Telephone lines
| Year | Value | Footnotes |
|---|
| 1990 | 40000 | 1 |
| 1991 | 41500 | 1 |
| 1992 | 44848 | 1 |
| 1993 | 43000 | 1 |
| 1994 | 41500 | 1 |
| 1995 | 42150 | 1 |
| 1996 | 63850 | 1 |
| 1997 | 86800 | 1 |
| 1998 | 115675 | 1 |
| 1999 | 140392 | 1 |
| 2000 | 152687 | 1 |
| 2001 | 197496 | 1 |
| 2002 | 220000 | 1 |
| 2003 | 255000 | 1 |
| 2004 | 274557 | 1 |
| 2005 | 278973 | 1 |
| 2006 | 256000 | 1 |
| 2007 | 300000 | 1 |
| 2008 | 343591 | 1 |
| 2009 | 363000 | 1 |
| 2010 | 331502 | 2 |
Telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
| Year | Value | Footnotes |
|---|
| 1990 | 1.22 | |
| 1991 | 1.26 | |
| 1992 | 1.37 | |
| 1993 | 1.33 | |
| 1994 | 1.31 | |
| 1995 | 1.34 | |
| 1996 | 2.05 | |
| 1997 | 2.81 | |
| 1998 | 3.76 | |
| 1999 | 4.57 | |
| 2000 | 4.97 | |
| 2001 | 6.42 | |
| 2002 | 7.12 | |
| 2003 | 8.21 | |
| 2004 | 8.79 | |
| 2005 | 8.88 | |
| 2006 | 8.11 | |
| 2007 | 9.46 | |
| 2008 | 10.8 | |
| 2009 | 11.37 | |
| 2010 | 10.35 | |
Source: United Nations Statistics Division
