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Romaniachief of mission: Ambassador Sorin Dumitru DUCARUchancery: 1607 23rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 332-4846, 4848, 4851FAX: [1] (202) 232-4748consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

Russiachief of mission: Ambassador Yuriy Viktorovich USHAKOVchancery: 2650 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20007telephone: [1] (202) 298-5700, 5701, 5704, 5708FAX: [1] (202) 298-5735consulate(s) general: Houston, New York, San Francisco, and Seattle

Rwandachief of mission: Ambassador Zac NSENGAchancery: 1714 New Hampshire Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20009telephone: [1] (202) 232-2882FAX: [1] (202) 232-4544

Saint Helenanone (overseas territory of the UK)

Saint Kitts and Nevis chief of mission: Ambassador Dr. Izben Cordinal WILLIAMS chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 telephone: [1] (202) 686-2636 FAX: [1] (202) 686-5740 consulate(s) general: New York

Saint Luciachief of mission: Ambassador Sonia Merlyn JOHNNYchancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016telephone: [1] (202) 364-6792 through 6795FAX: [1] (202) 364-6723consulate(s) general: Miami and New York

Saint Pierre and Miquelonnone (territorial collectivity of France)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines chief of mission: Ambassador Ellsworth I. A. JOHN chancery: 3216 New Mexico Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20016 telephone: [1] (202) 364-6730 FAX: [1] (202) 364-6736 consulate(s) general: New York

Samoachief of mission: Ambassador Aliioaiga Feturi ELISAIAchancery: 800 Second Avenue, Suite 400D, New York, NY 10017telephone: [1] (212) 599-6196, 6197FAX: [1] (212) 599-0797

San MarinoSan Marino does not have an embassy in the UShonorary consulate(s) general: Washington, DC and New Yorkhonorary consulate(s): Detroit and Honolulu

Sao Tome and PrincipeSao Tome and Principe does not have an embassyin the US, but does have a Permanent Mission to the UN, headed byFirst Secretary Domingos Augusto FERREIRA, located at 400 ParkAvenue, 7th Floor, New York, NY 10022, telephone [1] (212) 317-0580

Saudi Arabiachief of mission: Ambassador Turki al-Faysal bin Abdal-Aziz Al Saudchancery: 601 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037telephone: [1] (202) 342-3800consulate(s) general: Houston, Los Angeles, and New York

Senegalchief of mission: Ambassador Amadou Lamine BAchancery: 2112 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 234-0540FAX: [1] (202) 332-6315consulate(s) general: New York

Serbia and Montenegrochief of mission: Ambassador Ivan VUJACICchancery: 2134 Kalorama Road NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 332-0333FAX: [1] (202) 332-3933consulate(s) general: Chicago

Seychelleschief of mission: Ambassador Claude Sylvestre MORELchancery: 800 Second Avenue, Suite 400C, New York, NY 10017telephone: [1] (212) 972-1785FAX: [1] (212) 972-1786

Sierra Leonechief of mission: Ambassador Ibrahim M. KAMARAchancery: 1701 19th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009telephone: [1] (202) 939-9261 through 9263FAX: [1] (202) 483-1793

Singaporechief of mission: Ambassador CHAN Heng Cheechancery: 3501 International Place NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 537-3100FAX: [1] (202) 537-0876consulate(s) general: San Franciscoconsulate(s): New York

Slovakiachief of mission: Ambassador Rastislav KACERchancery: 3523 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 237-1054FAX: [1] (202) 237-6438consulate(s) general: Los Angeles and New York

Sloveniachief of mission: Ambassador Samuel ZBOGARchancery: 1525 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036telephone: [1] (202) 667-5363FAX: [1] (202) 667-4563consulate(s) general: New York and Cleveland

Solomon Islandschief of mission: Ambassador Collin David BECKchancery: 800 Second Avenue, Suite 400L, New York, NY 10017telephone: [1] (212) 599-6192, 6193FAX: [1] (212) 661-8925

SomaliaSomalia does not have an embassy in the US (ceasedoperations on 8 May 1991); note - the TNG and other factions haverepresentatives in Washington and at the United Nations

South Africachief of mission: Ambassador Barbara Joyce MosimaMASEKELAchancery: 3051 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 232-4400FAX: [1] (202) 265-1607consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islandsnone (overseasterritory of the UK, also claimed by Argentina)

Spainchief of mission: Ambassador Carlos WESTENDORPchancery: 2375 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037telephone: [1] (202) 452-0100, 728-2340FAX: [1] (202) 833-5670consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami,New Orleans, New York, San Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico)

Sri Lankachief of mission: Ambassador Bernard GOONETILLEKEchancery: 2148 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 483-4025 (through 4028)FAX: [1] (202) 232-7181consulate(s) general: Los Angelesconsulate(s): New York

Sudanchief of mission: Ambassador (vacant); Charge d'Affaires, AdInterim Khidir Haroun AHMED (since April 2001)chancery: 2210 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 338-8565FAX: [1] (202) 667-2406

Surinamechief of mission: Ambassador Henry Lothar ILLESchancery: Suite 460, 4301 Connecticut Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 244-7488FAX: [1] (202) 244-5878consulate(s) general: Miami

Swazilandchief of mission: Ambassador Mary Madzandza KANYAchancery: 1712 New Hampshire Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20009telephone: [1] (202) 234-5002FAX: [1] (202) 234-8254

Swedenchief of mission: Ambassador Jan ELIASSONchancery: 1501 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20005-1702telephone: [1] (202) 467-2600FAX: [1] (202) 467-2699consulate(s) general: Los Angeles and New York

Switzerlandchief of mission: Ambassador Christian BLICKENSTORFERchancery: 2900 Cathedral Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 745-7900FAX: [1] (202) 387-2564consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, NewYork, and San Franciscoconsulate(s): Boston

Syriachief of mission: Ambassador Imad MUSTAFAchancery: 2215 Wyoming Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 232-6313FAX: [1] (202) 234-9548

Taiwannone; unofficial commercial and cultural relations with thepeople of the US are maintained through an unofficialinstrumentality, the Taipei Economic and Cultural RepresentativeOffice (TECRO) in the US with headquarters in Taipei and fieldoffices in Washington and 12 other US cities

Tajikistanchief of mission: Ambassador Hamrohon ZARIPOVchancery: 1725 K Street NW, Suite 409, Washington, DC 20006telephone: [1] (202) 223-6090FAX: [1] (202) 223-6091

Tanzaniachief of mission: Ambassador Andrew Mhando DARAJAchancery: 2139 R Street NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 939-6125FAX: [1] (202) 797-7408

Thailandchief of mission: KASIT Piromyachancery: 1024 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 401, Washington, DC20007-3681telephone: [1] (202) 944-3600FAX: [1] (202) 944-3611consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York

Togochief of mission: Ambassador Akoussoulelou BODJONAchancery: 2208 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 234-4212FAX: [1] (202) 232-3190

Tokelaunone (territory of New Zealand)

Tongachief of mission: Ambassador Fekitamoeloa 'UTOIKAMANUchancery: 250 East 51st Street, New York, NY 10022telephone: [1] (917) 369-1025FAX: [1] (917) 369-1024consulate(s) general: San Francisco

Trinidad and Tobagochief of mission: Ambassador Marina AnnetteVALEREchancery: 1708 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036telephone: [1] (202) 467-6490FAX: [1] (202) 785-3130consulate(s) general: Miami and New York

Tunisiachief of mission: Ambassador Mohamed Nejib HACHANAchancery: 1515 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20005telephone: [1] (202) 862-1850FAX: [1] (202) 862-1858

Turkeychief of mission: Ambassador Dr. Osman Faruk LOGOGLUchancery: 2525 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 612-6700FAX: [1] (202) 612-6744consulate(s) general: Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, and New York

Turkmenistanchief of mission: Ambassador Mered Bairamovich ORAZOVchancery: 2207 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 588-1500FAX: [1] (202) 588-0697

Turks and Caicos Islandsnone (overseas territory of the UK)

TuvaluTuvalu does not have an embassy in the US - the country'sonly diplomatic post is in Fiji - Tuvalu does, however, have a UNoffice located at 800 2nd Avenue, Suite 400D, New York, New York10017, telephone: [1] (212) 490-0534

Ugandachief of mission: Ambassador Edith Grace SSEMPALAchancery: 5911 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20011telephone: [1] (202) 726-7100 through 7102, 0416FAX: [1] (202) 726-1727

Ukrainechief of mission: Ambassador Mykhailo B. REZNIKchancery: 3350 M Street NW, Washington, DC 20007telephone: [1] (202) 349-2920FAX: [1] (202) 333-0817consulate(s) general: Chicago, New York, San Francisco

United Arab Emirateschief of mission: Ambassador Asri Said Ahmadal-DHAHIRIchancery: 3522 International Court NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 243-2400FAX: [1] (202) 243-2432note: consulates in New York and Houston

United Kingdomchief of mission: Ambassador David G. MANNINGchancery: 3100 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 588-6500FAX: [1] (202) 588-7870consulate(s) general: Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Houston, LosAngeles, New York, and San Franciscoconsulate(s): Dallas, Denver, Miami, and Seattle

Uruguaychief of mission: Ambassador Carlos GIANELLI Deroischancery: 1913 I Street NW, Washington, DC 20006telephone: [1] (202) 331-1313 through 1316FAX: [1] (202) 331-8142consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, and New Yorkconsulate(s): San Juan (Puerto Rico)

Uzbekistanchief of mission: Ambassador Abdulaziz KAMILOVchancery: 1746 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036telephone: [1] (202) 293-6803FAX: [1] (202) 293-6804consulate(s) general: New York

VanuatuVanuatu does not have an embassy in the US; it does,however, have a Permanent Mission to the UN

Venezuelachief of mission: Ambassador Bernardo ALVAREZ Herrerachancery: 1099 30th Street NW, Washington, DC 20007telephone: [1] (202) 342-2214FAX: [1] (202) 342-6820consulate(s) general: Boston, Chicago, Houston, Miami, New Orleans,New York, San Francisco, and San Juan (Puerto Rico)

Vietnamchief of mission: Ambassador Nguyen Tam CHIENchancery: 1233 20th Street NW, Suite 400, Washington, DC 20036telephone: [1] (202) 861-0737FAX: [1] (202) 861-0917consulate(s) general: San Francisco

Virgin Islandsnone (territory of the US)

Wallis and Futunanone (overseas territory of France)

Western Saharanone

Yemenchief of mission: Ambassador Abd al-Wahab Abdallah al-HAJRIchancery: Suite 705, 2600 Virginia Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20037telephone: [1] (202) 965-4760FAX: [1] (202) 337-2017

Zambiachief of mission: Ambassador Inonge MBIKUSITA-LEWANIKAchancery: 2419 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008telephone: [1] (202) 265-9717 through 9719FAX: [1] (202) 332-0826

Zimbabwechief of mission: Ambassador Simbi Veke MUBAKOchancery: 1608 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20009telephone: [1] (202) 332-7100FAX: [1] (202) 483-9326

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Afghanistan33,100 (2002)

Albania255,000 (2003)

Algeria2,199,600 (2003)

American Samoa15,000 (2001)

Andorra35,000 (2001)

Angola96,300 (2003)

Anguilla6,200 (2002)

Antarctica0note: information for US bases only (2001)

Antigua and Barbuda38,000 (2002)

Argentina8,009,400 (2002)

Armenia562,600 (2003)

Aruba37,100 (2002)

Australia10.815 million (2003)

Austria3.881 million (2003)

Azerbaijan923,800 (2002)

Bahamas, The131,700 (2003)

Bahrain185,800 (2003)

Bangladesh740,000 (2003)

Barbados134,000 (2003)

Belarus3,071,300 (2003)

Belgium5,120,400 (2002)

Belize33,300 (2003)

Benin66,500 (2003)

Bermuda56,000 (2002)

Bhutan25,200 (2003)

Bolivia600,100 (2003)

Bosnia and Herzegovina938,000 (2003)

Botswana142,400 (2002)

Brazil38.81 million (2002)

British Indian Ocean TerritoryNA

British Virgin Islands11,700 (2002)

Brunei90,000 (2002)

Bulgaria2,868,200 (2002)

Burkina Faso65,400 (2003)

Burma357,300 (2003)

Burundi23,900 (2003)

Cambodia35,400 (2002)

Cameroon110,900 (2002)

Canada19,950,900 (2003)

Cape Verde71,700 (2003)

Cayman Islands38,000 (2002)

Central African Republic9,000 (2002)

Chad11,800 (2002)

Chile3.467 million (2002)

China263 million (2003)

Christmas IslandNA

Cocos (Keeling) Islands287 (1992)

Colombia8,768,100 (2003)

Comoros13,200 (2003)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the10,000 (2002)

Congo, Republic of the7,000 (2003)

Cook Islands6,200 (2002)

Costa Rica1.132 million (2002)

Cote d'Ivoire328,000 (2003)

Croatia1.825 million (2002)

Cuba574,400 (2002)

CyprusRepublic of Cyprus: 427,400 (2002); north Cyprus: 86,228(2002)

Czech Republic3.626 million (2003)

Denmark3,610,100 (2003)

Djibouti9,500 (2003)

Dominica23,700 (2002)

Dominican Republic901,800 (2003)

East TimorNA

Ecuador1.549 million (2003)

Egypt9.6 million (2005)

El Salvador752,600 (2003)

Equatorial Guinea9,600 (2003)

Eritrea38,100 (2003)

Estonia475,000 (2002)

Ethiopia435,000 (2003)

European Union238,763,162 (2002)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)2,400 (2002)

Faroe Islands23,000 (2002)

Fiji102,000 (2003)

Finland2.548 million (2003)

France33,905,400 (2003)

French Guiana51,000 (2001)

French Polynesia52,500 (2002)

Gabon38,400 (2003)

Gambia, The38,400 (2002)

Gaza Strip95,729 (total for Gaza Strip and West Bank) (1997)

Georgia650,500 (2003)

Germany54.35 million (2003)

Ghana302,300 (2003)

Gibraltar24,512 (2002)

Greece5,205,100 (2003)

Greenland26,000 (2001)

Grenada33,500 (2002)

Guadeloupe210,000 (2001)

Guam84,134 (2001)

Guatemala846,000 (2002)

Guernsey55,000 (2001)

Guinea26,200 (2003)

Guinea-Bissau10,600 (2003)

Guyana80,400 (2002)

Haiti130,000 (2002)

Holy See (Vatican City)NA

Honduras322,500 (2002)

Hong Kong3,801,300 (2003)

Hungary3,666,400 (2002)

Iceland190,700 (2003)

India48.917 million (2003)

Indonesia7.75 million (2002)

Iran14,571,100 (2003)

Iraq675,000; note - an unknown number of telephone lines weredamaged or destroyed during the March-April 2003 war (2003)

Ireland1.955 million (2003)

Israel3.006 million (2002)

Italy26.596 million (2003)

Jamaica444,400 (2002)

Japan71.149 million (2002)

Jersey73,900 (2001)

Jordan622,600 (2003)

Kazakhstan2,081,900 (2002)

Kenya328,400 (2003)

Kiribati4,500 (2002)

Korea, North1.1 million (2001)

Korea, South22.877 million (2003)

Kuwait486,900 (2003)

Kyrgyzstan394,800 (2002)

Laos61,900 (2002)

Latvia653,900 (2003)

Lebanon678,800 (2002)

Lesotho28,600 (2002)

Liberia7,000 (2001)

Libya750,000 (2003)

Liechtenstein19,900 (2002)

Lithuania824,200 (2003)

Luxembourg355,400 (2002)

Macau174,600 (2003)

Macedonia560,000 (2002)

Madagascar59,600 (2003)

Malawi85,000 (2003)

Malaysia4,571,600 (2003)

Maldives28,700 (2002)

Mali56,600 (2002)

Malta208,300 (2003)

Man, Isle of51,000 (1999)

Marshall Islands4,500 (2003)

Martinique172,000 est (2001)

Mauritania31,500 (2002)

Mauritius348,200 (2003)

Mayotte10,000 (2001)

Mexico15,958,700 (2003)

Micronesia, Federated States of10,100 (2001)

Moldova706,900 (2002)

Monaco33,700 (2002)

Mongolia142,300 (2004)

MontserratNA

Morocco1,219,200 (2003)

Mozambique83,700 (2002)

Namibia127,400 (2003)

Nauru1,900 (2002)

Nepal371,800 (2003)

Netherlands10.004 million (2002)

Netherlands Antilles81,000 (2001)

New Caledonia52,000 (2002)

New Zealand1.765 million (2002)

Nicaragua171,600 (2002)

Niger22,400 (2002)

Nigeria853,100 (2003)

Niue1,100 est (2002)

Norfolk Island2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32)circuits (2004)

Northern Mariana Islands21,000 (2000)

Norway3.343 million (2002)

Oman233,900 (2002)

Pakistan3,982,800 (2003)

Palau6,700 (2002)

Panama386,900 (2002)

Papua New Guinea62,000 (2002)

Paraguay273,200 (2002)

Peru1,839,200 (2003)

Philippines3,310,900 (2002)

Pitcairn Islands 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)

Poland12.3 million (2003)

Portugal4,278,800 (2003)

Puerto Rico1,329,500 (2002)

Qatar184,500 (2003)

Reunion300,000 est (2001)

Romania4.3 million (2003)

Russia35.5 million (2002)

Rwanda23,200 (2002)

Saint Helena2,200 (2002)

Saint Kitts and Nevis23,500 (2002)

Saint Lucia51,100 (2002)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon4,800 (2002)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines27,300 (2002)

Samoa11,800 (2002)

San Marino20,600 (2002)

Sao Tome and Principe7,000 (2003)

Saudi Arabia3,502,600 (2003)

Senegal228,800 (2003)

Serbia and Montenegro2,611,700 (2003)

Seychelles21,700 (2002)

Sierra Leone24,000 (2002)

Singapore1,896,100 (2004)

Slovakia1,294,700 (2003)

Slovenia812,300 (2003)

Solomon Islands6,600 (2002)

Somalia100,000 (2002 est.)

South Africa4.844 million (2002)

Spain17,567,500 (2003)

Sri Lanka881,400 (2002)

Sudan900,000 (2003)

Suriname79,800 (2003)

SvalbardNA

Swaziland46,200 (2003)

Sweden6,579,200 (2002)

Switzerland5.419 million (2002)

Syria2,099,300 (2002)

Taiwan13.355 million (2003)

Tajikistan242,100 (2003)

Tanzania149,100 (2003)

Thailand6,617,400 (2003)

Togo60,600 (2003)

Tokelau300 (2002)

Tonga11,200 (2002)

Trinidad and Tobago325,100 (2002)

Tunisia1,163,800 (2003)

Turkey18,916,700 (2003)

Turkmenistan374,000 (2002)

Turks and Caicos Islands5,700 (2002)

Tuvalu700 (2002)

Uganda61,000 (2003)

Ukraine10,833,300 (2002)

United Arab Emirates1,135,800 (2003)

United Kingdom34.898 million (2002)

United States181,599,900 (2003)

Uruguay946,500 (2002)

Uzbekistan1,717,100 (2003)

Vanuatu6,500 (2003)

Venezuela2,841,800 (2002)

Vietnam4.402 million (2003)

Virgin Islands69,400 (2002)

Wallis and Futuna1,900 (2002)

West Bank301,600 (total for West Bank and Gaza Strip) (2002)

Western Saharaabout 2,000 (1999 est.)

World843,923,500 (2003)

Yemen542,200 (2002)

Zambia88,400 (2003)

Zimbabwe300,900 (2003)

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Afghanistan15,000 (2002)

Albania1.1 million (2003)

Algeria1,447,310 (2003)

American Samoa2,377 (1999)

Andorra23,500 (2001)

Angola130,000 (2002)

Anguilla1,800 (2002)

AntarcticaNA

Antigua and Barbuda38,200 (2002)

Argentina6.5 million (2002)

Armenia114,400 (2003)

Aruba53,000 (2001)

Australia14.347 million (2003)

Austria7,094,500 (2003)

Azerbaijan870,000 (2002)

Bahamas, The121,800 (2002)

Bahrain443,100 (2003)

Bangladesh1.365 million (2003)

Barbados140,000 (2003)

Belarus1.118 million (2003)

Belgium8,135,500 (2002)

Belize60,400 (2003)

Benin236,200 (2003)

Bermuda37,873 (2003)

Bhutan22,000 (2005)

Bolivia1,401,500 (2003)

Bosnia and Herzegovina1.05 million (2003)

Botswana435,000 (2002)

Brazil46,373,300 (2003)

British Virgin Islands8,000 (2002)

Brunei137,000 (2002)

Bulgaria2,597,500 (2002)

Burkina Faso227,000 (2003)

Burma66,500 (2003)

Burundi64,000 (2003)

Cambodia380,000 (2002)

Cameroon1.077 million (2003)

Canada13,221,800 (2003)

Cape Verde53,300 (2003)

Cayman Islands17,000 (2002)

Central African Republic13,000 (2003)

Chad65,000 (2003)

Chile6,445,700 (2002)

China269 million (2003)

Christmas IslandNA

Cocos (Keeling) Islandsnote - analog cellular service available

Colombia6,186,200 (2003)

Comoros2,000 (2003)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the1 million (2003)

Congo, Republic of the330,000 (2003)

Cook Islands1,500 (2002)

Costa Rica528,047 (2002)

Cote d'Ivoire1.236 million (2003)

Croatia2.553 million (2003)

Cuba17,900 (2002)

CyprusRepublic of Cyprus: 417,900 (2002); north Cyprus: 143,178(2002)

Czech Republic9,708,700 (2003)

Denmark4,785,300 (2003)

Djibouti23,000 (2003)

Dominica9,400 (2002)

Dominican Republic2,120,400 (2003)

East TimorNA

Ecuador2,394,400 (2003)

Egypt8,583,940 (2005)

El Salvador1,149,800 (2003)

Equatorial Guinea41,500 (2003)

EritreaNA

Estonia881,000 (2002)

Ethiopia97,800 (2003)

European Union314,644,700 (2002)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)0 (2001)

Faroe Islands30,700 (2002)

Fiji109,900 (2003)

Finland4.7 million (2003)

France41,683,100 (2003)

French Guiana138,200 (2002)

French Polynesia90,000 (2002)

Gabon300,000 (2003)

Gambia, The100,000 (2002)

Gaza Strip320,000 (cellular subscribers in both Gaza Strip and WestBank) (2002)

Georgia522,300 (2003)

Germany64.8 million (2003)

Ghana799,900 (2003)

Gibraltar9,797 (2002)

Greece8,936,200 (2003)

Greenland16,747 (2001)

Grenada7,600 (2002)

Guadeloupe323,500 (2002)

Guam32,600 (2001)

Guatemala1,577,100 (2002)

Guernsey31,500 (2001)

Guinea111,500 (2003)

Guinea-Bissau1,300 (2003)

Guyana87,300 (2002)

Haiti140,000 (2002)

Holy See (Vatican City)NA

Honduras326,500 (2002)

Hong Kong7,241,400 (2003)

Hungary6,862,800 (2002)

Iceland279,100 (2003)

India26,154,400 (2003)

Indonesia11.7 million (2002)

Iran3,376,500 (2003)

Iraq20,000 (2002)

Ireland3.4 million (2003)

Israel6.334 million (2002)

Italy55.918 million (2003)

Jamaica1.4 million (2002)

Japan86,658,600 (2003)

Jersey61,400 (2001)

Jordan1,325,300 (2003)

Kazakhstan1.027 million (2002)

Kenya1,590,800 (2003)

Kiribati500 (2002)

Korea, NorthNA

Korea, South33,591,800 (2003)

Kuwait1.42 million (2003)

Kyrgyzstan53,100 (2002)

Laos55,200 (2002)

Latvia1,219,600 (2003)

Lebanon775,100 (2002)

Lesotho92,000 (2002)

Liberia2,000 (2001)

Libya100,000 (2003)

Liechtenstein11,400 (2002)

Lithuania2,169,900 (2003)

Luxembourg473,000 (2002)

Macau364,000 (2003)

Macedonia830,000 (2005)

Madagascar279,500 (2003)

Malawi135,100 (2003)

Malaysia11,124,100 (2003)

Maldives41,900 (2002)

Mali250,000 (2003)

Malta290,000 (2003)

Man, Isle ofNA

Marshall Islands600 (2002)

Martinique319,900 (2002)

Mauritania300,000 (2003)

Mauritius462,400 (2003)

Mayotte21,700 (2002)

Mexico28.125 million (2003)

Micronesia, Federated States of1,800 (2002)

Moldova338,200 (2002)

Monaco19,300 (2002)

Mongolia404,400 (2004)

Montserrat70 (1994)

Morocco7,332,800 (2003)

Mozambique428,900 (2003)

Namibia223,700 (2003)

Nauru1,500 (2002)

Nepal50,400 (2003)

Netherlands12.5 million (2003)

Netherlands Antilles81,000 (2001)

New Caledonia80,000 (2002)

New Zealand2.599 million (2003)

Nicaragua202,800 (2002)

Niger24,000 (2003)

Nigeria3,149,500 (2003)

Niue400 (2002)

Norfolk Island0 (proposed cellular service disallowed in August2002 island referendum) (2002)

Northern Mariana Islands3,000 (2000)

Norway4,163,400 (2003)

Oman464,900 (2002)

Pakistan2,624,800 (2003)

Palau1,000 (2002)

Panama834,000 (2003)

Papua New Guinea15,000 (2002)

Paraguay1,770,300 (2003)

Peru2,908,800 (2003)

Philippines15.201 million (2002)

Poland17.401 million (2003)

Portugal9,341,400 (2003)

Puerto Rico1,211,111 (2001)

Qatar376,500 (2003)

Reunion489,800 (2002)

Romania6.9 million (2003)

Russia17,608,800 (2002)

Rwanda134,000note: Rwanda has mobile cellular service between Kigali and severalprovincial capitals (2003)

Saint Helena0 (1997)

Saint Kitts and Nevis5,000 (2002)

Saint Lucia14,300 (2002)

Saint Pierre and Miquelon0 (1994)

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines10,000 (2002)

Samoa2,700 (2002)

San Marino16,800 (2002)

Sao Tome and Principe4,800 (2003)

Saudi Arabia7,238,200 (2003)

Senegal575,900 (2003)

Serbia and Montenegro3,634,600 (2003)

Seychelles54,500 (2003)

Sierra Leone67,000 (2002)

Singapore3,521,800 (2004)

Slovakia3,678,800 (2003)

Slovenia1,739,100 (2003)

Solomon Islands1,000 (2002)

Somalia35,000 (2002)

South Africa16.86 million (2003)

Spain37,506,700 (2003)

Sri Lanka931,600 (2002)

Sudan650,000 (2003)

Suriname168,100 (2003)

SvalbardNA

Swaziland88,000 (2003)

Sweden7.949 million (2002)

Switzerland6.172 million (2003)

Syria400,000 (2002)

Taiwan25,089,600 (2003)

Tajikistan47,600 (2003)

Tanzania891,200 (2003)

Thailand26.5 million (2005)

Togo220,000 (2003)

Tokelau0 (2001)

Tonga9,000 (2004)

Trinidad and Tobago361,900 (2002)

Tunisia1,899,900 (2003)

Turkey27,887,500 (2003)

Turkmenistan52,000 (2004)

Turks and Caicos Islands1,700 (1999)

Tuvalu0 (2004)

Uganda776,200 (2003)

Ukraine4.2 million (2002)

United Arab Emirates2,972,300 (2003)

United Kingdom49.677 million (2002)

United States158.722 million (2003)

Uruguay652,000 (2002)

Uzbekistan320,800 (2003)

Vanuatu7,800 (2003)

Venezuela6,463,600 (2002)

Vietnam2.742 million (2003)

Virgin Islands41,000 (2002)

Wallis and Futuna0 (1994)

West Bank480,000 (cellular subscribers in both West Bank and GazaStrip) (2003)

Western Sahara0 (1999)

WorldNA

Yemen411,100 (2002)

Zambia241,000 (2003)

Zimbabwe379,100 (2003)

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Afghanistan1,000 (2002)

Albania30,000 (2003)

Algeria500,000 (2002)

American SamoaNA

Andorra24,500 (2001)

Angola41,000 (2002)

Anguilla3,000 (2002)

Antigua and Barbuda10,000 (2002)

Argentina4.1 million (2002)

Armenia150,000 (2003)

Aruba24,000 (2002)

Australia9.472 million (2002)

Austria3.73 million (2003)

Azerbaijan300,000 (2002)

Bahamas, The84,000 (2003)

Bahrain195,700 (2003)

Bangladesh243,000 (2003)

Barbados100,000 (2003)

Belarus1,391,900 (2003)

Belgium3.4 million (2002)

Belize30,000 (2002)

Benin70,000 (2003)

Bermuda34,500 (2003)

Bhutan15,000 (2003)

Bolivia270,000 (2002)

Bosnia and Herzegovina100,000 (2002)

Botswana60,000 (2002)

Brazil14.3 million (2002)

British Virgin Islands4,000 (2002)

Brunei35,000 (2002)

Bulgaria630,000 (2002)

Burkina Faso48,000 (2003)

Burma28,000 (2003)

Burundi14,000 (2003)

Cambodia30,000 (2002)

Cameroon 60,000 (2002) note: Cameroon also had more than 100 cyber-cafes in 2001

Canada16.11 million (2002)

Cape Verde20,400 (2003)

Cayman Islands9,909 (2003)

Central African Republic5,000 (2002)

Chad15,000 (2002)

Chile3.575 million (2002)

China94 million (2004)

Christmas IslandNA

Cocos (Keeling) IslandsNA

Colombia2,732,200 (2003)

Comoros5,000 (2003)

Congo, Democratic Republic of the50,000 (2002)

Congo, Republic of the15,000 (2003)

Cook Islands3,600 (2002)

Costa Rica800,000 (2002)

Cote d'Ivoire90,000 (2002)

Croatia1.014 million (2003)

Cuba120,000note: private citizens are prohibited from buying computers oraccessing the Internet without special authorization; foreigners mayaccess the Internet in large hotels, but are subject to firewalls;some Cubans buy illegal passwords on the black market, or takeadvantage of public outlets to access limited email and thegovernment-controlled "intranet" (2004)

Cyprus210,000 (2002)

Czech Republic2.7 million (2003)

Denmark2.756 million (2002)

Djibouti6,500 (2003)

Dominica12,500 (2002)

Dominican Republic500,000 (2003)

East TimorNA

Ecuador569,700 (2003)

Egypt4.2 million (2005)

El Salvador550,000 (2003)

Equatorial Guinea1,800 (2002)

Eritrea9,500 (2003)

Estonia444,000 (2002)

Ethiopia75,000 (2003)

European Union206,032,067 (September 2004)

Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)NA; however one-half of allhouseholds are reported to have internet access (2002)

Faroe Islands25,000 (2002)

Fiji55,000 (2003)

Finland2.65 million (2002)

France21.9 million (2003)

French Guiana3,200 (2002)

French Polynesia35,000 (2002)

Gabon35,000 (2003)

Gambia, The25,000 (2002)

Gaza Strip60,000 (includes West Bank) (2001)

Georgia150,500 (2003)

Germany39 million (2003)

Ghana170,000 (2002)

Gibraltar6,200 (2002)

Greece1,718,400 (2003)

Greenland20,000 (2002)

Grenada15,000 (2002)

Guadeloupe20,000 (2002)

Guam50,000 (2002)

Guatemala400,000 (2002)

GuernseyNA

Guinea40,000 (2003)

Guinea-Bissau19,000 (2003)

Guyana125,000 (2002)

Haiti80,000 (2002)

Holy See (Vatican City)NA

Honduras168,600 (2002)

Hong Kong3,212,800 (2003)

Hungary1.6 million (2002)

Iceland195,000 (2003)

India18.481 million (2003)

Indonesia8 million (2002)

Iran4.3 million (2003)

Iraq25,000 (2002)

Ireland1.26 million (2003)

Israel2 million (2002)

Italy18.5 million (2003)

Jamaica600,000 (2002)

Japan57.2 million (2002)

JerseyNA

Jordan457,000 (2003)

Kazakhstan250,000 (2002)

Kenya400,000 (2002)

Kiribati2,000 (2002)

Korea, NorthNA

Korea, South29.22 million (2003)

Kuwait567,000 (2003)

Kyrgyzstan152,000 (2002)

Laos15,000 (2002)

Latvia936,000 (2003)

Lebanon400,000 (2002)

Lesotho21,000 (2002)

Liberia1,000 (2002)

Libya160,000 (2003)

Liechtenstein20,000 (2002)

Lithuania695,700 (2003)

Luxembourg165,000 (2002)

Macau120,000 (2003)

Macedonia100,000 (2002)

Madagascar70,500 (2003)

Malawi36,000 (2003)

Malaysia8,692,100 (2003)

Maldives15,000 (2002)

Mali25,000 (2002)

Malta120,000 (2002)

Man, Isle ofNA

Marshall Islands1,400 (2003)

Martinique40,000 (2002)

Mauritania10,000 (2002)

Mauritius150,000 (2003)

MayotteNA

Mexico10.033 million (2002)

Micronesia, Federated States of6,000 (2002)


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