Indicators by Countries (Source: World Bank)
Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people) Change in Fixed line and mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people)
Country 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 country Pcnt Change (2004-1998)
Sweden 1,185.64 1,318.52 1,477.09 1,562.18 1,627.99 1,750.11 1,742.55 ..   Congo, Dem. Rep.211.99
Hong Kong, China 1,054.78 1,232.98 1,406.33 1,438.52 1,506.93 1,639.79 1,733.12 ..   Somalia155.57
Iceland 1,027.06 1,296.71 1,463.46 1,560.21 1,557.07 1,630.89 1,649.63 ..   Nigeria110.71
Denmark 1,024.09 1,179.38 1,348.04 1,460.16 1,521.80 1,555.59 1,598.76 ..   Afghanistan102.24
United Kingdom 805.36 1,028.66 1,316.97 1,377.19 1,426.18 1,469.83 1,583.51 ..   Cameroon96.26
Switzerland 921.94 1,132.30 1,374.44 1,474.35 1,527.02 1,568.62 1,559.63 ..   Chad85.32
Italy 810.30 990.50 1,202.96 1,362.09 1,409.98 1,446.16 1,540.77 ..   Mali83.1
Norway 1,133.98 1,322.05 1,284.52 1,352.63 1,372.44 1,623.49 1,529.67 ..   Congo, Rep.83.03
Germany 736.78 872.12 1,197.20 1,317.28 1,367.12 1,443.53 1,525.35 ..   Uganda81.9
Israel 827.87 943.28 1,172.52 1,387.33 1,422.48 1,435.41 1,498.68 ..   Ghana78.46
Greece 715.33 895.46 1,061.80 1,237.83 1,338.22 1,408.25 1,465.31 ..   Sudan76.4
Austria 772.67 992.16 1,262.18 1,310.21 1,313.64 1,351.48 1,437.98 ..   Bangladesh75.65
Ireland 696.11 911.69 1,125.81 1,249.76 1,265.90 1,365.26 1,425.45 ..   Gabon74.85
Finland 1,102.23 1,185.60 1,270.71 1,345.75 1,392.61 1,403.17 1,407 ..   Burkina Faso74.2
Netherlands 805.06 1,031.17 1,296.29 1,268.72 1,258.66 1,315.05 1,393.09 ..   Angola71.78
Czech Republic 457.21 559.24 799.90 1,057.12 1,204.36 1,307.09 1,392.05 ..   Kenya67.78
Portugal 720.63 890.34 1,065.05 1,191.84 1,234.62 1,362.60 1,384.29 ..   Philippines66.55
Australia 771.92 848.87 987.42 1,113.53 1,195.46 1,273.69 1,358.51 ..   Rwanda65.95
Singapore 732.43 887.75 1,168.31 1,195.56 1,265.43 1,283.98 1,350.05 ..   Sierra Leone64.5
Liechtenstein 851.54 887.04 915.07 927.67 915.94 1,320.59 1,337.68 ..   Lesotho64.37
Belgium 667.01 820.52 1,040.33 1,247.08 1,260.47 1,299.26 1,332.71 ..   Lao PDR62
Macao, China 594.61 677.89 716.71 828.46 1,002.21 1,185.64 1,326.25 ..   Haiti60.7
Spain 577.23 783.15 1,021.46 1,158.41 1,240.37 1,308.93 1,320.55 ..   Niger60.38
Korea, Rep. 751.18 962.05 1,120.64 1,157.69 1,219.73 1,239.81 1,302.86 ..   Morocco59.95
France 775.86 943.68 1,070.36 1,200.85 1,219.99 1,257.59 1,298.80 ..   Guatemala56.59
Cyprus 790.80 860.55 837.32 940.53 1,047.91 1,195.30 1,282.07 ..   Yemen, Rep.55.51
Estonia 514.28 625.69 788.47 848.54 998.06 1,116.53 1,260.02 ..   Tunisia54.25
Barbados 468.63 506.02 572.36 682.37 860.48 1,021.61 1,249.14 ..   Indonesia54.24
Lithuania 373.01 401.35 489.11 623.24 744.13 866.79 1,234.60 ..   China54.07
United States 907.05 969.81 1,070.04 1,121.81 1,144.91 1,175.21 1,222.70 ..   Central African Republic52.93
Hungary 440.85 533.05 673.25 854.92 1,039.05 1,139.98 1,217.41 ..   Maldives52.48
New Zealand 696.60 860.22 874.33 1,059.40 1,069.79 1,096.73 1,188.75 ..   Ivory Coast52.28
Japan 908.34 1,005.73 1,014.75 1,070.83 1,113.75 1,151.29 1,176.09 ..   Botswana51.67
Bahrain 413.31 482.62 560.56 691.25 811.05 890.92 1,175.32 ..   Nicaragua51.11
Antigua and Barbuda 488.64 602.41 783.12 804.44 974.02 .. 1,148.79 ..   Malawi50.9
United Arab Emirates 598.60 753.73 753.99 849.26 938.13 1,016.60 1,127.51 ..   Vietnam50.67
Croatia 388.41 430.77 628.80 796.40 938.06 996.07 1,064.66 ..   Jamaica47.86
Slovak Republic 373.16 429.69 545.90 688.54 804.29 924.49 1,026.59 ..   Ecuador46.92
Bahamas, The 384.94 421.76 483.92 601.25 800.68 789.07 1,022.53 ..   El Salvador46.71
Jamaica 213.59 246.96 337.55 440.07 619.70 779.35 1,020.95 ..   Guyana46.08
Kuwait 334.12 358.60 430.62 593.55 731.88 795.73 1,015.22 ..   Thailand45.97
Puerto Rico 491.13 557.95 583.28 629.47 795.19 .. 974.08 ..   Algeria43.59
Bulgaria 346.09 384.51 449.10 560.94 695.08 807.73 966.36 ..   Sri Lanka43.49
Latvia 370.06 412.34 478.91 584.39 692.22 805.65 937.25 ..   West Bank and Gaza42.43
Dominica 273.53 289.31 335.08 435.57 504.80 611.79 878.83 ..   Mexico41.4
Qatar 373.51 406.10 463.51 537.58 645.83 765.16 876.79 ..   Albania41.03
Seychelles 303.63 447.10 574.16 713.41 788.29 850.48 841.92 ..   Saudi Arabia40.36
Chile 270.63 357.56 434.99 561.03 628.35 675.34 799.12 ..   Suriname39.88
Malaysia 302.72 339.94 424.23 514.85 580.84 642.30 765.56 ..   Zambia39.77
Turkey 322.50 406.80 512.14 561.48 606.28 661.90 750.52 ..   Paraguay38.23
St. Kitts and Nevis 426.49 465.45 521.84 533.50 610.15 .. 744.92 ..   India38.16
Trinidad and Tobago 226.33 245.70 372.56 440.62 525.92 621.06 744.73 ..   Romania37.44
New Caledonia 303.16 362.39 473.47 545.87 595.99 660.28 737.85 ..   Brazil37.36
Grenada 313.04 336.67 351.63 381.60 397.07 716.32 718.86 ..   Egypt, Arab Rep.37.36
Mauritius 263.70 305.87 388.28 482.66 558.15 551.69 699.87 ..   Azerbaijan36.07
Romania 188.75 227.46 285.09 359.71 427.73 523.02 673.49 ..   Honduras35.45
Suriname 172.10 205.46 268.09 375.71 424.45 559.79 658.80 ..   Jordan35.4
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 194.60 221.36 235.16 288.02 318.37 809.36 641.50 ..   Lithuania34.88
Brazil 164.94 238.22 311.26 375.20 411.93 471.75 587.17 ..   St. Vincent and the Grenadines34.75
Argentina 280.64 332.32 389.81 399.02 379.24 432.80 578.88 ..   Dominican Republic34.73
Belarus 249.08 265.69 279.99 300.97 345.57 424.28 578.19 ..   Trinidad and Tobago34.68
Mexico 138.54 191.64 269.58 358.93 409.02 459.59 553.89 ..   Bhutan34.08
Ukraine 192.95 203.14 228.48 264.86 301.22 368.27 545.34 ..   Dominica33.88
Saudi Arabia 138.46 169.52 202.04 260.84 366.71 460.47 537.41 ..   Kazakhstan33.47
Thailand 118.20 125.98 140.74 219.28 362.05 498.56 536.57 ..   Bolivia32.67
Costa Rica 221.61 239.19 282.62 316.83 376 463.92 532.86 ..   Czech Republic32.09
China 88.62 119.99 182.23 255.68 328.20 413.46 499.37 ..   Oman32.07
Tunisia 84.77 95.78 112.33 149.42 176.13 313.15 479.89 ..   Kuwait32.03
Ecuador 101.33 121.88 138.69 175.80 235.79 307.10 472.12 ..   World31.85
World 155.82 234.19 283.79 326.92 362.30 406.90 470.85 ..   Chile31.09
Belize 158.10 182.55 210.43 289.13 313.08 342.28 465.41 ..   Belize30.99
Uruguay 296.39 367.02 400.99 436.93 430.57 420.37 465.19 ..   Cape Verde30.05
Maldives 83.36 94.74 110.51 154.86 230.85 308.03 450.66 ..   Syrian Arab Republic29.87
Venezuela, RB 198.01 267.25 328.38 370.58 368.97 388.41 450.39 ..   Bahrain29.86
Philippines 57.92 77.13 125.59 200.35 237.52 322.45 445.66 ..   Ukraine29.66
Lebanon 335.73 370.22 388.19 405.63 419.13 433.74 428.78 ..   Vanuatu29.42
Colombia 200.04 207.55 224.35 248.37 284.02 317.38 426.78 ..   Pakistan29.33
Jordan 124.75 139.53 212.21 312.65 378.48 379.37 419.35 ..   Bulgaria29.27
Oman 135.60 140.01 158.13 224.58 277.84 327.85 412.56 ..   Namibia29.1
El Salvador 86.83 163.58 217.96 235.48 238.61 286.37 402.28 ..   Seychelles29.04
Botswana 74.80 133.96 191.50 259.75 326.01 369.51 395.83 ..   Micronesia, Fed. Sts.28.98
Dominican Republic 120.12 149.79 193.54 265.27 306.51 350.82 395.79 ..   Hungary28.91
Moldova 151.77 130.90 169.09 202.85 249.09 299.45 391.28 ..   Slovak Republic28.79
Panama 182.38 246.97 284.59 285.07 298.01 389.29 387.97 ..   Croatia28.67
Gabon 41.47 39.16 124.97 144.34 235.89 252.30 387.59 ..   Barbados27.77
West Bank and Gaza 92.24 112.33 151.10 191.22 192.38 236.38 379.59 ..   Bahamas, The27.66
Morocco 54.53 66.04 135.32 211.76 257.19 297.74 356.95 ..   Mauritius27.64
Kazakhstan 110.37 111.21 136.49 169.71 209.22 238.72 350.30 ..   Moldova26.71
Guatemala 58.18 85.53 137.33 166.40 206.90 248.27 349.77 ..   Latvia26.15
Paraguay 94.27 131.33 201.77 256.75 338.02 348.97 344.22 ..   Georgia26.14
Georgia 133.21 155.66 149.04 186.53 247.94 301.96 337.28 ..   Malaysia26.11
Azerbaijan 97.17 142.91 151.78 196.62 210.21 242.70 333.06 ..   Estonia25.11
Guyana 72.19 78.19 145.53 208.17 224.41 281.70 328.74 ..   New Caledonia24.9
Cape Verde 98.29 128.28 165.05 207.31 239.51 258.56 281.14 ..   Zimbabwe24.54
Syrian Arab Republic 94.68 99.58 101.43 116.96 141.34 198.50 269.35 ..   Peru24.53
Bolivia 86.92 113.35 131.47 153.66 186.34 213.81 269.31 ..   Costa Rica24.52
Armenia 148.61 145.24 178.74 181.73 201.38 223.25 259.67 ..   Antigua and Barbuda23.83
Egypt, Arab Rep. 66.16 82.77 101.71 138.35 174.95 203.92 235.50 ..   Qatar23.78
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. 81.64 87.21 90.08 93.83 94.49 156.33 225.92 ..   Turkey23.51
Peru 92.66 107.07 115.25 127.62 148.10 175.60 222.85 ..   Belarus23.43
Algeria 50.67 55.83 60.64 64.05 73.54 114.26 215.43 ..   Grenada23.1
Namibia 74.19 79.70 101.44 116.07 138.47 176.77 206.06 ..   Spain22.98
Indonesia 32.47 40.39 50.09 65.74 91.82 127.06 183.79 ..   Venezuela, RB22.81
Nicaragua 34 39.38 51.38 63.70 79.20 127.51 177.28 ..   Nepal22.27
Sri Lanka 38.90 51 61.86 79.80 95.47 121.15 164.91 ..   Macao, China22.21
Albania 39 48.81 59.60 192.46 347.99 437.99 154.26 ..   Colombia20.86
Honduras 45.46 56.65 70.67 83.16 96.32 103.55 153.03 ..   Cuba20.81
Vietnam 25.35 30.93 42.42 54.11 72.51 87.86 130.64 ..   Panama20.77
Lesotho 14.95 15.94 24.50 43.65 69.70 75.88 109.14 ..   Germany19.95
Cameroon 6.92 6.85 13.35 34.54 52.57 75.37 102.67 ..   Argentina19.84
Congo, Rep. 9.12 9.43 26.76 48.49 66.66 89.41 102.36 ..   Eritrea19.81
Ivory Coast 18.28 32.80 44.02 59.94 77.98 86.27 98.30 ..   Greece19.63
Ghana 9.14 11.62 17.24 24.05 31.88 51.22 92.70 ..   Ireland19.62
Yemen, Rep. 15.73 17.84 21.11 31.08 49.93 70.29 91.99 ..   Belgium18.89
Somalia 2.06 3.62 14.98 16.60 18.09 38.92 87.89 ..   Puerto Rico18.67
Kenya 10.73 11.45 13.66 28.99 47.09 58.63 85.02 ..   United Kingdom18.42
India 23.20 28.45 35.45 43.55 51.60 64.03 84.52 ..   Myanmar17.96
Vanuatu 29.68 31.07 36.59 36.41 57.76 70.54 83.26 ..   Iraq17.76
Nigeria 4.01 4.36 4.96 8.31 18.76 32.07 79.05 ..   Portugal17.73
Cuba 35.24 39.33 44.51 52.23 61.07 67.70 75.06 ..   Italy17.43
Haiti 9.63 11.75 16.06 21.30 33.05 55.51 64.23 ..   United Arab Emirates17.15
Pakistan 22.39 24.07 24.33 28.24 36.95 43.03 62.64 ..   Austria16.8
Sudan 6.04 9.15 12.45 16.44 25.21 42 58.48 ..   Singapore16.52
Iraq 29.81 30.07 26.92 26.16 43.25 46.27 57.32 ..   Israel15.99
Zimbabwe 22.96 36.70 40.96 44.71 49.01 52.03 55.23 ..   Australia15.18
Angola 6.20 7.31 6.90 11.71 14.71 28.52 53.99 ..   Armenia14.97
Bhutan 16.37 18.24 17.57 21.20 23.05 37.99 52.90 ..   St. Kitts and Nevis14.96
Lao PDR 7 9.22 10.15 15.21 21.17 32.16 48.21 ..   Korea, Rep.14.76
Uganda 4.06 5.12 7.76 13.53 17.27 31.16 44.45 ..   Netherlands14.69
Burkina Faso 4.06 4.72 6.95 11.51 14.55 23.55 37.39 ..   New Zealand14.29
Bangladesh 3.89 4.57 5.98 8.25 12.54 15.42 37.03 ..   Switzerland14.05
Congo, Dem. Rep. .39 .43 .50 3.12 10.81 18.62 36.95 ..   France13.75
Mali 3.22 4.01 4.26 8.04 8.84 24.01 36.19 ..   Hong Kong, China13.22
Zambia 8.84 11.13 17.02 18.97 20.43 29.18 33.74 ..   Cyprus12.84
Sierra Leone 3.71 3.82 6.86 10.60 18.60 27 27.17 ..   Iceland12.58
Malawi 4.82 6.30 8.29 9.35 13.19 17.84 24.99 ..   Liechtenstein11.95
Afghanistan 1.36 1.32 1.28 1.29 2.24 8.69 22.75 ..   Uruguay11.93
Nepal 9.75 11.85 11.34 12.63 13.70 16.20 21.79 ..   Denmark11.78
Papua New Guinea 12.96 13.44 13.85 13.42 13.90 16.80 19.06 ..   Papua New Guinea10.12
Rwanda 2.40 3.27 7.05 10.32 12.48 17.85 18.20 ..   Sweden10.11
Central African Republic 3.21 3.95 3.82 5.19 5.56 12.57 17.56 ..   Norway7.77
Chad 1.22 1.33 1.92 3.84 5.22 8.48 14.39 ..   United States7.75
Eritrea 6.80 7.56 8.59 8.43 9.26 9.39 14.01 ..   Japan6.67
Niger 1.93 2.03 1.87 1.95 3.09 7.63 12.77 ..   Lebanon6.31
Myanmar 5.34 5.78 5.97 6.58 7.98 8.68 10.34 ..   Finland6.29