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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
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 10.57 million (2011)
Austria 3.388 million (2011)
Azerbaijan 1.684 million (2011)
Bahamas, The 133,000 (2011)
Bahrain 276,500 (2011)
Bangladesh 977,700 (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 879,000 (2011)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 955,900 (2011)
Botswana 149,600 (2011)
Brazil 43.026 million (2011)
British Virgin Islands 26,800 (2010)
Brunei 79,800 (2011)
Bulgaria 2.356 million (2011)
Burkina Faso 141,500 (2011)
Burma 521,100 (2011)
Burundi 30,000 (2011)
Cambodia 530,000 (2011)
Cameroon 669,000 (2011)
Canada 18.201 million (2011)
Cape Verde 74,500 (2011)
Cayman Islands 37,200 (2011)
Central African Republic 5,400 (2011)
Chad 31,200 (2011)
Chile 3.366 million (2011)
China 285.115 million (2011)
Colombia 7.127 million (2011)
Comoros 23,600 (2011)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 57,000 (2011)
Congo, Republic of the 14,200 (2011)
Cook Islands 7,200 (2009)
Costa Rica 1.234 million (2011)
Cote d'Ivoire 268,200 (2011)
Croatia 1.761 million (2011)
Cuba 1.193 million (2011)
Cyprus 405,000 (2011)
Czech Republic 2.289 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 1.03 million (2011)
Equatorial Guinea 13,500 (2010)
Eritrea 58,500 (2011)
Estonia 471,900 (2011)
Ethiopia 829,000 (2011)
European Union 226 million (2011)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,000 (2010)
Faroe Islands 20,200 (2009)
Fiji 129,800 (2011)
Finland 1.08 million (2011)
France 39.883 million (2011)
French Polynesia 55,000 (2011)
Gabon 22,500 (2011)
Gambia, The 50,400 (2011)
Gaza Strip 337,000 (includes West Bank) (2010)
Georgia 1.345 million (2011)
Germany 51.8 million (2011)
Ghana 284,700 (2011)
Gibraltar 24,000 (2010)
Greece 5.745 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)
Honduras 609,200 (2011)
Hong Kong 4.342 million (2011)
Hungary 2.933 million (2011)
Iceland 191,100 (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)
Israel 3.5 million (2011)
Italy 22.116 million (2011)
Jamaica 272,100 (2011)
Japan 64.668 million (2011)
Jersey 73,800 (2010)
Jordan 465,400 (2011)
Kazakhstan 4.266 million (2011)
Kenya 283,500 (2011)
Kiribati 8,500 (2011)
Korea, North 1.18 million (2011)
Korea, South 29.468 million (2011)
Kosovo 106,300 (2006)
Kuwait 514,700 (2011)
Kyrgyzstan 502,000 (2011)
Laos 107,600 (2011)
Latvia 516,300 (2011)
Lebanon 900,000 (2011)
Lesotho 38,600 (2011)
Liberia 3,200 (2011)
Libya 1 million (2011)
Liechtenstein 19,600 (2011)
Lithuania 723,000 (2011)
Luxembourg 279,100 (2011)
Macau 165,500 (2011)
Macedonia 422,100 (2011)
Madagascar 138,100 (2011)
Malawi 173,500 (2011)
Malaysia 4.243 million (2011)
Maldives 24,100 (2011)
Mali 104,700 (2011)
Malta 232,300 (2011)
Marshall Islands 4,400 (2010)
Mauritania 72,300 (2011)
Mauritius 374,600 (2011)
Mexico 19.684 million (2011)
Micronesia, Federated States of 8,500 (2010)
Moldova 1.18 million (2011)
Monaco 44,500 (2011)
Mongolia 187,600 (2011)
Montenegro 169,500 (2010)
Montserrat 2,600 (2010)
Morocco 3.566 million (2011)
Mozambique 88,100 (2011)
Namibia 140,000 (2011)
Nauru 1,900 (2009)
Nepal 845,500 (2011)
Netherlands 7.135 million (2011)
New Caledonia 76,200 (2011)
New Zealand 1.88 million (2011)
Nicaragua 287,600 (2011)
Niger 85,900 (2011)
Nigeria 719,400 (2011)
Norway 1.529 million (2011)
Oman 287,600 (2011)
Pakistan 5.722 million (2011)
Palau 6,900 (2011)
Panama 560,200 (2011)
Papua New Guinea 130,000 (2011)
Paraguay 372,400 (2011)
Peru 3.688 million (2011)
Philippines 3.556 million (2011)
Poland 6.853 million (2011)
Portugal 4.53 million (2011)
Puerto Rico 826,100 (2011)
Qatar 306,700 (2011)
Romania 4.68 million (2011)
Russia 44.152 million (2011)
Rwanda 38,900 (2011)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 3,000 (2011)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 20,600 (2010)
Saint Lucia 35,900 (2011)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 (2010)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,700 (2011)
Samoa 35,300 (2010)
San Marino 18,700 (2011)
Sao Tome and Principe 8,000 (2011)
Saudi Arabia 4.633 million (2011)
Senegal 346,400 (2011)
Serbia 3.03 million (2011)
Seychelles 27,900 (2011)
Sierra Leone 14,000 (2010)
Singapore 2.017 million (2011)
Slovakia 1.056 million (2011)
Slovenia 872,800 (2011)
Solomon Islands 8,400 (2011)
Somalia 100,000 (2010)
South Africa 4.127 million (2011)
Spain 19.867 million (2011)
Sri Lanka 3.608 million (2011)
Sudan 483,600 (2011)
Suriname 85,500 (2011)
Swaziland 75,800 (2011)
Sweden 4.6 million (2011)
Switzerland 4.613 million (2011)
Syria 4.345 million (2011)
Taiwan 16.907 million (2011)
Tajikistan 380,000 (2011)
Tanzania 161,100 (2011)
Thailand 6.661 million (2011)
Timor-Leste 3,100 (2011)
Togo 240,000 (2011)
Tonga 30,000 (2011)
Trinidad and Tobago 292,000 (2011)
Tunisia 1.218 million (2011)
Turkey 15.211 million (2011)
Turkmenistan 547,000 (2011)
Tuvalu 1,400 (2011)
Uganda 464,800 (2011)
Ukraine 12.681 million (2011)
United Arab Emirates 1.825 million (2011)
United Kingdom 33.23 million (2011)
United States 146 million (2011)
Uruguay 964,900 (2011)
Uzbekistan 1.928 million (2011)
Vanuatu 6,200 (2011)
Venezuela 7.332 million (2011)
Vietnam 10.175 million (2011)
Virgin Islands 75,800 (2010)
West Bank 337,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2010)
World 1.2 billion (2011)
Yemen 1.075 million (2011)
Zambia 85,700 (2011)
Zimbabwe 356,000 (2011)
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