Telephone numbers in Christmas Island

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Telephone numbers in Christmas Island use ranges owned by Australia.

Format +61 8 9164 XXXX

Number rangeUsage
+61 8 9164Christmas Island

Christmas Island numbers used the +672 country code until 1994, when they were migrated to +61.

DateNumberCountry code
pre-1994(04) 2345+672
1994–1997(091) 64 2345+61
1997–now(08) 9164 2345+61

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