Telephone lines
| Year | Value | Footnotes |
|---|
| 1990 | 70000 | 1 |
| 1991 | 72000 | 1 |
| 1992 | 48900 | 1 |
| 1993 | 53300 | 1 |
| 1994 | 53020 | 1 |
| 1995 | 52740 | 2 |
| 1996 | 52625 | 2 |
| 1997 | 62279 | 2 |
| 1998 | 65100 | 2 |
| 1999 | 67200 | 2 |
| 2000 | 64900 | 3 |
| 2001 | 76800 | 3 |
| 2002 | 80200 | 3 |
| 2003 | 85043 | 3 |
| 2004 | 94280 | 3 |
| 2005 | 96760 | 3 |
| 2006 | 98165 | 3, 4 |
| 2007 | 94294 | 3 |
| 2008 | 114296 | 3 |
| 2009 | 303179 | 3, 5 |
| 2010 | 303200 | 6 |
Telephone lines per 100 inhabitants
| Year | Value | Footnotes |
|---|
| 1990 | 0.68 | |
| 1991 | 0.68 | |
| 1992 | 0.44 | |
| 1993 | 0.47 | |
| 1994 | 0.45 | |
| 1995 | 0.44 | |
| 1996 | 0.42 | |
| 1997 | 0.49 | |
| 1998 | 0.5 | |
| 1999 | 0.5 | |
| 2000 | 0.47 | |
| 2001 | 0.53 | |
| 2002 | 0.54 | |
| 2003 | 0.55 | |
| 2004 | 0.59 | |
| 2005 | 0.59 | |
| 2006 | 0.58 | |
| 2007 | 0.54 | |
| 2008 | 0.63 | |
| 2009 | 1.63 | |
| 2010 | 1.59 | |
Source: United Nations Statistics Division