Field Listing :: Telephones - main lines in use |
This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use. | |
Country Comparison to the World |
Country |
Telephones - main lines in use |
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Afghanistan | 13,500 (2011) |
Albania | 338,800 (2011) |
Algeria | 3.059 million (2011) |
American Samoa | 10,400 (2009) |
Andorra | 38,400 (2011) |
Angola | 303,200 (2011) |
Anguilla | 6,200 (2011) |
Antigua and Barbuda | 35,500 (2011) |
Argentina | 10.14 million (2011) |
Armenia | 577,500 (2011) |
Aruba | 35,000 (2010) |
Australia | 10.54 million (2011) |
Austria | 3.388 million (2011) |
Azerbaijan | 1.684 million (2011) |
Bahamas, The | 133,000 (2011) |
Bahrain | 276,500 (2011) |
Bangladesh | 1.6 million (2011) |
Barbados | 140,700 (2011) |
Belarus | 4.208 million (2011) |
Belgium | 4.631 million (2011) |
Belize | 28,800 (2011) |
Benin | 152,700 (2011) |
Bermuda | 57,800 (2010) |
Bhutan | 27,500 (2011) |
Bolivia | 879,800 (2011) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 955,900 (2011) |
Botswana | 149,600 (2011) |
Brazil | 43.026 million (2011) |
British Indian Ocean Territory | NA |
British Virgin Islands | 26,800 (2010) |
Brunei | 79,800 (2011) |
Bulgaria | 2.311 million (2011) |
Burkina Faso | 141,500 (2011) |
Burma | 521,100 (2011) |
Burundi | 32,600 (2010) |
Cambodia | 530,000 (2011) |
Cameroon | 669,000 (2011) |
Canada | 16.438 million (2011) |
Cape Verde | 74,500 (2011) |
Cayman Islands | 37,200 (2011) |
Central African Republic | 2,300 (2011) |
Chad | 31,200 (2011) |
Chile | 3.366 million (2011) |
China | 285.115 million (2011) |
Christmas Island | NA |
Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 287 (1992) |
Colombia | 7.127 million (2011) |
Comoros | 23,600 (2011) |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 42,000 (2011) |
Congo, Republic of the | 10,000 (2011) |
Cook Islands | 7,200 (2009) |
Costa Rica | 1.491 million (2011) |
Cote d'Ivoire | 268,200 (2011) |
Croatia | 1.761 million (2011) |
Cuba | 1.193 million (2011) |
Curacao | NA |
Cyprus | area under government control: 405,000 (2011); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002) |
Czech Republic | 2.202 million (2011) |
Denmark | 2.515 million (2011) |
Djibouti | 18,400 (2011) |
Dominica | 15,500 (2010) |
Dominican Republic | 1.044 million (2011) |
Ecuador | 2.211 million (2011) |
Egypt | 8.714 million (2011) |
El Salvador | 950,000 (2011) |
Equatorial Guinea | 13,500 (2010) |
Eritrea | 58,000 (2011) |
Estonia | 470,500 (2011) |
Ethiopia | 829,000 (2011) |
European Union | 238 million (2005) |
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 2,000 (2010) |
Faroe Islands | 20,200 (2009) |
Fiji | 129,800 (2011) |
Finland | 1.25 million (2009) |
France | 35.3 million (2011) |
French Polynesia | 55,000 (2011) |
Gabon | 30,000 (2011) |
Gambia, The | 49,100 (2011) |
Gaza Strip | 337,000 (includes West Bank) (2010) |
Georgia | 1.342 million (2011) |
Germany | 51,800 (2011) |
Ghana | 284,700 (2011) |
Gibraltar | 24,000 (2010) |
Greece | 5.685 million (2011) |
Greenland | 19,900 (2011) |
Grenada | 28,400 (2010) |
Guam | 65,500 (2010) |
Guatemala | 1.626 million (2011) |
Guernsey | 45,100 (2010) |
Guinea | 18,000 (2011) |
Guinea-Bissau | 5,000 (2010) |
Guyana | 152,600 (2011) |
Haiti | 50,000 (2010) |
Holy See (Vatican City) | 5,120 (2005) |
Honduras | 609,200 (2011) |
Hong Kong | 4.348 million (2011) |
Hungary | 2.933 million (2011) |
Iceland | 189,500 (2011) |
India | 32.685 million (2011) |
Indonesia | 38.618 million (2011) |
Iran | 27.767 million (2011) |
Iraq | 1.794 million (2011) |
Ireland | 2.047 million (2011) |
Isle of Man | 51,000 (1999) |
Israel | 3.5 million (2011) |
Italy | 21.06 million (2011) |
Jamaica | 272,100 (2011) |
Japan | 40.419 million (2009) |
Jersey | 73,800 (2009) |
Jordan | 485,000 (2009) |
Kazakhstan | 4.011 million (2009) |
Kenya | 460,100 (2009) |
Kiribati | 4,100 (2009) |
Korea, North | 1.18 million (2008) |
Korea, South | 28.543 million (2009) |
Kosovo | 106,300 (2006) |
Kuwait | 566,300 (2009) |
Kyrgyzstan | 502,200 (2009) |
Laos | 103,100 (2009) |
Latvia | 532,100 (2009) |
Lebanon | 887,800 (2009) |
Lesotho | 38,800 (2009) |
Liberia | 5,900 (2009) |
Libya | 1.228 million (2009) |
Liechtenstein | 19,600 (2009) |
Lithuania | 733,700 (2009) |
Luxembourg | 272,400 (2009) |
Macau | 167,500 (2010) |
Macedonia | 413,100 (2009) |
Madagascar | 172,200 (2009) |
Malawi | 160,100 (2009) |
Malaysia | 4.573 million (2009) |
Maldives | 48,000 (2009) |
Mali | 114,400 (2009) |
Malta | 247,300 (2009) |
Marshall Islands | 4,400 (2009) |
Mauritania | 71,600 (2009) |
Mauritius | 387,700 (2009) |
Mexico | 19.892 million (2009) |
Micronesia, Federated States of | 8,500 (2009) |
Moldova | 1.161 million (2009) |
Monaco | 34,100 (2009) |
Mongolia | 193,200 (2009) |
Montenegro | 169,500 (2009) |
Montserrat | 2,600 (2009) |
Morocco | 3.749 million (2009) |
Mozambique | 88,100 (2009) |
Namibia | 152,000 (2009) |
Nauru | 1,900 (2009) |
Nepal | 841,700 (2009) |
Netherlands | 7.169 million (2009) |
New Caledonia | 72,200 (2009) |
New Zealand | 1.87 million (2009) |
Nicaragua | 258,000 (2009) |
Niger | 83,600 (2009) |
Nigeria | 1.05 million (2009) |
Niue | 1,200 (2009) |
Norfolk Island | 2,532 (2004) |
Northern Mariana Islands | 25,500 (2009) |
Norway | 1.702 million (2009) |
Oman | 283,900 (2009) |
Pakistan | 3.419 million (2009) |
Palau | 7,000 (2009) |
Panama | 553,100 (2009) |
Papua New Guinea | 121,200 (2009) |
Paraguay | 405,000 (2009) |
Peru | 3.16 million (2009) |
Philippines | 6.783 million (2010) |
Pitcairn Islands | 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (2004) |
Poland | 9.451 million (2009) |
Portugal | 4.485 million (2009) |
Puerto Rico | 891,900 (2009) |
Qatar | 298,100 (2009) |
Romania | 4.5 million (2009) |
Russia | 44.959 million (2009) |
Rwanda | 39,700 (2009) |
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 3,000 (2009) |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20,600 (2009) |
Saint Lucia | 41,100 (2009) |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,800 (2009) |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21,700 (2009) |
Samoa | 35,300 (2009) |
San Marino | 21,700 (2009) |
Sao Tome and Principe | 7,700 (2009) |
Saudi Arabia | 4.166 million (2009) |
Senegal | 341,900 (2009) |
Serbia | 3.11 million (2009) |
Seychelles | 22,000 (2009) |
Sierra Leone | 14,000 (2009) |
Singapore | 1.984 million (2009) |
Sint Maarten | 5,153 (2001) |
Slovakia | 1.099 million (2009) |
Slovenia | 913,600 (2009) |
Solomon Islands | 8,400 (2009) |
Somalia | 100,000 (2009) |
South Africa | 4.225 million (2009) |
Spain | 19.904 million (2009) |
Sri Lanka | 3.579 million (2010) |
Sudan | 374,700 (2009) |
Suriname | 85,000 (2009) |
Svalbard | NA |
Swaziland | 44,000 (2009) |
Sweden | 5.014 million (2009) |
Switzerland | 4.378 million (2009) |
Syria | 4.069 million (2009) |
Taiwan | 16.433 million (2009) |
Tajikistan | 367,700 (2009) |
Tanzania | 174,500 (2010) |
Thailand | 7.009 million (2009) |
Timor-Leste | 2,400 (2009) |
Togo | 213,800 (2009) |
Tokelau | 300 (2009) |
Tonga | 31,000 (2009) |
Trinidad and Tobago | 293,300 (2009) |
Tunisia | 1.29 million (2009) |
Turkey | 16.202 million (2009) |
Turkmenistan | 520,000 (2009) |
Turks and Caicos Islands | 3,700 (2009) |
Tuvalu | 1,600 (2009) |
Uganda | 327,100 (2009) |
Ukraine | 12.941 million (2009) |
United Arab Emirates | 1.48 million (2009) |
United Kingdom | 33.32 million (2009) |
United States | 151 million (2009) |
Uruguay | 962,200 (2009) |
Uzbekistan | 1.864 million (2009) |
Vanuatu | 5,000 (2009) |
Venezuela | 7.083 million (2009) |
Vietnam | 16.4 million (2009) |
Virgin Islands | 75,800 (2009) |
Wallis and Futuna | 3,100 (2009) |
West Bank | 337,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2010) |
Western Sahara | NA (1999 est.) |
World | 1.2 billion (2008) |
Yemen | 1.046 million (2009) |
Zambia | 90,100 (2009) |
Zimbabwe | 379,000 (2009) |