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Country Comparison :: Telephones - main lines in use
This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use.
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Rank
 country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information
1 China
365,400,000
2007
2 European Union
238,000,000
2005
3 United States
163,200,000
2007
4 Germany
53,750,000
2007
5 Japan
51,232,000
2007
6 Russia
43,900,000
2006
7 Brazil
39,400,000
2007
8 India
37,750,000
2009
9 France
35,533,000
2007
10 United Kingdom
33,682,000
2007
11 Italy
26,890,000
2006
12 Korea, South
23,905,000
2007
13 Iran
23,835,000
2007
14 Canada
21,000,000
2006
15 Mexico
19,754,000
2007
16 Spain
18,583,000
2007
17 Turkey
18,413,000
2007
18 Indonesia
17,828,000
2007
19 Taiwan
14,313,000
2007
20 Ukraine
12,858,000
2007
21 Egypt
11,229,000
2007
22 Vietnam
10,800,000
2007
23 Poland
10,336,000
2007
24 Australia
9,760,000
2007
25 Argentina
9,500,000
2007
26 Colombia
7,936,000
2007
27 Netherlands
7,334,000
2007
28 Thailand
7,024,000
2007
29 Greece
6,227,000
2007
30 Sweden
5,506,000
2007
31 Venezuela
5,082,000
2007
32 Switzerland
5,000,000
2007
33 Belgium
4,668,000
2007
34 South Africa
4,642,000
2007
35 Pakistan
4,546,000
2008
36 Malaysia
4,350,000
2007
37 Romania
4,300,000
2007
38 Portugal
4,139,000
2007
39 Saudi Arabia
3,996,000
2007
40 Hong Kong
3,875,000
2007
41 Belarus
3,672,000
2007
42 Philippines
3,633,000
2006
43 Syria
3,452,000
2007
44 Chile
3,379,000
2007
45 Austria
3,374,000
2007
46 Hungary
3,251,000
2007
47 Kazakhstan
3,237,000
2007
48 Algeria
3,068,000
2007
49 Israel
3,005,000
2006
50 Serbia
2,993,000
2007
51 Czech Republic
2,888,000
2006
52 Denmark
2,824,000
2007
53 Sri Lanka
2,742,000
2007
54 Peru
2,673,000
2007
55 Morocco
2,394,000
2007
56 Bulgaria
2,300,000
2007
57 Ireland
2,112,000
2007
58 Norway
1,988,000
2007
59 Singapore
1,859,000
2007
60 Croatia
1,825,000
2007
61 Uzbekistan
1,821,000
2007
62 Ecuador
1,805,000
2007
63 Finland
1,740,000
2007
64 New Zealand
1,706,000
2007
65 Nigeria
1,580,000
2007
66 Iraq
1,547,000
2005
67 Costa Rica
1,437,000
2007
68 United Arab Emirates
1,385,000
2007
69 Guatemala
1,355,000
2006
70 Tunisia
1,273,000
2007
71 Azerbaijan
1,254,000
2007
72 Bangladesh
1,187,000
2007
73 Korea, North
1,180,000
2007
74 Slovakia
1,151,000
2007
75 El Salvador
1,080,000
2007
76 Moldova
1,080,000
2007
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,065,000
2007
78 Cuba
1,043,000
2007
79 Puerto Rico
1,038,000
2005
80 Yemen
968,300
2006
81 Uruguay
965,200
2007
82 Dominican Republic
907,000
2007
83 Ethiopia
880,100
2007
84 Slovenia
857,100
2007
85 Libya
852,300
2005
86 Honduras
821,200
2007
87 Lithuania
799,400
2007
88 Nepal
766,400
2007
89 Cote d'Ivoire
730,000
2007
90 Lebanon
681,400
2006
91 Bolivia
678,200
2007
92 Latvia
644,000
2007
93 Armenia
603,900
2006
94 Jordan
585,500
2007
95 Georgia
556,100
2007
96 Kuwait
517,000
2006
97 Burma
503,900
2005
98 Estonia
495,500
2007
99 Panama
491,900
2007
100 Kyrgyzstan
482,100
2007
101 Macedonia
463,600
2007
102 Turkmenistan
457,900
2007
103 Paraguay
453,800
2007
104 Ghana
376,500
2007
105 Cyprus
376,000
NA
106 Mauritius
357,300
2006
107 Albania
353,600
2005
108 Montenegro
353,300
2006
109 Gaza Strip
350,400
2007
110 West Bank
350,400
2007
111 Sudan
345,200
2007
112 Zimbabwe
344,500
2007
113 Jamaica
342,000
2006
114 Tajikistan
340,000
2007
115 Trinidad and Tobago
323,800
2007
116 Afghanistan
280,000
2005
117 Senegal
269,100
2007
118 Oman
268,100
2007
119 Kenya
264,800
2007
120 Luxembourg
248,200
2007
121 Nicaragua
247,900
2006
122 Qatar
237,400
2007
123 Malta
198,100
2007
124 Bahrain
194,200
2006
125 Iceland
186,700
2007
126 Macau
177,851
2008
127 Malawi
175,200
2007
128 Tanzania
165,013
2008
129 Uganda
162,300
2007
130 Mongolia
148,200
2008
131 Namibia
138,100
2007
132 Botswana
136,900
2006
133 Barbados
134,900
2005
134 Madagascar
133,900
2007
135 Bahamas, The
132,900
2007
136 Cameroon
130,700
2006
137 Benin
110,300
2007
138 Guyana
110,100
2005
139 Fiji
108,400
2007
140 Haiti
108,300
2007
141 Kosovo
106,300
2006
142 Somalia
100,000
2007
143 Angola
98,200
2006
144 Laos
94,800
2007
145 Burkina Faso
94,800
2006
146 Zambia
91,800
2007
147 Mali
85,000
2007
148 Togo
82,100
2006
149 Suriname
81,500
2006
150 Netherlands Antilles
81,000
2001
151 Brunei
79,200
2007
152 Gambia, The
76,400
2007
153 Jersey
73,900
2001
154 Virgin Islands
71,700
2005
155 Cape Verde
71,600
2006
156 Mozambique
67,000
2006
157 New Caledonia
60,200
2007
158 Papua New Guinea
60,000
2007
159 Bermuda
57,700
2006
160 French Polynesia
53,600
2006
161 Lesotho
53,100
2006
162 Saint Lucia
51,100
2002
163 Isle of Man
51,000
1999
164 Guernsey
45,100
2005
165 Swaziland
44,000
2006
166 Aruba
38,700
2006
167 Cayman Islands
38,000
2002
168 Antigua and Barbuda
37,500
2006
169 Eritrea
37,500
2006
170 Cambodia
37,500
2007
171 Andorra
37,200
2007
172 Greenland
36,000
2006
173 Burundi
35,000
2006
174 Mauritania
34,900
2006
175 Monaco
34,000
2005
176 Belize
33,900
2007
177 Maldives
33,200
2007
178 Bhutan
29,900
2007
179 Grenada
27,700
2006
180 Gabon
26,500
2007
181 Guinea
26,300
2005
182 Saint Kitts and Nevis
25,000
2004
183 Gibraltar
24,512
2002
184 Niger
24,000
2005
185 Sierra Leone
24,000
2002
186 Rwanda
23,100
2007
187 Faroe Islands
23,000
2006
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
22,800
2007
189 Seychelles
22,700
2007
190 Northern Mariana Islands
21,000
2000
191 San Marino
21,000
2006
192 Tonga
21,000
2007
193 Dominica
21,000
2004
194 Liechtenstein
20,000
2005
195 Samoa
19,500
2005
196 Comoros
19,100
2006
197 Congo, Republic of the
15,900
2005
198 Chad
13,000
2006
199 Central African Republic
12,000
2006
200 British Virgin Islands
11,700
2002
201 Djibouti
10,800
2005
202 American Samoa
10,400
2004
203 Equatorial Guinea
10,000
2005
204 Mayotte
10,000
2002
205 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
9,700
2006
206 Vanuatu
8,800
2007
207 Micronesia, Federated States of
8,700
2007
208 Sao Tome and Principe
7,700
2007
209 Solomon Islands
7,600
2006
210 Liberia
6,900
2002
211 Palau
6,700
2002
212 Anguilla
6,200
2002
213 Cook Islands
6,200
2002
214 Turks and Caicos Islands
5,700
2002
215 Holy See (Vatican City)
5,120
2005
216 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4,800
2002
217 Guinea-Bissau
4,600
2007
218 Kiribati
4,500
2002
219 Marshall Islands
4,500
2004
220 Norfolk Island
2,532
2004
221 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2,400
2002
222 Timor-Leste
2,400
2006
223 Saint Helena
2,200
2002
224 Nauru
1,900
2002
225 Wallis and Futuna
1,900
2002
226 Niue
1,100
2002 est.
227 Tuvalu
900
2005
228 Tokelau
300
2002
229 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
287
1992
230 Pitcairn Islands
1
2004
231 Antarctica
0
2001
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