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World
World		..	..	..	37,049,893	66,020,264	103,722,705	157,923,993	216,327,440	283,195,113	349,227,999	..

		1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Region/Classification
Asia (excluding Middle East)		..	..	5,497,496	14,070,824	26,709,081	42,506,816	63,076,408	81,978,274	102,682,710	124,803,843	..
Central America & Caribbean		..	..	..	69,432	298,864	611,909	1,351,525	2,374,844	..	..	..
Europe		..	..	..	6,483,884	13,710,672	24,768,586	42,602,176	64,422,309	88,012,722	109,626,043	..
Middle East & North Africa		..	..	..	86,280	367,351	..	..	..	6,058,435	9,431,266	..
North America		845,900	3,336,286	8,480,806	15,628,812	23,396,548	32,257,461	42,771,840	55,119,463	68,598,955	79,272,880	88,647,420
Oceania		..	..	..	141,949	302,311	602,457	1,213,881	2,365,965	4,413,881	5,742,915	..
South America		1,000	..	..	567,910	1,228,317	1,866,048	4,795,067	6,006,555	9,269,509	14,483,565	18,851,192
Sub-Saharan Africa		..	..	..	802	7,120	63,981	142,925	220,106	..	..	..
Developed Countries		..	..	..	26,132,064	47,041,562	73,202,203	107,185,525	146,563,229	189,202,445	225,118,945	..
Developing Countries		..	..	..	10,917,748	18,977,636	30,519,479	50,737,898	69,754,463	93,972,641	124,101,082	..
High Income Countries		1,012,788	..	15,488,318	34,784,263	58,519,943	85,051,836	118,845,205	156,068,368	194,585,421	227,249,811	251,310,040
Low Income Countries		..	..	..	52,694	90,564	168,966	294,566	1,637,642	..	..	..
Middle Income Countries		..	..	..	1,079,936	5,309,757	15,458,630	35,033,026	54,280,339	81,101,066	112,477,919	..

	ISO	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	..	..	..	0	0	0	200	220	500	500	..
Albania	ALB	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	272	..	10,000	36,000
Algeria	DZA	..	..	..	0	0	18,000	36,000	135,000	170,000	287,039	..
American Samoa	ASM	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
Andorra	AND	..	..	..	..	1,148	3,601	6,282	10,341	14,616	19,697	20,672
Angola	AGO	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	7,458	11,700	..
Antigua and Barbuda	ATG	..	..	..	0	0	0	1,562	5,721	6,787	6,923	12,575
Argentina	ARG	0	..	..	94,000	148,000	258,849	542,879	926,722	1,583,713	2,600,000	3,185,284
Armenia	ARM	..	..	..	6	8	10	1,000	1,990	..	..	..
Aruba	ABW	..	..	..	0	0	1,399	6,963	12,274	13,953	15,057	18,396
Australia	AUS	..	..	..	122,800	258,100	516,800	1,012,000	2,016,000	3,900,000	4,830,200	5,140,000
Austria	AUT	0	50,900	190,500	320,600	451,000	589,000	870,000	1,174,000	1,432,000	1,622,000	1,792,000
Azerbaijan	AZE	..	..	..	0	0	450	900	2,184	3,955	14,600	60,000
Bahamas	BHS	..	..	..	4,139	7,540	10,941	12,803	7,151	16,591	13,017	34,048
Bahrain	BHR	0	0	0	1,176	4,980	9,737	14,956	21,432	38,628	68,253	93,000
Bangladesh	BGD	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	43,710	..
Barbados	BRB	..	..	..	0	0	27,319	29,630	31,942	55,260	..	..
Belarus	BLR	..	..	..	0	20	123	750	1,564	11,419	..	..
Belgium	BEL	10,924	23,000	144,000	460,000	815,418	1,242,928	1,619,944	2,010,584	2,356,497	2,715,308	2,962,450
Belize	BLZ	..	..	..	0	0	940	2,827	5,022	5,597	6,533	7,695
Benin	BEN	..	..	..	0	21	21	81	196	1,498	2,003	..
Bermuda	BMU	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	18,487	23,643	..	..
Bhutan	BTN	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2,060
Bolivia	BOL	..	..	..	0	3,330	5,740	8,723	12,973	17,589	33,977	..
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	0	0	0	0	213	1,500	6,637	13,702	40,000	84,691	188,460
Botswana	BWA	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	1,600	1,800	3,540	..
Brazil	BRA	1,000	7,000	100,000	331,000	731,000	966,252	3,157,466	3,233,800	4,767,007	7,607,703	10,097,986
Brunei Darussalam	BRN	..	..	..	1,896	2,757	3,838	6,262	8,126	8,964	11,181	..
Bulgaria	BGR	..	..	..	0	0	0	..	165,469	384,672	629,076	853,075
Burkina Faso	BFA	..	..	..	0	50	145	154	384	1,715	..	..
Burundi	BDI	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	160
Cambodia	KHM	..	..	..	0	50	419	780	1,000	4,800	8,450	..
Cameroon	CMR	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	202	421	..	..
Canada	CAN	140,000	582,000	1,410,932	2,836,000	3,515,000	4,513,000	5,416,000	7,004,000	8,044,000	9,075,000	9,633,300
Cape Verde	CPV	..	..	..	0	0	0	283	937	7,475	7,305	7,380
Cayman Islands	CYM	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	..	..	..	0	0	413	826	1,239	10,000	..	..
Central African Rep	CAF	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Chad	TCD	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Chile	CHL	0	..	7,879	66,722	188,454	352,234	478,883	708,564	1,019,520	1,311,626	1,426,358
China	CHN	0	..	22,660	336,280	3,298,490	11,219,010	24,939,630	37,350,000	50,853,000	66,414,000	83,366,000
Colombia	COL	0	..	8,872	13,830	34,888	64,436	127,113	318,683	628,077	1,207,090	1,902,844
Comoros	COM	..	..	..	0	0	0	1	4	..	..	..
Congo	COG	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	..	..	..	0	0	1,000	1,450	1,500	1,500	1,500	..
Costa Rica	CRI	..	..	..	0	8,989	14,878	27,931	44,914	89,736	126,324	176,094
Croatia	HRV	..	..	..	0	..	3,400	23,000	116,000	251,800	387,050	524,683
Cuba	CUB	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,946	..
Cyprus	CYP	..	..	..	2,500	5,879	10,033	17,070	31,856	63,084	100,000	104,000
Czech Rep	CZE	0	0	2,500	6,200	15,300	34,690	235,996	709,063	1,112,500	1,496,720	1,759,586
Denmark	DNK	0	..	67,000	238,000	451,297	718,299	1,017,594	1,343,855	1,735,317	1,958,782	2,005,742
Djibouti	DJI	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	42	..	..	..
Dominica	DMA	0	..	80	175	2,238	2,651	3,253	..	..	..	..
Dominican Rep	DOM	..	..	..	0	0	15,000	37,257	64,040	108,591	153,696	226,044
Ecuador	ECU	..	..	..	2,623	6,499	6,916	11,620	26,786	..	..	35,178
Egypt	EGY	..	..	..	0	937	4,850	29,307	141,111	255,690	477,085	768,847
El Salvador	SLV	..	..	..	0	0	19,601	29,321	42,314	61,484	89,761	123,469
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	180	..	..	..
Eritrea	ERI	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Estonia	EST	..	..	..	17,261	45,700	90,300	138,677	179,200	246,800	277,752	317,893
Ethiopia	ETH	..	..	..	0	0	57	35	61	261	307	..
Faeroe Islands	FRO	..	..	..	54	114	394	3,134	5,868	10,099	13,255	14,878
Fiji	FJI	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	7,000	8,500	11,500	..
Finland	FIN	0	..	35,000	134,000	273,500	491,100	800,000	1,174,200	1,429,000	1,617,000	1,617,000
France	FRA	13,464	55,000	196,000	601,500	1,655,000	3,569,381	6,561,000	9,471,000	12,711,000	15,550,000	17,691,000
French Guiana	GUF	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
French Polynesia	PYF	..	..	..	0	0	946	4,351	11,000	18,200	23,400	27,671
Gabon	GAB	..	..	..	0	0	170	650	1,530	1,763	1,983	..
Gambia	GMB	..	..	..	0	0	0	36	71	..	269	..
Georgia	GEO	..	..	..	430	920	1,410	1,900	2,390	27,000	46,735	..
Germany	DEU	0	..	265,000	2,100,000	3,205,000	4,470,000	7,000,000	10,800,000	15,000,000	19,600,000	22,600,000
Ghana	GHA	..	..	..	0	0	0	900	1,904	12,749	16,197	17,347
Gibraltar	GIB	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
Greece	GRC	0	0	0	0	0	10,476	51,455	160,113	488,180	1,017,475	1,506,614
Greenland	GRL	..	..	..	0	0	119	3,320	7,128	9,216	10,480	..
Grenada	GRD	..	..	..	0	563	..	609	3,222	5,544	..	10,134
Guadeloupe	GLP	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
Guam	GUM	..	..	..	1,750	..	..	..	..	..	2,700	..
Guatemala	GTM	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	27,106	..	..	..
Guinea	GIN	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Guyana	GUY	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	2,000	..	..	..
Haiti	HTI	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Honduras	HND	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Hong Kong	HKG	11,000	86,467	444,450	716,435	1,038,995	1,267,966	1,517,741	1,659,098	1,796,240	1,898,934	1,948,271
Hungary	HUN	0	..	3,400	24,000	111,458	264,311	411,111	651,689	1,198,790	1,428,726	1,541,686
Iceland	ISL	0	81	2,358	10,424	24,270	41,571	55,764	78,017	87,738	97,937	99,883
India	IND	0	0	0	50,000	82,409	140,362	180,000	1,348,000	2,300,000	3,130,000	5,280,000
Indonesia	IDN	0	..	4,000	15,000	38,300	61,600	84,900	108,200	194,367	294,464	..
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	..	..	176	661	700	..	..	..	100,000	200,000	300,000
Iraq	IRQ	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	42
Ireland	IRL	0	0	0	0	10,600	41,800	152,100	322,500	601,890	805,932	891,346
Israel	ISR	0	0	0	43,865	231,663	633,100	980,000	1,229,626	1,421,000	1,528,500	1,600,000
Italy	ITA	0	..	115,000	390,000	850,000	2,250,000	4,724,500	6,821,880	8,497,422	10,122,126	11,283,000
Jamaica	JAM	..	..	..	3,235	9,000	9,000	27,000	45,000	68,243	92,768	97,667
Japan	JPN	32,000	216,000	854,655	3,835,000	9,397,426	14,917,165	19,557,146	23,301,104	26,438,868	28,287,000	30,107,328
Jordan	JOR	..	..	..	409	3,177	4,996	10,424	23,551	48,622	86,818	128,428
Kazakhstan	KAZ	..	..	..	0	0	998	1,997	2,996	30,500	270,370	564,559
Kenya	KEN	..	..	..	0	0	0	..	5,399	17,723	17,737	..
Kiribati	KIR	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	0	..
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..
Korea, Rep	KOR	14,000	278,000	3,870,000	7,806,000	10,405,486	11,178,499	11,921,440	12,190,711	14,042,698	14,709,998	15,474,931
Kuwait	KWT	..	..	..	5,000	10,500	13,000	20,000	25,000	..	..	..
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	..	..	..	..	36	139	1,907	2,292	2,762	2,897	..
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	..	..	..	0	0	25	50	314	741	3,603	..
Latvia	LVA	0	0	284	3,235	10,000	19,533	49,147	60,770	109,674	146,055	..
Lebanon	LBN	..	..	..	0	35,000	70,000	80,000	130,000	190,000	200,000	..
Lesotho	LSO	..	..	..	0	0	0	22	45	..	..	..
Liberia	LBR	..	..	..	0	0	0	..	..	..	..	..
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	LBY	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9,648	..	..
Liechtenstein	LIE	..	..	..	..	1,437	1,500	4,741	8,617	10,000	14,000	..
Lithuania	LTU	0	0	0	2,427	20,000	66,790	129,051	234,081	368,715	507,572	590,103
Luxembourg	LUX	0	0	0	1,215	5,737	15,351	36,500	70,100	98,800	128,500	143,218
Macau	MAC	..	..	3,731	9,788	16,954	27,774	45,218	68,030	92,217	110,498	121,403
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	..	..	..	..	0	0	0	12,436	36,485	100,507	178,997
Madagascar	MDG	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	1,290	2,548	6,226
Malawi	MWI	..	..	..	0	0	69	138	404	..	1,589	..
Malaysia	MYS	0	0	0	4,000	19,302	110,402	252,500	483,100	742,600	1,010,900	1,301,600
Maldives	MDV	0	0	0	0	190	503	717	3,260	6,274	10,400	15,709
Mali	MLI	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	3,085	3,200	5,272
Malta	MLT	..	..	1,656	9,157	17,679	22,736	37,642	51,409	52,948	87,527	98,802
Marshall Islands	MHL	..	..	..	0	0	0	..	..	..	0	..
Martinique	MTQ	..	..	..	0	0	6,000	..	..	..	..	..
Mauritania	MRT	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	164	973	4,000	5,876
Mauritius	MUS	..	..	..	0	285	1,184	2,564	5,398	27,895	61,497	73,021
Mexico	MEX	0	0	15,000	50,000	231,486	428,371	1,057,282	1,922,352	3,087,144	4,548,838	7,604,629
Micronesia, Fed States	FSM	..	..	..	0	0	6	26	46	..	..	..
Moldova, Rep	MDA	..	..	..	239	418	597	2,429	10,395	21,792	47,164	..
Mongolia	MNG	..	..	..	49	90	500	900	1,800	3,500	7,395	..
Montenegro	MNE	..	..	..	..	..	..	0	7,665	25,828	..	..
Morocco	MAR	..	..	..	0	2,000	2,712	64,660	249,138	391,857	477,360	483,867
Mozambique	MOZ	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Myanmar	MMR	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	243	751	1,479	..
Namibia	NAM	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	134	198	256	..
Nepal	NPL	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	9,934	..
Netherlands	NLD	75,500	..	260,000	466,200	1,170,966	1,988,000	3,206,000	4,100,000	5,192,200	5,507,000	5,756,000
Netherlands Antilles	ANT	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
New Caledonia	NCL	0	0	0	132	700	1,668	5,146	9,600	15,601	20,315	25,455
New Zealand	NZL	0	0	4,658	17,267	43,500	83,000	191,695	321,000	470,200	853,020	914,961
Nicaragua	NIC	..	..	700	1,604	2,319	4,403	5,001	10,534	19,042	..	..
Niger	NER	..	..	..	0	0	0	77	212	..	..	..
Nigeria	NGA	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	500	..	..	25,581
Norway	NOR	0	..	23,297	88,541	205,307	398,758	671,666	991,349	1,244,536	1,439,669	1,607,750
Oman	OMN	..	..	..	0	97	136	668	13,240	13,917	20,177	31,983
Pakistan	PAK	..	..	..	0	0	0	22,300	0	26,611	45,153	168,082
Palau	PLW	..	..	..	0	0	..	74	100	97	..	..
Palestinian Territories		..	..	..	0	0	0	18	7,463	27,172	55,648	..
Panama	PAN	..	..	..	7,771	12,235	15,039	16,746	17,567	112,738	150,283	157,468
Papua New Guinea	PNG	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..
Paraguay	PRY	..	..	150	300	500	500	3,050	5,600	16,000	51,660	93,726
Peru	PER	0	75	1,078	22,799	37,401	93,908	227,610	352,622	484,899	570,218	725,563
Philippines	PHL	0	0	0	10,000	21,000	55,000	89,000	123,000	265,030	496,151	..
Poland	POL	0	0	0	12,000	121,684	195,752	811,796	945,159	2,911,152	3,427,578	..
Portugal	PRT	0	297	25,154	99,316	260,591	502,030	838,371	1,165,440	1,458,938	1,549,061	1,692,361
Puerto Rico	PRI	..	..	..	2,427	22,732	54,337	86,303	118,268	..	..	..
Qatar	QAT	0	0	0	0	228	2,991	10,652	25,128	46,773	70,340	103,367
Réunion	REU	..	..	..	..	..	31,749	56,536	..	..	..	..
Romania	ROU	..	..	..	6,000	15,800	196,106	104,265	377,090	1,090,000	1,950,000	2,510,000
Russian Federation	RUS	0	0	0	0	11,000	343,000	675,000	1,589,000	2,900,000	4,000,000	..
Rwanda	RWA	..	..	..	0	0	0	1,148	1,180	1,704	2,543	4,241
Saint Kitts and Nevis	KNA	..	..	..	..	500	..	..	..	..	..	..
Samoa	WSM	..	..	..	0	0	0	32	65	..	..	..
San Marino	SMR	..	..	..	..	..	600	1,076	1,220	1,480	1,599	4,000
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	125	308	..
Saudi Arabia	SAU	0	0	..	14,000	34,782	45,982	68,700	67,798	218,176	623,116	1,032,000
Senegal	SEN	..	..	..	0	1,200	2,383	7,665	18,028	28,926	38,132	47,358
Serbia	SRB	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	121,727	325,730	451,181
Seychelles	SYC	..	..	..	0	0	0	349	948	2,475	3,493	3,417
Sierra Leone	SLE	..	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
Singapore	SGP	10,000	30,000	69,000	151,000	270,000	417,100	545,200	656,200	787,900	896,200	1,003,100
Slovakia	SVK	..	..	..	0	4,083	22,461	78,764	181,538	304,615	472,020	618,671
Slovenia	SVN	..	..	..	5,500	56,735	57,992	115,069	196,650	274,500	344,840	426,647
Solomon Islands	SLB	..	..	..	0	0	0	200	450	650	1,000	..
Somalia	SOM	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
South Africa	ZAF	..	..	..	..	2,669	20,313	60,000	165,290	335,112	378,000	..
Spain	ESP	0	..	76,358	430,055	1,247,496	2,121,930	3,401,411	5,035,203	6,696,592	8,070,254	8,995,411
Sri Lanka	LKA	..	..	..	327	592	3,417	20,450	..	22,895	63,263	100,230
St. Lucia	LCA	..	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..	..	14,000
St. Vincent & Grenadines	VCT	0	0	0	81	1,086	1,146	1,320	3,647	5,618	7,972	9,364
Sudan	SDN	..	..	..	0	0	0	793	1,269	2,065	42,500	..
Suriname	SUR	..	..	..	0	94	216	420	1,107	2,656	..	..
Swaziland	SWZ	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	..	..
Sweden	SWE	0	0	249,000	587,000	840,000	1,095,000	1,410,000	2,522,000	1,930,000	3,280,000	3,421,000
Switzerland	CHE	0	0	56,416	140,000	455,220	783,874	1,227,397	1,624,217	2,020,000	2,367,440	2,480,000
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	..	..	..	0	0	0	600	2,700	5,218	6,957	11,055
Taiwan	TWN	15,000	31,000	229,000	1,133,000	2,100,000	3,043,273	3,751,214	4,340,889	4,505,800	4,790,187	5,024,374
Tajikistan	TJK	..	..	..	0	0	10	20	30	..	..	..
Tanzania	TZA	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	..	..	..
Thailand	THA	0	0	0	1,613	15,000	45,000	75,000	105,000	..	913,000	..
Timor-Leste	TMP	..	..	..	0	0	9	13	22	29	50	..
Togo	TGO	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	0	0	1,201	1,911
Tonga	TON	..	..	..	0	11	22	334	645	633	780	721
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	..	..	..	0	176	884	4,233	10,803	20,613	35,491	..
Tunisia	TUN	..	..	0	0	26	259	2,839	17,573	43,845	95,916	227,303
Turkey	TUR	0	0	0	10,915	21,205	199,324	577,931	1,589,768	2,773,685	4,753,757	5,749,891
Turkmenistan	TKM	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
Uganda	UGA	..	..	..	0	0	0	0	850	1,210	1,860	4,798
Ukraine	UKR	..	..	..	..	0	0	0	130,000	520,000	800,000	1,600,000
United Arab Emirates	ARE	0	367	1,389	7,754	16,177	30,327	56,146	129,320	240,620	379,800	528,915
United Kingdom	GBR	..	..	52,890	330,960	1,356,481	3,113,702	6,123,907	9,898,653	13,013,000	15,606,000	17,276,000
United States	USA	705,900	2,754,286	7,069,874	12,792,812	19,881,548	27,744,342	37,352,520	48,089,848	60,522,096	70,187,400	79,014,120
Uruguay	URY	..	..	..	0	0	0	27,000	61,396	212,582	243,479	287,724
Uzbekistan	UZB	..	..	..	0	0	2,757	5,514	8,271	8,639	19,180	65,960
Vanuatu	VUT	..	..	..	0	0	15	23	59	..	..	..
Venezuela	VEN	0	..	4,473	36,636	78,151	116,997	210,303	356,302	537,466	857,812	1,096,529
Viet Nam	VNM	..	..	..	0	1,076	9,180	52,709	210,024	516,569	1,294,111	..
Virgin Islands	VIR	..	..	..	0	0	0	1,484	2,967	..	..	..
Yemen	YEM	..	..	..	0	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
Yugoslavia (former)		..	..	..	..	0	..	..	..	..	..	..
Zambia	ZMB	..	..	21	31	48	91	250	250	2,339	..	5,671
Zimbabwe	ZWE	..	..	..	771	2,847	6,386	8,967	10,185	10,200	15,210	..

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Source

International Telecommunication Union (ITU). 2009. World Telecommunication Indicators 2009. Geneva: ITU. Available online at http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/publications/world/world.html.