POSTAL AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES FACILITIES
Year	Number of Post	Length of Postal			Long Distance	Telegram
	and Telecom-	Routes and Rural	Highway	Railway	Telephone	Circuits
	munications	Delivery Routes	Routes	Routes	Circuits	(line)
	Offices	(10000 km)			(line)
1949	26328	70.60	4.42	2.00
1950	36975	86.31	5.29	2.08	2881	3007
1951	43753	110.74	6.42	2.17	3162	3683
1952	49541	128.97	7.38	2.27	3777	4460
1953	51649	151.47	9.12	2.31	4979	5448
1954	48205	164.00	10.51	2.48	5484	6260
1955	43774	173.94	12.97	2.69	4920	5502
1956	44665	181.13	22.55	5.77	4356	4745
1957	45375	222.26	26.80	6.24	4684	4964
1958	60719	301.29	33.63	6.54	7622	5224
1959	58621	420.61	36.80	7.17	7601	5305
1960	61745	408.51	34.94	8.22	9044	6210
1961	51751	318.80	32.29	8.02	9451	5663
1962	44513	266.54	32.10	7.56	9380	5922
1963	44022	286.55	34.67	7.30	9286	6160
1964	43748	306.47	36.17	7.81	9434	6519
1965	43787	349.28	39.77	8.02	9913	6955
1966	44812	368.06	43.19	8.90	10549	7123
1967	45081	367.31	43.11	8.82	10717	6961
1968	44551	366.23	44.17	8.81	10853	6684
1969	44626	371.32	45.14	9.44	11188	6440
1970	45027	397.71	48.18	10.03	11696	6498
1971	45949	428.80	51.27	10.47	12680	6823
1972	46162	448.58	53.81	10.35	13585	7078
1973	48495	451.14	54.07	10.97	14208	7498
1974	48290	464.09	54.83	11.20	15028	7687
1975	48707	479.63	55.78	12.91	15981	7809
1976	48931	483.60	56.33	13.07	17072	8223
1977	49586	486.02	56.71	13.31	17810	8403
1978	49623	486.33	57.22	15.02	18801	8430
1979	49647	481.23	57.47	14.89	20307	8785
1980	49471	473.71	58.21	15.08	22011	8803
1981	49570	466.02	59.94	15.20	23909	8808
1982	49727	467.63	61.29	15.60	25937	9178
1983	50162	472.09	62.46	16.48	28637	9467
1984	51463	483.06	63.84	17.05	32354	9685
1985	53107	498.21	66.30	18.22	37551	9916
1986	52777	504.20	70.35	20.19	44085	10150
1987	52882	503.30	69.54	19.99	53416	10564
1988	52881	500.08	68.14	19.91	68460	11764
1989	53092	491.54	67.54	19.62	87139	11391
1990	53629	498.31	67.67	19.13	112437	11687
1991	54006	497.48	68.58	18.59	151779	11933
1992	54891	502.15	71.24	18.94	234276	12338
1993	57005	513.83	72.74	18.97	420323	13256
1994	60447	514.65	75.79	18.79	615809	12607
1995	61898	523.19	81.94	18.30	735545	12250
1996	72496	547.70	91.72	18.39	998287	11569
1997	79273	576.61	87.37	18.64	1146121	12625
1998	102225	621.54	93.06	18.97	1576483	11715
1999	66649	632.71	98.91	19.01	2299447	9015