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Telephones and Computers by Country, 2003

(rates per 100 persons)

Country	Telephone main lines	Cellular phone subscribers	Personal computers¹
Argentina	21.88	17.76	8.20
Australia	54.23	71.95	60.18
Austria	48.07	87.88	37.41
Belgium	48.92	79.28	31.81
Brazil	22.29	26.36	7.48
Bulgaria	38.05	46.64	5.19
Canada	65.14	41.90	48.70
China	20.90	21.48	2.76
Colombia	17.93	14.13	4.93
Cuba	6.40	0.31	2.39
Czech Republic	36.03	96.46	17.74
Ecuador	12.24	18.92	3.24
Egypt	12.73	8.45	2.91
Finland	49.20	90.96	44.17
France	56.60	69.59	34.71
Germany	65.73	78.52	48.47
Greece	45.39	90.23	8.17
Guatemala	7.05	13.15	1.44
Hungary	34.86	76.88	10.84
India	4.63	2.47	0.72
Indonesia	3.94	8.74	1.19
Ireland	49.13	87.96	42.08
Israel	45.82	96.07	24.26
Italy	48.40	101.76	23.07
Japan	47.19	67.90	38.22
South Korea	53.83	70.09	55.80
Lebanon	20.00	23.43	10.00
Mexico	15.97	29.47	8.30
Netherlands	61.43	76.76	46.66
Norway	71.35	90.89	52.83
Pakistan	2.66	1.75	0.42
Panama	12.20	26.76	3.83
Poland	31.87	45.09	14.20
Russia	25.27	24.93	8.87
Saudi Arabia	15.54	32.11	13.67
Singapore	45.03	85.25	62.20
South Africa	10.66	36.36	7.26
Spain	42.91	91.61	19.60
Sweden	73.57	98.05	62.13
Sqitzerland	72.75	84.34	70.87
Taiwan	59.08	114.14	47.14
Thailand	10.49	39.42	3.98
United Kingdom	59.06	91.17	40.57
United States	62.38	54.58	65.98
Venezuela	11.06	27.30	6.09

1. In many countries mainframe computers are used extensively, and thousands of users can be connected to a single mainframe computer; thus the number of PCs understates the total use of computers.

Source: International Telecommunications Union, Geneva, Switzerland, World Telecommunication Indicators, (copyright). From Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2006.

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