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

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

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

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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.