |
.70 |
.75 |
.83 |
1.68 |
2.80 |
4.14 |
4.31 |
.. |
.. |
Cambodia |
.38 |
.51 |
.75 |
.95 |
1.23 |
1.91 |
3.01 |
3.78 |
.. |
.. |
Uganda |
.26 |
.29 |
.41 |
.51 |
.82 |
1.43 |
1.81 |
3.27 |
.. |
.. |
Nigeria |
.41 |
.40 |
.43 |
.46 |
.51 |
.86 |
1.92 |
3.25 |
.. |
.. |
Lao People`s Democratic Republic |
.49 |
.61 |
.70 |
.92 |
1.02 |
1.52 |
2.12 |
3.21 |
.. |
.. |
United Republic of Tanzania |
.35 |
.42 |
.52 |
.63 |
1.08 |
1.71 |
2.68 |
2.95 |
.. |
.. |
Zambia |
.88 |
.87 |
.88 |
1.11 |
1.77 |
1.96 |
2.08 |
2.94 |
.. |
.. |
Burkina Faso |
.34 |
.36 |
.41 |
.47 |
.69 |
1.15 |
1.46 |
2.39 |
.. |
.. |
Malawi |
.41 |
.45 |
.48 |
.63 |
.92 |
1.06 |
1.52 |
2.10 |
.. |
.. |
Madagascar |
.31 |
.35 |
.42 |
.59 |
.78 |
1.33 |
1.40 |
2.10 |
.. |
.. |
Comoros |
.79 |
.84 |
.95 |
.96 |
.98 |
1.22 |
1.35 |
1.91 |
.. |
.. |
Nepal |
.54 |
.66 |
.98 |
1.18 |
1.24 |
1.39 |
1.51 |
1.78 |
.. |
.. |
Guinea |
.24 |
.31 |
.50 |
.62 |
.89 |
1.07 |
1.52 |
1.78 |
.. |
.. |
Solomon Islands |
2.01 |
2.16 |
2.16 |
2.26 |
2.10 |
1.93 |
1.71 |
1.62 |
.. |
.. |
Bangladesh |
.26 |
.32 |
.39 |
.46 |
.60 |
.83 |
1.26 |
1.56 |
.. |
.. |
Burundi |
.25 |
.26 |
.29 |
.30 |
.54 |
.75 |
1.06 |
1.23 |
.. |
.. |
Afghanistan |
.14 |
.13 |
.14 |
.13 |
.13 |
.13 |
.25 |
1.18 |
.. |
.. |
Guinea-Bissau |
.73 |
.69 |
.70 |
.52 |
.93 |
.81 |
.89 |
.92 |
.. |