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  Rank Order - Telephones - main lines in use


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Telephones - main lines in use
Date of Information
1
World 1,263,367,600 2005
2
China 365,400,000 2007
3
European Union 238,000,000 2005
4
United States 163,200,000 2007
5
Germany 53,750,000 2007
6
Japan 51,232,000 2007
7
Russia 43,900,000 2006
8
Brazil 39,400,000 2007
9
India 38,760,000 2008
10
France 35,533,000 2007
11
United Kingdom 33,682,000 2007
12
Italy 26,890,000 2006
13
Korea, South 23,905,000 2007
14
Iran 23,835,000 2007
15
Canada 21,000,000 2006
16
Mexico 19,754,000 2007
17
Spain 18,583,000 2007
18
Turkey 18,413,000 2007
19
Indonesia 17,828,000 2007
20
Taiwan 14,313,000 2007
21
Ukraine 12,858,000 2007
22
Egypt 11,229,000 2007
23
Vietnam 10,800,000 2007
24
Poland 10,336,000 2007
25
Australia 9,760,000 2007
26
Argentina 9,500,000 2007
27
Colombia 7,936,000 2007
28
Netherlands 7,334,000 2007
29
Thailand 7,024,000 2007
30
Greece 6,227,000 2007
31
Sweden 5,506,000 2007
32
Venezuela 5,082,000 2007
33
Switzerland 5,000,000 2007
34
Belgium 4,668,000 2007
35
South Africa 4,642,000 2007
36
Pakistan 4,546,000 2008
37
Malaysia 4,350,000 2007
38
Romania 4,300,000 2007
39
Portugal 4,139,000 2007
40
Saudi Arabia 3,996,000 2007
41
Hong Kong 3,875,000 2007
42
Belarus 3,672,000 2007
43
Philippines 3,633,000 2006
44
Syria 3,452,000 2007
45
Chile 3,379,000 2007
46
Austria 3,374,000 2007
47
Hungary 3,251,000 2007
48
Kazakhstan 3,237,000 2007
49
Algeria 3,068,000 2007
50
Israel 3,005,000 2006
51
Serbia 2,993,000 2007
52
Czech Republic 2,888,000 2006
53
Denmark 2,824,000 2007
54
Sri Lanka 2,742,000 2007
55
Peru 2,673,000 2007
56
Morocco 2,394,000 2007
57
Bulgaria 2,300,000 2007
58
Ireland 2,112,000 2007
59
Norway 1,988,000 2007
60
Singapore 1,859,000 2007
61
Croatia 1,825,000 2007
62
Ecuador 1,805,000 2007
63
Uzbekistan 1,793,000 2005
64
Finland 1,740,000 2007
65
New Zealand 1,706,000 2007
66
Nigeria 1,580,000 2007
67
Iraq 1,547,000 2005
68
Costa Rica 1,437,000 2007
69
United Arab Emirates 1,385,000 2007
70
Guatemala 1,355,000 2006
71
Tunisia 1,273,000 2007
72
Azerbaijan 1,254,000 2007
73
Bangladesh 1,187,000 2007
74
Korea, North 1,180,000 2007
75
Slovakia 1,151,000 2007
76
El Salvador 1,080,000 2007
77
Moldova 1,080,000 2007
78
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,065,000 2007
79
Cuba 1,043,000 2007
80
Puerto Rico 1,038,000 2005
81
Yemen 968,300 2006
82
Uruguay 965,200 2007
83
Dominican Republic 907,000 2007
84
Ethiopia 880,100 2007
85
Slovenia 857,100 2007
86
Libya 852,300 2005
87
Lithuania 799,400 2007
88
Nepal 766,400 2007
89
Cote d'Ivoire 730,000 2007
90
Honduras 713,600 2006
91
Lebanon 681,400 2006
92
Bolivia 678,200 2007
93
Latvia 644,000 2007
94
Armenia 603,900 2006
95
Jordan 585,500 2007
96
Georgia 544,000 2007
97
Kuwait 517,000 2006
98
Burma 503,900 2005
99
Estonia 495,500 2007
100
Panama 491,900 2007
101
Kyrgyzstan 482,100 2007
102
Macedonia 463,600 2007
103
Paraguay 453,800 2007
104
Turkmenistan 398,100 2005
105
Ghana 376,500 2007
106
Cyprus 376,000 NA
107
Mauritius 357,300 2006
108
Albania 353,600 2005
109
Montenegro 353,300 2006
110
Gaza Strip 350,400 2007
111
West Bank 350,400 2007
112
Sudan 345,200 2007
113
Zimbabwe 344,500 2007
114
Jamaica 342,000 2006
115
Trinidad and Tobago 323,800 2007
116
Tajikistan 280,200 2005
117
Afghanistan 280,000 2005
118
Senegal 269,100 2007
119
Oman 268,100 2007
120
Kenya 264,800 2007
121
Luxembourg 248,200 2007
122
Nicaragua 247,900 2006
123
Qatar 237,400 2007
124
Malta 198,100 2007
125
Bahrain 194,200 2006
126
Iceland 186,700 2007
127
Macau 177,851 2008
128
Malawi 175,200 2007
129
Tanzania 165,013 2008
130
Uganda 162,300 2007
131
Mongolia 158,900 2006
132
Haiti 150,000 2006
133
Namibia 138,100 2007
134
Botswana 136,900 2006
135
Barbados 134,900 2005
136
Madagascar 133,900 2007
137
Bahamas, The 132,900 2007
138
Cameroon 130,700 2006
139
Benin 110,300 2007
140
Guyana 110,100 2005
141
Fiji 108,400 2007
142
Kosovo 106,300 2006
143
Somalia 100,000 2007
144
Angola 98,200 2006
145
Laos 94,800 2007
146
Burkina Faso 94,800 2006
147
Zambia 91,800 2007
148
Mali 85,000 2007
149
Togo 82,100 2006
150
Suriname 81,500 2006
151
Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001
152
Brunei 79,200 2007
153
Gambia, The 76,400 2007
154
Jersey 73,900 2001
155
Virgin Islands 71,700 2005
156
Cape Verde 71,600 2006
157
Mozambique 67,000 2006
158
Guam 65,500 2003
159
New Caledonia 60,200 2007
160
Papua New Guinea 60,000 2007
161
Bermuda 57,700 2006
162
French Polynesia 53,600 2006
163
Lesotho 53,100 2006
164
Saint Lucia 51,100 2002
165
Isle of Man 51,000 1999
166
Guernsey 45,100 2005
167
Swaziland 44,000 2006
168
Aruba 38,700 2006
169
Cayman Islands 38,000 2002
170
Antigua and Barbuda 37,500 2006
171
Eritrea 37,500 2006
172
Cambodia 37,500 2007
173
Andorra 37,200 2007
174
Greenland 36,000 2006
175
Burundi 35,000 2006
176
Mauritania 34,900 2006
177
Monaco 34,000 2005
178
Belize 33,900 2007
179
Maldives 33,200 2007
180
Bhutan 29,900 2007
181
Grenada 27,700 2006
182
Gabon 26,500 2007
183
Guinea 26,300 2005
184
Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 2004
185
Gibraltar 24,512 2002
186
Niger 24,000 2005
187
Sierra Leone 24,000 2002
188
Rwanda 23,100 2007
189
Faroe Islands 23,000 2006
190
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,800 2007
191
Seychelles 22,700 2007
192
Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000
193
San Marino 21,000 2006
194
Tonga 21,000 2007
195
Dominica 21,000 2004
196
Liechtenstein 20,000 2005
197
Samoa 19,500 2005
198
Comoros 19,100 2006
199
Congo, Republic of the 15,900 2005
200
Chad 13,000 2006
201
Central African Republic 12,000 2006
202
British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002
203
Djibouti 10,800 2005
204
American Samoa 10,400 2004
205
Equatorial Guinea 10,000 2005
206
Mayotte 10,000 2002
207
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9,700 2006
208
Vanuatu 8,800 2007
209
Micronesia, Federated States of 8,700 2007
210
Sao Tome and Principe 7,700 2007
211
Solomon Islands 7,600 2006
212
Liberia 6,900 2002
213
Palau 6,700 2002
214
Anguilla 6,200 2002
215
Cook Islands 6,200 2002
216
Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002
217
Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 2005
218
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002
219
Guinea-Bissau 4,600 2007
220
Kiribati 4,500 2002
221
Marshall Islands 4,500 2004
222
Norfolk Island 2,532 2004
223
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002
224
Timor-Leste 2,400 2006
225
Saint Helena 2,200 2002
226
Nauru 1,900 2002
227
Wallis and Futuna 1,900 2002
228
Niue 1,100 2002 est.
229
Tuvalu 900 2005
230
Tokelau 300 2002
231
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992
232
Pitcairn Islands 1 2004
233
Antarctica 0 2001

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