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 368,000,000 2006
3
European Union 238,000,000 2005
4
United States 172,000,000 2006
5
Japan 55,155,000 2006
6
Germany 54,200,000 2006
7
India 49,750,000 2005
8
Russia 40,100,000 2005
9
Brazil 38,800,000 2006
10
France 34,630,000 2006
11
United Kingdom 33,602,000 2006
12
Korea, South 26,866,000 2006
13
Italy 25,049,000 2005
14
Iran 21,981,000 2006
15
Canada 21,000,000 2006
16
Mexico 19,861,000 2006
17
Turkey 18,978,000 2005
18
Spain 18,385,000 2006
19
Indonesia 14,821,000 2006
20
Taiwan 14,497,000 2006
21
Ukraine 12,341,000 2006
22
Poland 11,475,000 2006
23
Egypt 10,808,000 2006
24
Vietnam 10,800,000 2007
25
Australia 9,940,000 2006
26
Argentina 9,460,000 2006
27
Colombia 7,865,000 2006
28
Netherlands 7,600,000 2005
29
Thailand 7,073,000 2006
30
Sweden 6,379,000 2005
31
Greece 6,185,000 2006
32
Pakistan 5,240,000 2006
33
Switzerland 5,040,000 2006
34
South Africa 4,729,000 2005
35
Belgium 4,719,000 2006
36
Saudi Arabia 4,500,000 2006
37
Malaysia 4,342,000 2006
38
Portugal 4,231,000 2006
39
Romania 4,231,000 2006
40
Venezuela 4,217,000 2006
41
Hong Kong 3,870,000 2007
42
Philippines 3,633,000 2006
43
Austria 3,564,000 2006
44
Belarus 3,368,000 2006
45
Hungary 3,350,000 2006
46
Chile 3,326,000 2006
47
Syria 3,243,000 2006
48
Denmark 3,098,000 2006
49
Israel 3,005,000 2006
50
Kazakhstan 2,928,000 2006
51
Czech Republic 2,888,000 2006
52
Algeria 2,841,000 2006
53
Sri Lanka 2,742,000 2007
54
Serbia 2,719,000 2006
55
Bulgaria 2,399,000 2006
56
Peru 2,332,000 2006
57
Ireland 2,097,000 2006
58
Norway 2,055,000 2006
59
Finland 1,920,000 2006
60
Singapore 1,854,000 2006
61
Croatia 1,832,000 2006
62
Uzbekistan 1,793,000 2005
63
Ecuador 1,754,000 2006
64
New Zealand 1,729,000 2005
65
Nigeria 1,688,000 2006
66
Iraq 1,547,000 2005
67
Guatemala 1,355,000 2006
68
Costa Rica 1,351,000 2006
69
United Arab Emirates 1,310,000 2006
70
Tunisia 1,268,000 2006
71
Morocco 1,266,000 2006
72
Azerbaijan 1,189,000 2006
73
Slovakia 1,167,000 2006
74
Bangladesh 1,134,000 2006
75
Puerto Rico 1,038,000 2005
76
El Salvador 1,037,000 2006
77
Moldova 1,018,000 2006
78
Bosnia and Herzegovina 989,000 2006
79
Uruguay 987,000 2006
80
Korea, North 980,000 2003
81
Cuba 972,900 2006
82
Yemen 968,400 2006
83
Dominican Republic 897,000 2006
84
Slovenia 837,500 2006
85
Lithuania 792,400 2006
86
Ethiopia 725,000 2006
87
Honduras 708,400 2006
88
Lebanon 681,400 2006
89
Latvia 657,400 2006
90
Bolivia 646,300 2005
91
Sudan 636,900 2006
92
Jordan 614,000 2006
93
Armenia 603,900 2006
94
Nepal 595,800 2006
95
Georgia 544,000 2007
96
Estonia 541,900 2006
97
Kuwait 510,300 2005
98
Burma 503,900 2005
99
Turkmenistan 495,000 2006
100
Macedonia 490,900 2006
101
Libya 483,000 2006
102
Kyrgyzstan 458,900 2006
103
Panama 432,900 2006
104
Cyprus 408,300 NA
105
Mauritius 357,300 2006
106
Ghana 356,400 2006
107
Albania 353,600 2005
108
Montenegro 353,300 2006
109
Gaza Strip 349,000 2005
110
West Bank 349,000 2005
111
Zimbabwe 331,700 2006
112
Paraguay 331,100 2006
113
Trinidad and Tobago 325,500 2006
114
Jamaica 319,000 2005
115
Kenya 293,400 2006
116
Senegal 282,600 2006
117
Tajikistan 280,200 2005
118
Afghanistan 280,000 2005
119
Oman 278,300 2006
120
Cote d'Ivoire 260,900 2006
121
Nicaragua 247,900 2006
122
Luxembourg 246,700 2006
123
Qatar 228,300 2006
124
Malta 202,300 2006
125
Iceland 193,700 2006
126
Bahrain 193,300 2006
127
Macau 178,013 2007
128
Tanzania 169,135 2007
129
Mongolia 158,900 2006
130
Haiti 145,300 2005
131
Namibia 138,900 2005
132
Botswana 136,900 2006
133
Barbados 134,900 2005
134
Bahamas, The 133,100 2005
135
Madagascar 129,800 2006
136
Fiji 112,500 2005
137
Guyana 110,100 2005
138
Uganda 108,100 2006
139
Kosovo 106,300 2006
140
Malawi 102,700 2005
141
Cameroon 100,300 2005
142
Somalia 100,000 2005
143
Angola 98,200 2006
144
Burkina Faso 94,800 2006
145
Zambia 93,400 2006
146
Laos 90,067 2006
147
Mali 82,500 2006
148
Togo 82,100 2006
149
Suriname 81,500 2006
150
Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001
151
Brunei 80,200 2006
152
Guam 80,000 2001
153
Benin 77,300 2006
154
Jersey 73,900 2001
155
Virgin Islands 71,700 2005
156
Cape Verde 71,600 2006
157
Mozambique 67,000 2006
158
Papua New Guinea 63,700 2005
159
Bermuda 57,700 2006
160
New Caledonia 55,300 2005
161
French Polynesia 53,600 2006
162
Gambia, The 52,900 2006
163
Saint Lucia 51,100 2002
164
Isle of Man 51,000 1999
165
Lesotho 48,000 2005
166
Guernsey 45,100 2005
167
Swaziland 44,000 2006
168
Antigua and Barbuda 40,000 2006
169
Aruba 38,300 2005
170
Cayman Islands 38,000 2002
171
Eritrea 37,700 2006
172
Gabon 36,500 2006
173
Andorra 35,400 2005
174
Mauritania 34,900 2006
175
Monaco 34,000 2005
176
Belize 33,900 2006
177
Cambodia 32,800 2006
178
Maldives 32,500 2006
179
Bhutan 31,500 2006
180
Burundi 31,100 2005
181
Grenada 27,700 2006
182
Guinea 26,300 2005
183
Greenland 25,300 2002
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
Faroe Islands 23,000 2006
189
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,600 2006
190
Rwanda 22,000 2005
191
Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000
192
Dominica 21,000 2004
193
San Marino 21,000 2006
194
Seychelles 20,700 2006
195
Liechtenstein 20,000 2005
196
Samoa 19,500 2005
197
Comoros 16,900 2005
198
Congo, Republic of the 15,900 2005
199
Tonga 13,700 2005
200
Chad 13,000 2006
201
Micronesia, Federated States of 12,400 2005
202
Central African Republic 12,000 2006
203
British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002
204
Djibouti 10,800 2005
205
American Samoa 10,400 2004
206
Guinea-Bissau 10,200 2005
207
Equatorial Guinea 10,000 2005
208
Mayotte 10,000 2002
209
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9,700 2006
210
Solomon Islands 7,400 2005
211
Sao Tome and Principe 7,100 2005
212
Vanuatu 7,000 2005
213
Liberia 6,900 2002
214
Palau 6,700 2002
215
Anguilla 6,200 2002
216
Cook Islands 6,200 2002
217
Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002
218
Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 2005
219
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002
220
Kiribati 4,500 2002
221
Marshall Islands 4,500 2004
222
Norfolk Island 2,532 2004
223
Timor-Leste 2,500 2006
224
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002
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 2004
233
Antarctica 2001

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