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Number of Fixed Telephone Lines by Country Per 100 People

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This world map shows Number of Fixed Telephone Lines by Country, per 100 people.

Current worldwide number of fixed telephone lines: 17.2 per 100 people (2010)
17.8 per 100 people (2009)

Main (fixed) telephone lines refer to telephone lines connecting a customer's equipment (e.g., telephone set, facsimile machine) to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and which have a dedicated port on a telephone exchange. Note that for most countries, main lines also include public payphones. Many countries also include ISDN channels in main (fixed) lines (see below ISDN and ADSL).

Main (fixed) telephone lines per 100 inhabitants is calculated by dividing the number of main lines by the population and multiplying by 100.

Last updated: 13 years ago

Category: Information and Communication Technology

Country	2008 per 100 people	2009 per 100 people	2009 Notes	2009 Source
Afghanistan	0.37	0.46		Ministry of Communications.
Albania	10.93	11.5		Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications.
Algeria	8.93	7.38		Autorité de Régulation de la Poste et des Télecommunications (ARPT).
American Samoa	15.71	15.44		ITU estimate.
Andorra	44.28	44.3		Servei de Telecomunicacions d'Andorra (STA).
Angola	0.63	1.64	Break in comparability. From this year, including copper line (171'562), DSL line (13'967), WiMax (43'146), CDMA (72'000) and VSAT (2'504) which are not included in previous years.	Instituto Angolano das Comunicações.
Anguilla	42.18	41.28		ITU estimate.
Antigua & Barbuda	43.86	42.64		Ministry of Information, Broadcasting, Telecommunications, Science & Technology.
Argentina	24.43	24.25		Comisión Nacional de Comunicaciones
Armenia	20.34	20.43		ITU estimate.
Aruba	36.47	35.95		ITU estimate.
Australia	44.46	42.36		ACMA.
Austria	39.4	38.89	Incl. ISDN channels. Measured in ISDN B channels equivalents.	Austrian Regulatory Authority for Broadcasting and Telecommunications (RTR-GmbH).
Azerbaijan	15.0	15.86	Number of ISDN channels are not included.	Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan
Bahamas	39.32	37.74		Bahamas Telecommunications Company Ltd. (BTC)
Bahrain	28.42	30.1		Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA)
Bangladesh	0.84	0.94		ITU estimate.
Barbados	58.78	53.0		Ministry of Finance, Investment, Telecommunications & Energy
Belarus	38.41	41.2		Ministry of Communications and Informatization.
Belgium	44.71	43.54	Including ISDN and managed VoB.	IBPT
Belize	10.35	10.16		Belize Telemedia Limited.
Benin	1.33	1.42		ATRPT.
Bermuda	89	88.96		ITU estimate.
Bhutan	4	3.78		Bhutan Information, Communications and Media Authority, Ministry of Information and Communications.
Bolivia	7.12	8.21		Autoridad de Fiscalización y Control Social de Telecomunicaciones y Transportes
Bosnia and Herzegovina	27.33	26.51		Communications Regulatory Agency B & H.
Botswana	7.41	7.1		Country estimate.
Brazil	21.48	21.42		Anatel.
British Virgin Islands	82.92	87.24		ITU estimate.
Brunei Darussalam	20.59	20.15		AiTi.
Bulgaria	28.84	29.23	Data as of 31.12.2009. According to the revised definition the number of ISDN subscriptions is presented as voice channel equivalents. Public payphones are included.	Communications Regulation Commission
Burkina Faso	0.97	0.97		Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications Électroniques (ARCE)
Burundi	0.38	0.38		Agence de Régulation et de Contrôle des Télécommunications.
Cambodia	0.3	0.37		ITU estimate.
Cameroon	1.34	2.23		Agence de Régulation des Statistiques
Canada	54.87	52.5		Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission
Cape Verde	14.41	14.22		ANAC - Agência Nacional das Comunicações
Cayman Islands	64.27	64.4		Information and Communications Technology Authority
Central African Rep.	0.28	0.27		ITU estimate.
Chad	0.41	0.52		Office Tchadien de Régulation des Télécommunications.
Chile	21	21.1		Subtel
China	25.45	23.31		Ministry of Industry and Information Technology
Colombia	17.62	16.37	Source: www.siust.gov.co.	Ministerio de Tecnologías de Información y las Comunicaciones
Comoros	4.36	4.55	Including fixed wireless (CDMA).	Comores Telecom.
Congo	0.61	0.66		ITU estimate.
Congo (Dem. Rep.)	0.1	0.1		A.R.P.T.C.
Cook Islands	34.0	34.69		Telecom Cook Islands Ltd.
Costa Rica	31.81	32.75		ICE-Telecomunicaciones
Côte d'Ivoire	1.73	1.34		Agence des Télécommunications de Côte d'Ivoire (ATCI).
Croatia	42.47	42.1		Croatian Post and Electronic Communications Agency (HAKOM).
Cuba	9.71	9.99		Ministerio de la Informática y las Comunicaciones
Cyprus	47.93	47.59		Office of the Commissioner for Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation.
Czech Republic	21.94	20.38	VoIP subcribers not included.	Czech Telecommunication Office
D.P.R. Korea	4.95	4.94		ITU estimate.
Denmark	45.64	37.69	Including ISDN channels.	National IT and Telecom Agency.
Djibouti	1.76	1.95		Ministère de la Communication et de la Culture, chargé des Postes et des Télécommunications.
Dominica	26.19	26.26		ITU estimate. 17'450 17'450 ITU estimate.
Dominican Rep.	9.9	9.57		INDOTEL
Ecuador	14.12	14.71		SENATEL.
Egypt	14.54	12.42		Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
El Salvador	17.56	17.83		Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones
Equatorial Guinea	1.52	1.48		ITU estimate.
Eritrea	0.82	0.96		Eritrea Telecommunication Services Corporation.
Estonia	37.14	36.77		Estonian Competition Authority.
Ethiopia	1.11	1.1	Excl. Public Payphones and ISDN channels	Ethiopian Telecommunication Agency.
Falkland (Malvinas) Is.	66.27	65.27		Cable & Wireless South Atlantic Plc
Faroe Islands	43.97	41.95		Postal and Telecom Surveillance Authority.
Fiji	15.3	16.11		ITU estimate.
Finland	31.11	26.85		Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority.
France	56.58	56.94		Autorité de Régulation des Communications Electroniques et des Postes (ARCEP).
French Polynesia	20.53	20.19		Service des Postes et Télécommunications.
Gabon	1.83	1.8		ITU estimate.
Gambia	2.94	2.87		ITU estimate.
Georgia	14.35	14.55		ITU estimate.
Germany	62.12	59.27	Telephone channels including ISDN and own consumption, excluding public payphones. Figure is based on NRA estimates.	Bundesnetzagentur (BNetzA, formerly Regulierungsbehörde für Telekommunikation und Post).
Ghana	0.62	1.12		National Communications Authority (NCA).
Gibraltar	77.34	77.31		Gibtelecom.
Greece	47.17	47.0		Hellenic Telecommunications and Post Commission
Greenland	39.82	38.47		TELE Greenland
Grenada	27.6	27.52		ITU estimate.
Guam	37.31	36.86		ITU estimate.
Guatemala	10.59	10.1		Superintedencia de Telecomunicaciones
Guernsey				ITU estimate.
Guinea	0.21	0.22		ITU estimate.
Guinea-Bissau	0.29	0.3		Instituto das Comunicações da Guiné-Bissau
Guyana	17.47	18.3		National Frequency Management Unit
Haiti	1.1	1.1		ITU estimate.
Honduras	11.28	9.59		CONATEL
Hong Kong, China	59.91	60.91		Office of the Telecommunications Authority
Hungary	30.9	30.71		National Communications Authority.
Iceland	61.34	57.4		Post and Telecom Administration.
India	3.21	3.1	December.	TRAI.
Indonesia	13.36	14.77		Ministry of Communications and Information Technology
Iran (I.R.)	33.83	34.78		ITU estimate.
Iraq	3.6	3.6		Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company
Ireland	49.63	46.1	Incl. PSTN lines, ISDN paths, FWA subscriptions, public payphones and LLU lines. Data refers to December.	Commission for Communications Regulation.
Israel	45.72	45.33		ITU estimate.
Italy	36.98	36.24		Ministry of Economic Development
Jamaica	11.69	11.12		Office of Utilities Regulation
Japan	37.17	34.1	December.	Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications(MIC)
Jersey				ITU estimate.
Jordan	8.46	7.94		Telecommunications Regulatory Commission.
Kazakhstan	22.28	24.66		Ministry of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Communications and Information
Kenya	1.67	1.67		Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK).
Kiribati	4.14	4.1		ITU estimate.
Korea (Rep.)	48.58	53.69		Korea Communications Commission, Rep of Korea
Kuwait	18.53	18.54		ITU estimate.
Kyrgyzstan	9.13	9.1		National Communications Agency.
Lao P.D.R.	2.1	1.59		National Authority of Post and Telecommunication.
Latvia	28.51	28.63		ITU estimate.
Lebanon	17.88	19.0		Ministère des Télécommunications
Lesotho	2.0	1.94		ITU estimate.
Liberia	0.1	0.1		ITU estimate.
Libya	14.62	16.56		General Telecom Authority.
Liechtenstein	55.0	54.58		ITU estimate.
Lithuania	23.64	22.74		Communications Regulatory Authority.
Luxembourg	54.22	54.22		Institut Luxembourgeois de Régulation.
Macao, China	33.43	31.69	Excl. ISDN channels, fixed wireless subscriptions and public payphones.	Bureau of Telecommunications Regulation
Madagascar	0.86	0.95		Office Malagasy d'Etudes et Régulations des télécommunications (OMERT)
Malawi	1.18	1.15
Malaysia	15.89	15.7		Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Malaysia
Maldives	15.38	15.84		Telecommunications Authority of Maldives (TAM).
Mali	0.64	0.65		Comité de Régulation des Télécommnications CRT
Malta	59.18	59.92		Malta Communications Authority
Marshall Islands	7.25	7.1		ITU estimate.
Mauritania	2.37	2.26		Autorité de Régulation
Mauritius	28.41	29.12		Information Communication Technologies Authority
Mayotte	5.28	5.15		ITU estimate.
Mexico	18.88	17.64		Comisión Federal de Telecomunicaciones
Micronesia	7.88	7.86		ITU estimate.
Moldova	30.68	31.6		National Regulatory Agency for Electronic Communications and Information Technology (ANRCETI) .
Monaco	106.98	107.89		ITU estimate.
Mongolia	7.59	7.1	Incl. WLL	Communications Regulatory Commission.
Montenegro	27.97	27.51		WiMAX.
Montserrat	47.42	45.58		ITU estimate.
Morocco	9.46	10.99	Includes fixed wireless.	Agence nationale de réglementation des télécommunications.
Mozambique	0.35	0.36		INCM.
Myanmar	1.0	1.1		Ministry of Communications, Posts and Telegraphs
Namibia	6.57	6.54		ITU estimate.
Nauru	17.69	18.61		ITU estimate.
Nepal	2.79	2.77	March 2010.	Nepal Telecommunications Authority
Neth. Antilles	45.1	44.9		ITU estimate.
Netherlands	44.27	44.12	July.	Independent Post and Telecommunications Authority (OPTA).
New Caledonia	25.58	26.96		Office des Postes et Télécommunications de Nouvelle-Calédonie
New Zealand	41.37	43.83		Ministry of Economic Development.
Nicaragua	4.45	4.44		ITU estimate.
Niger	0.44	0.43		ITU estimate.
Nigeria	0.86	0.96	Refers to active Fixed Wired/Wireless lines.	Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC).
Niue	65.92	74.48		ITU estimate.
Northern Marianas	28.93	28.89		ITU estimate.
Norway	39.78	37.1		Norwegian Post- and telecommunications Authority
Oman	10.94	10.54		Telecommunications Regulatory Authority
Pakistan	2.5	1.95		PAKISTAN TELECOMMUNICATION AUTHORITY
Palau	36.1	34.51		Palau National Communications Corporation
Palestinian Authority	8.39	8.14		ITU estimate.
Panama	15.42	15.55		Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Públicos.
Papua New Guinea	0.91	0.89		ITU estimate.
Paraguay	5.94	6.1		Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones.
Peru	9.98	10.17		Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones.
Philippines	4.51	7.37		National Telecommunications Commission (NTC).
Poland	25.52	25.18		Office of Electronic Communications
Portugal	38.5	39.74		ANACOM
Puerto Rico	23.95	22.75		Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico
Qatar	20.56	20.24		ictQATAR
Romania	24.39	25.0		ANCOM
Russia	32.21	32.21		Ministry of Telecom and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation
Rwanda	0.17	0.33		Rwanda Information Technology Authority.
S. Tomé & Principe	4.81	4.79		ITU estimate.
Samoa	16.1	17.84		ITU estimate.
San Marino	68.3	68.56		ITU estimate.
Saudi Arabia	16.27	16.22		CITC Market Studies Department.
Senegal	1.95	2.22		Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications.
Serbia	31.35	31.53		Republic Telecommunication Agency RATEL.
Seychelles	26.63	30.95	Refers to data collected at the end of Jan 2010. Incl fixed VoIP lines.	MInistry of National Development
Sierra Leone	0.57	0.58		ITU estimate.
Singapore	40.65	40.65		Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore
Slovak Republic	23.86	22.56		Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications SR
Slovenia	50.11	51.19		Post and Electronic Communications Agency.
Solomon Islands	1.57	1.57		ITU estimate.
Somalia	1.12	1.1		ITU estimate.
South Africa	8.91	8.62		ITU estimate.
Spain	46.25	45.28		Comisión del Mercado de las Telecomunicaciones
Sri Lanka	17.18	16.98		Telecommunications Regulatory Commission of Sri Lanka.
St. Helena	50.66	52.47		Cable & Wireless South Atlantic Ltd.
St. Kitts and Nevis	39.95	39.64		ITU estimate.
St. Lucia	24.0	23.81		ITU estimate.
St. Vincent and the G.	20.87	21.1		National Telecommunications Regulatory Commission.
Sudan	0.89	0.88		National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC).
Suriname	16.11	16.11		Telecommunications Authority Suriname.
Swaziland	3.77	3.71		Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (STPC).
Sweden	58.1	55.69	Including PSTN, ISDN and IP channels.	Swedish Post and Telecom Agency (PTS).
Switzerland	64.0	61.75	Estimate. Including ISDN access channels.	OFCOM
Syria	17.12	17.67		Syrian Telecommunications Establishment (STE).
Taiwan, Province of China	62.37	63.19		National Communications Commission (NCC).
Tajikistan	4.2	4.17		ITU estimate.
Tanzania	0.29	0.4		Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority.
TFYR Macedonia	22.39	21.41	Does not include internal lines and WLR of incumbent.	Agency for Electronic Communications
Thailand	10.97	10.63		Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
Timor-Leste	0.22	0.21		ITU estimate.
Togo	2.18	2.7		Autorité de réglementation des secteurs de postes et de télécommunications (ART&P).
Tokelau	25.27	25.0		ITU estimate.
Tonga	24.66	29.82		ITU estimate.
Trinidad & Tobago	23.61	22.65		Telecommunications Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia	12.18	12.45		Ministère des Technologies de la Communication.
Turkey	23.68	22.1		Information and Communication Technologies Authority.
Turkmenistan	9.47	9.35		ITU estimate.
Turks & Caicos Is.	11.33	11.28		ITU estimate.
Tuvalu	15.17	17.12		ITU estimate.
Uganda	0.53	0.71		Uganda Communications Commission (UCC).
Ukraine	28.65	28.5		State Administration of Communications.
United Arab Emirates	33.63	33.95		Telecommunications Regulatory Authority.
United Kingdom	54.28	52.17		Ofcom
United States	45.23	44.81	The December 2009 data includes only switched access lines. Because data for earlier years includes a largely unknown number of interconnected VoIP subscriptions, the data are not directly comparable over time.	ITU estimate.
Uruguay	28.64	28.37		ITU estimate.
Uzbekistan	6.8	6.75		Communications and Information Agency of Uzbekistan.
Vanuatu	4.45	3.0		Telecom Regulator.
Venezuela	22.82	24.0	Preliminary.	Comisión Nacional de Telecomunicaciones (CONATEL).
Viet Nam	16.96	19.79		Ministry of Information and Communications.
Wallis and Futuna	17.75	19.42		Service des Postes et Telecommunications (SPT).
Yemen	4.19	4.23		Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technology
Zambia	0.72	0.7		Information & Communication Authority.
Zimbabwe	2.79	3.1		Post and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (POTRAZ).

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