Telephones and Internet Users by Country, 1990 and 2005

(rates per 1,000 persons)

Country	Telephone main lines		Cellular phone subscribers		Internet users
	1990	2005	1990	2005	1990	2005
Argentina	93	227	–	570	0	177
Australia	456	564	11	906	6	698
Austria	418	450	10	991	1	486
Belgium	393	461	4	903	–	458
Brazil	63	230	–	462	0	195
Bulgaria	250	321	0	807	0	206
Canada	550	566	21	514	4	520
China	6	269	–	302	0	85
Colombia	69	168	0	479	0	104
Cuba	32	75	0	12	0	17
Czech Republic	157	314	0	1,151	0	269
Ecuador	48	129	0	472	0	47
Egypt	29	140	–	184	0	68
Finland	535	404	52	997	4	534
France	495	586	5	789	1	430
Germany	401	667	3	960	1	455
Greece	389	568	0	904	0	180
Guatemala	21	99	–	358	0	79
Hungary	96	333	–	924	0	297
India	6	45	0	82	0	55
Indonesia	6	58	–	213	0	73
Ireland	280	489	7	1,012	0	276
Israel	349	424	3	1,120	1	470
Italy	394	427	5	1,232	–	478
Japan	441	460	7	742	–	668
South Korea	310	492	2	794	–	684
Lebanon	144	277	0	277	0	196
Mexico	64	189	1	460	0	181
Netherlands	464	466	5	970	3	739
Norway	503	460	46	1,028	7	735
Pakistan	8	34	–	82	0	67
Panama	90	136	0	418	0	64
Poland	86	309	0	764	0	262
Russia	140	280	0	838	0	152
Saudi Arabia	75	164	1	575	0	70
Singapore	346	425	17	1,010	0	571
South Africa	94	101	–	724	0	109
Spain	325	422	1	952	–	348
Sweden	683	717	54	935	6	764
Switzerland	587	689	19	921	6	498
Thailand	24	110	1	430	0	110
United Kingdom	441	528	19	1,088	1	473
United States	545	606	21	680	8	630
Venezuela	75	136	–	470	0	125

Source: Human Development Report, 2007/2008, United Nations. Web: hdr.undp.org.

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