dict1 = {"us": "+1", "nl": "+31", "no": "+47"} dict2 = dict() dict3 = dict({"us": "+1", "nl": "+31", "no": "+47"}) dict4 = dict(us="+1", nl="+31", no="+47") dict5 = dict(zip(["us", "nl", "no"], ["+1", "+31", "+47"])) print("dict1 has %d items: %s" % (len(dict1), dict1)) print("dict2 has %d items: %s" % (len(dict2), dict2)) print("dict3 has %d items: %s" % (len(dict3), dict3)) print("dict4 has %d items: %s" % (len(dict4), dict4)) print("dict5 has %d items: %s" % (len(dict5), dict5))