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Notes on Statistics
Telephone density for different economies are presented in table. Even in some economies, where overall telephone density is low, telephone density in cities is found to be very high compared to country average.
Regarding fixed phones, US, Canada, Hong Kong and Japan top the list. Hong Kong is no 1, in mobile phone density, followed by Korea and Japan.
| Member Economy | Telephone lines per 1000 people in 1999 | Telephone lines per 1000 people in large city in 1999 | Telephone lines in 2000 (in thousands) | Telephone lines per 1000 people in 2000 | Cost of local call $ per 3 minutes in 1999 |
| Australia | 520 | 516 | 10050 | 525 | 0.16 |
| Brunei | 360 | ... | 80 | 245 | ... |
| Canada | 655 | ... | 20803 | 677 | ... |
| Chile | 207 | 282 | 3388 | 221 | 0.12 |
| China | 86 | 294 | 144829 | 112 | 0.01 |
| Hong Kong | 576 | 576 | 3926 | 583 | ... |
| Indonesia | 29 | 163 | 6662 | 31 | 0.02 |
| Japan | 558 | 814 | 74343.6 | 586 | 0.09 |
| Korea | 438 | 521 | 21931 | 464 | 0.04 |
| Malaysia | 203 | 282 | 4634 | 199 | 0.02 |
| Mexico | 112 | 135 | 12331 | 125 | 0.14 |
| New Zealand | 496 | ... | 1915 | 499 | 0 |
| Papua New Guinea | 13 | ... | 65 | 14 | ... |
| Peru | 67 | 132 | 1636 | 64 | 0.07 |
| Philippines | 39 | 146 | 3061 | 40 | ... |
| Russia | 210 | 448 | 32070 | 218 | 0.02 |
| Singapore | 482 | 482 | 19465 | 485 | 0.02 |
| Chinese Taipei | 544 | ... | 12642 | 568 | ... |
| Thailand | 86 | 371 | 5591 | 92 | 0.08 |
| USA | 664 | ... | 192518 | 700 | 0.09 |
| Viet Nam | 27 | 133 | 2542 | 32 | 0.08 |