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DEFINITION:
Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Luxembourg | 2,111.74 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
2 | Sweden | 1,804.05 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
3 | Hong Kong | 1,798.48 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
4 | Iceland | 1,677.68 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
5 | Italy | 1,659.34 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
6 | Denmark | 1,628.45 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
7 | Germany | 1,627.83 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
8 | United Kingdom | 1,615.5 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
9 | Switzerland | 1,609.5 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
10 | Israel | 1,544.47 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
11 | Macau | 1,536.73 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
12 | Andorra | 1,510.63 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
13 | Lithuania | 1,509.7 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
14 | Cyprus | 1,502.87 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
15 | Ireland | 1,501.05 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
16 | Norway | 1,488.86 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
17 | Portugal | 1,486.5 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
18 | Greece | 1,472.09 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
19 | Australia | 1,469.82 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
20 | Czech Republic | 1,465.03 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 1,445.87 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
21 | Austria | 1,441.1 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
22 | Netherlands | 1,435.92 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
23 | Singapore | 1,434.66 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 1,426.66 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 1,425.86 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
24 | Estonia | 1,402.08 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
25 | Finland | 1,401.23 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 1,391.28 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
26 | France | 1,375.95 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
27 | Spain | 1,374.48 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
28 | Bermuda | 1,370.52 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
29 | Liechtenstein | 1,365.58 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 1,365.52 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
30 | San Marino | 1,351.39 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
31 | Belgium | 1,336.97 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
32 | Malta | 1,303.83 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
33 | Bahrain | 1,300.85 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
34 | Slovenia | 1,287.48 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
35 | South Korea | 1,285.61 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
36 | New Zealand | 1,283.03 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
37 | United Arab Emirates | 1,273.14 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
38 | Barbados | 1,265.3 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
39 | Hungary | 1,256.67 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
40 | Virgin Islands | 1,241.9 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
41 | United States | 1,227.11 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
42 | Japan | 1,201.54 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 1,160.16 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
43 | Jamaica | 1,145.98 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
44 | Kuwait | 1,139.88 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
45 | Qatar | 1,134.47 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
46 | Latvia | 1,131.32 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
47 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1,130.15 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
48 | Bulgaria | 1,127.67 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
49 | Russia | 1,118.69 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 1,117.49 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
50 | Croatia | 1,096.79 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
51 | Canada | 1,079.8 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
52 | Poland | 1,073.47 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
53 | Slovakia | 1,065.05 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 1,029.03 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
54 | The Bahamas | 1,022.53 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
55 | Puerto Rico | 974.01 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
56 | Malaysia | 943.33 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 939.23 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
57 | Seychelles | 927.96 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
58 | Serbia and Montenegro | 917.16 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
59 | Dominica | 878.69 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
60 | Turkey | 868.48 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
61 | Mauritius | 862.5 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
62 | Trinidad and Tobago | 860.75 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
63 | Chile | 859.49 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
64 | Brunei | 847.44 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
65 | South Africa | 825.13 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
66 | Romania | 820.22 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
67 | New Caledonia | 808.5 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
68 | Greenland | 799.54 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
69 | Argentina | 797.48 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 794.09 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
70 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 782.23 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 758.16 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
71 | Belarus | 755.17 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 749.69 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
72 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 744.93 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
73 | Saudi Arabia | 739.65 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
74 | Grenada | 718.87 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
75 | Guam | 712.89 per 1,000 people | 2001 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 704.93 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
76 | Suriname | 698.61 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
77 | Tunisia | 691.81 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 665.09 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
78 | Colombia | 656.99 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
79 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 656.05 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
80 | Uruguay | 653.69 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
81 | Mexico | 649.67 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
82 | Oman | 622.7 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
83 | Netherlands Antilles | 616.64 per 1,000 people | 1999 | ||
84 | Venezuela | 605.83 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
85 | Ecuador | 600.82 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 593.09 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
86 | Brazil | 587.17 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
87 | Costa Rica | 575.32 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
88 | China | 570.23 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
89 | Maldives | 564.07 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 560.35 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
90 | Panama | 554.56 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
91 | French Polynesia | 547.11 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 546.16 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
92 | Ukraine | 545.46 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
93 | Botswana | 541.16 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 540.76 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
94 | Thailand | 536.79 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
95 | Guyana | 521.16 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
96 | Moldova | 520.86 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
97 | Gabon | 497.84 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
98 | Algeria | 494.11 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
99 | Lebanon | 493.67 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
100 | Albania | 493.02 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
101 | El Salvador | 491.68 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 481.7 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
102 | Dominican Republic | 477.27 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
103 | Philippines | 459.29 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
104 | Guatemala | 457.04 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
105 | Morocco | 455.63 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
106 | Belize | 433.07 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
107 | Jordan | 427.58 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
108 | Saint Lucia | 411.19 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
109 | Azerbaijan | 397.4 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 390.95 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 386.21 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
110 | Iran | 384 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
111 | Paraguay | 374.2 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
112 | Kazakhstan | 350.3 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 347.27 per 1,000 people | 2002 | |||
113 | Georgia | 337.28 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
114 | Bolivia | 334.1 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 325.68 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
115 | Egypt | 324.53 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
116 | Syria | 307.36 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
117 | Vietnam | 306.1 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
118 | Cape Verde | 302.15 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Hot countries average (profile) | 287.84 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
119 | Peru | 280.1 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
120 | Mongolia | 279.27 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
121 | Indonesia | 270.6 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
122 | Nicaragua | 260.28 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
123 | Armenia | 259.68 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
124 | Mauritania | 256.33 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
125 | Fiji | 254.18 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 250.98 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
126 | Honduras | 246.48 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
127 | Federated States of Micronesia | 240.24 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
128 | Sri Lanka | 234.68 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
129 | American Samoa | 221.12 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
130 | Equatorial Guinea | 212.31 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
131 | Swaziland | 207.82 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
132 | Namibia | 206.06 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
133 | The Gambia | 192.13 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
134 | Kyrgyzstan | 190.5 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
135 | Senegal | 171.27 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
136 | Lesotho | 163.26 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
137 | Libya | 155.81 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
138 | Tonga | 143.82 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
139 | Ghana | 143.08 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
140 | Kenya | 142.86 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
141 | Nigeria | 140.14 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 138.34 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 132.31 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
142 | Samoa | 130.44 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
143 | India | 127.67 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
144 | Laos | 125.97 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
145 | Pakistan | 115.87 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
146 | Bhutan | 110.75 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
147 | Cote d'Ivoire | 108.12 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
148 | Congo, Republic of the | 102.36 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
149 | Cameroon | 102.01 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
150 | Benin | 97.91 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
151 | Sao Tome and Principe | 96.72 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 93.75 per 1,000 people | 2005 | |||
152 | Yemen | 91.99 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 91.13 per 1,000 people | 2003 | |||
153 | Zambia | 89.23 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
154 | Cuba | 87.35 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
155 | Marshall Islands | 85.74 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
156 | Vanuatu | 83.26 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
157 | Turkmenistan | 82.02 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
158 | Togo | 81.74 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
159 | Uzbekistan | 79.7 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
160 | Zimbabwe | 78.94 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
161 | Angola | 74.55 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
162 | Somalia | 72.92 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
163 | Bangladesh | 71 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
164 | Mali | 69.87 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
165 | Djibouti | 69.14 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
166 | Sudan | 68.94 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
167 | Haiti | 64.23 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
168 | Iraq | 63.38 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
169 | Uganda | 56.42 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
170 | Tanzania | 55.73 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
171 | Comoros | 54.96 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 54.73 per 1,000 people | 2004 | |||
172 | Kiribati | 52.47 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
173 | Burkina Faso | 50.62 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
174 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 47.9 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
175 | Tajikistan | 45.82 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
176 | Afghanistan | 43.44 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
177 | North Korea | 41.36 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
178 | Malawi | 41.29 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
179 | Mozambique | 40.04 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
180 | Cambodia | 39.52 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
181 | Madagascar | 30.72 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
182 | Solomon Islands | 28.06 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
183 | Central African Republic | 27.24 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
184 | Nepal | 25.71 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
185 | Niger | 23.2 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
186 | Guinea | 20.5 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
187 | Sierra Leone | 18.6 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
188 | Rwanda | 18.2 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
189 | Eritrea | 17.76 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
190 | Burundi | 17.62 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
191 | Papua New Guinea | 14.55 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
192 | Chad | 14.39 per 1,000 people | 2004 | ||
193 | Ethiopia | 14.33 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
194 | Burma | 13.06 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
195 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.92 per 1,000 people | 2003 | ||
196 | Liberia | 2.78 per 1,000 people | 2001 |