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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
United States 194,000,000 1997
2
China 135,000,000 2000
3
Japan 60,381,000 1997
4
Germany 50,900,000 March 2001
5
United Kingdom 34,878,000 1997
6
France 34,860,000 yearend 1998
7
Russia 30,000,000 1998
8
India 27,700,000 October 2000
9
Italy 25,000,000 1999
10
Korea, South 24,000,000 2000
11
Canada 20,802,900 1999
12
Turkey 19,500,000 1999
13
Spain 17,336,000 1999
14
Brazil 17,039,000 1997
15
Taiwan 12,490,000 September 2000
16
Mexico 12,332,000 2000
17
Australia 10,050,000 2000
18
Ukraine 9,450,000 April 1999
19
Netherlands 9,132,400 1999
20
Poland 8,070,000 1998
21
Argentina 7,500,000 1998
22
Philippines 6,980,000 2001
23
Iran 6,313,000 1997
24
Sweden 6,017,000 December 1998
25
Thailand 5,600,000 2000
26
Indonesia 5,588,310 1998
27
Colombia 5,433,565 December 1997
28
Greece 5,431,000 1997
29
Portugal 5,300,000 yearend 1998
30
South Africa 5,000,000 2001
31
Switzerland 4,820,000 1998
32
Denmark 4,785,000 1997
33
Belgium 4,769,000 1997
34
Malaysia 4,600,000 2000
35
Austria 4,000,000 2001
36
Egypt 3,971,500 December 1998
37
Saudi Arabia 3,900,000 2002 est.
38
Czech Republic 3,869,000 2000
39
Hong Kong 3,839,000 1999
40
Romania 3,777,000 1997
41
Bulgaria 3,186,731 2001
42
Hungary 3,095,000 1997
43
Pakistan 2,861,000 NA
44
Finland 2,847,900 2001
45
Israel 2,800,000 1999
46
Norway 2,735,000 1998
47
Chile 2,603,000 1998
48
Venezuela 2,600,000 1998
49
Vietnam 2,600,000 2000
50
Belarus 2,313,000 1997
51
Algeria 2,300,000 1998
52
Serbia and Montenegro 2,017,000 1995
53
Uzbekistan 1,980,000 1999
54
Singapore 1,950,000 2000
55
Slovakia 1,934,558 1998
56
Kazakhstan 1,920,000 2001
57
New Zealand 1,920,000 2000
58
Peru 1,800,000 2000
59
Croatia 1,721,139 2000
60
Ireland 1,600,000 2002
61
Morocco 1,391,000 1998
62
Puerto Rico 1,322,000 1997
63
Syria 1,313,000 1997
64
Lithuania 1,142,000 2001
65
Ecuador 1,115,272 1999
66
Korea, North 1,100,000 1997
67
Uruguay 929,141 2001
68
United Arab Emirates 915,223 1998
69
Azerbaijan 865,000 2002
70
Latvia 734,693 2000
71
Slovenia 722,000 1997
72
Dominican Republic 709,000 1997
73
Lebanon 700,000 1999
74
Iraq 675,000 NA
75
Guatemala 665,061 June 2000
76
Tunisia 654,000 1997
77
Moldova 627,000 1997
78
Georgia 620,000 1997
79
Armenia 600,000 2002
80
Rwanda 600,000 2002
81
Estonia 501,691 2000
82
Bangladesh 500,000 2000
83
Libya 500,000 1998
84
Nigeria 500,000 2000 est.
85
Sri Lanka 494,509 1998
86
Cuba 473,031 2000
87
Costa Rica 450,000 NA
88
Kuwait 412,000 1997
89
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 408,000 1997
90
Cyprus 405,000 NA
91
Jordan 403,000 1997
92
Sudan 400,000 2000
93
Panama 396,000 1997
94
El Salvador 380,000 1998
95
Tajikistan 363,000 1997
96
Turkmenistan 363,000 1997
97
Jamaica 353,000 1996
98
Kyrgyzstan 351,000 1997
99
Bolivia 327,600 1996
100
Luxembourg 314,700 1999
101
Kenya 310,000 2001
102
Bosnia and Herzegovina 303,000 1997
103
Yemen 291,359 1999
104
Paraguay 290,475 2001
105
Mauritius 280,900 2000
106
Reunion 268,500 1999
107
Cote d'Ivoire 263,700 2000
108
Trinidad and Tobago 252,000 1999
109
Burma 250,000 2000
110
Ghana 240,000 2001
111
Nepal 236,816 January 2000
112
Senegal 234,916 2001
113
Honduras 234,000 1997
114
Ethiopia 231,900 2000
115
Zimbabwe 212,000 1997
116
Oman 201,000 1997
117
Iceland 196,984 2001
118
Malta 187,000 1997
119
Macau 176,902 November 2001
120
Guadeloupe 171,000 1996
121
Martinique 170,000 1997
122
Bahrain 152,000 1997
123
Qatar 142,000 1997
124
Nicaragua 140,000 1996
125
Botswana 131,000 September 2001
126
Zambia 130,000 2002
127
Tanzania 127,000 1998
128
Albania 120,000 2001
129
Namibia 110,200 2000
130
Barbados 108,000 1997
131
Mongolia 104,100 1999
132
Bahamas, The 96,000 1997
133
Gaza Strip 95,729 1997
134
West Bank 95,729 1997
135
Cameroon 95,000 2001
136
Mozambique 90,000 2001
137
Guam 84,134 1998
138
Cyprus 83,162 NA
139
Fiji 80,901 1999
140
Brunei 79,000 1996
141
Netherlands Antilles 76,000 1995
142
Angola 72,000 1998
143
Guyana 70,000 2000
144
Jersey 65,500 1997
145
Virgin Islands 65,000 1997
146
Suriname 64,000 1997
147
Papua New Guinea 61,152 1999
148
Cape Verde 60,935 2002
149
Haiti 60,000 1997
150
Madagascar 55,000 2000
151
Burkina Faso 53,200 2000
152
Bermuda 52,000 1997
153
French Polynesia 52,000 1997
154
Benin 51,000 2000
155
Man, Isle of 51,000 1999
156
French Guiana 47,000 1997
157
New Caledonia 47,000 1997
158
Malawi 45,000 2000
159
Mali 45,000 2000
160
Guernsey 44,000 1996
161
Gabon 39,000 1998
162
Swaziland 38,500 2001
163
Guinea 37,000 1998
164
Saint Lucia 37,000 1997
165
Aruba 33,000 1997
166
Andorra 32,946 December 1998
167
Gambia, The 31,900 2000
168
Monaco 31,027 1995
169
Belize 31,000 1997
170
Eritrea 30,000 2001
171
Afghanistan 29,000 NA
172
Antigua and Barbuda 28,000 1996
173
Grenada 27,000 1997
174
Mauritania 26,500 2001
175
Greenland 25,617 yearend 1999
176
Laos 25,000 1997
177
Sierra Leone 25,000 2001
178
Togo 25,000 1997
179
Faroe Islands 24,851 1999
180
Lesotho 22,200 2000
181
Congo, Republic of the 22,000 1998
182
Cambodia 21,800 mid-1998
183
Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 1996
184
Maldives 21,000 1999
185
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20,500 1998
186
Liechtenstein 20,072 2000
187
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 20,000 2000
188
Niger 20,000 2001
189
Seychelles 19,635 1997
190
Cayman Islands 19,000 1995
191
Dominica 19,000 1996
192
Gibraltar 19,000 1997
193
Burundi 18,000 2002
194
San Marino 18,000 1998
195
Saint Kitts and Nevis 17,000 1997
196
Somalia 15,000 2000
197
American Samoa 13,000 1997
198
Mayotte 12,000 1998
199
Micronesia, Federated States of 11,000 2001
200
Djibouti 10,000 2002
201
British Virgin Islands 10,000 1996
202
Guinea-Bissau 10,000 2001
203
Chad 9,700 1999
204
Central African Republic 9,500 2000
205
Samoa 8,183 1998
206
Solomon Islands 8,000 1997
207
Tonga 8,000 1996
208
Comoros 7,000 2000
209
Liberia 6,700 2000
210
Palau 6,700 2002
211
Bhutan 6,000 1997
212
Equatorial Guinea 6,000 1998
213
Vanuatu 5,500 1998
214
Cook Islands 5,000 1997
215
Anguilla 4,974 2000
216
Sao Tome and Principe 4,600 2000
217
Marshall Islands 4,186 2001
218
Montserrat 4,000 1997
219
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,000 1997
220
Kiribati 3,800 1999
221
Turks and Caicos Islands 3,000 1994
222
Nauru 2,000 1996
223
Saint Helena 2,000 1997
224
Wallis and Futuna 1,125 1994
225
Norfolk Island 1,087 1983
226
Tuvalu 1,000 1997
227
Niue 376 1991
228
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992
229
Pitcairn Islands 1 1997
230
Antarctica 0 2001

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