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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
 China 214,420,000 2002
2
 United States 186,232,300 2002
3
 Japan 71,149,000 2002
4
 Germany 53,720,000 2002
5
 India 41,420,000 2002
6
 Brazil 38,810,000 2002
7
 Russia 35,500,000 2002
8
 United Kingdom 34,898,000 2002
9
 France 33,928,700 2002
10
 Italy 27,142,000 2002
11
 Korea, South 23,257,000 2002
12
 Spain 20,595,300 2002
13
 Canada 19,962,100 2002
14
 Turkey 18,914,900 2002
15
 Mexico 15,958,700 2003
16
 Taiwan 13,099,400 2002
17
 Iran 12,200,200 2002
18
 Poland 11,400,000 2002
19
 Ukraine 10,833,300 2002
20
 Australia 10,590,000 2002
21
 Netherlands 10,004,000 2002
22
 Argentina 8,009,400 2002
23
 Colombia 7,766,000 2002
24
 Indonesia 7,750,000 2002
25
 Egypt 7,430,000 2002
26
 Sweden 6,579,200 2002
27
 Thailand 6,499,800 2002
28
 Switzerland 5,419,000 2002
29
 Greece 5,412,800 2002
30
 Belgium 5,120,400 2002
31
 South Africa 4,844,000 2002
32
 Malaysia 4,669,900 2002
33
 Portugal 4,354,600 2002
34
 Romania 4,215,200 2002
35
 Austria 3,988,000 2003
36
 Vietnam 3,929,100 2002
37
 Hong Kong 3,831,800 2002
38
 Denmark 3,700,900 2002
39
 Czech Republic 3,675,500 2002
40
 Hungary 3,666,400 2002
41
 Pakistan 3,655,000 2002
42
 Chile 3,467,000 2002
43
 Norway 3,343,000 2002
44
 Saudi Arabia 3,317,500 2002
45
 Philippines 3,310,900 2002
46
 Israel 3,100,000 2002
47
 Belarus 2,967,200 2002
48
 Bulgaria 2,868,200 2002
49
 Venezuela 2,841,800 2002
50
 Finland 2,725,600 2002
51
 Serbia and Montenegro 2,493,000 2002
52
 Algeria 2,200,000 2003
53
 Syria 2,099,300 2002
54
 Kazakhstan 2,081,900 2002
55
 Ireland 1,975,000 2002
56
 Singapore 1,896,100 2004
57
 Croatia 1,825,000 2002
58
 Peru 1,766,100 2002
59
 New Zealand 1,765,000 2002
60
 Uzbekistan 1,681,100 2002
61
 Slovakia 1,442,600 2002
62
 Ecuador 1,426,200 2002
63
 Puerto Rico 1,329,500 2002
64
 Tunisia 1,148,000 2002
65
 Costa Rica 1,132,000 2002
66
 Morocco 1,127,400 2002
67
 Korea, North 1,100,000 2001
68
 United Arab Emirates 1,093,700 2002
69
 Slovenia 1,010,200 2002
70
 Uruguay 946,500 2002
71
 Lithuania 935,900 2002
72
 Azerbaijan 923,800 2002
73
 Dominican Republic 909,000 2002
74
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 902,800 2002
75
 Sri Lanka 883,100 2002
76
 Guatemala 846,000 2002
77
 Moldova 706,900 2002
78
 Nigeria 702,000 2002
79
 Latvia 701,200 2002
80
 Bangladesh 682,000 2002
81
 Lebanon 678,800 2002
82
 Iraq 675,000 2003
83
 Jordan 674,500 2002
84
 Sudan 671,800 2002
85
 El Salvador 667,700 2002
86
 Libya 660,000 2002
87
 Georgia 648,500 2002
88
 Cuba 574,400 2002
89
 Bolivia 563,900 2002
90
 Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 560,000 2002
91
 Armenia 542,800 2002
92
 Yemen 542,200 2002
93
 Kuwait 481,900 2002
94
 Estonia 475,000 2002
95
 Jamaica 444,400 2002
96
 Cyprus 405,000 NA
97
 Kyrgyzstan 394,800 2002
98
 Turkmenistan 374,000 2002
99
 Panama 366,700 2002
100
 Luxembourg 355,400 2002
101
 Ethiopia 353,800 2002
102
 Burma 342,300 2002
103
 Cote d'Ivoire 336,100 2002
104
 Kenya 328,100 2002
105
 Nepal 327,700 2002
106
 Mauritius 327,200 2002
107
 Trinidad and Tobago 325,100 2002
108
 Honduras 322,500 2002
109
 West Bank 301,600 2002
110
 Reunion 300,000 2001
111
 Zimbabwe 287,900 2002
112
 Ghana 274,300 2002
113
 Paraguay 273,200 2002
114
 Albania 240,000 2003
115
 Tajikistan 237,600 2002
116
 Oman 227,600 2002
117
 Senegal 224,600 2002
118
 Guadeloupe 210,000 2001
119
 Malta 207,300 2002
120
 Iceland 188,000 2002
121
 Qatar 176,500 2002
122
 Macau 176,100 2002
123
 Bahrain 175,400 2002
124
 Martinique 172,000 2001
125
 Nicaragua 171,600 2002
126
 Tanzania 161,600 2002
127
 Botswana 150,000 2002
128
 Barbados 133,000 2002
129
 Haiti 130,000 2002
130
 Mongolia 128,000 2002
131
 Bahamas, The 126,600 2002
132
 Namibia 121,400 2002
133
 Cameroon 110,900 2002
134
 Somalia 100,000 2002
135
 Fiji 97,500 2002
136
 Gaza Strip 95,729 1997
137
 Brunei 90,000 2002
138
 Zambia 87,700 2002
139
 Angola 85,000 2002
140
 Guam 84,134 2001
141
 Mozambique 83,700 2002
142
 Cyprus 83,162 NA
143
 Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001
144
 Guyana 80,400 2002
145
 Suriname 78,700 2002
146
 Jersey 73,900 2001
147
 Malawi 73,100 2002
148
 Cape Verde 70,200 2002
149
 Virgin Islands 69,400 2002
150
 Burkina Faso 64,300 2002
151
 Papua New Guinea 64,000 2002
152
 Benin 62,700 2002
153
 Laos 61,900 2002
154
 Madagascar 59,500 2002
155
 Mali 56,600 2002
156
 Bermuda 56,000 2002
157
 Guernsey 55,000 2001
158
 Uganda 55,000 2002
159
 French Polynesia 52,500 2002
160
 New Caledonia 52,000 2002
161
 Togo 51,200 2002
162
 Saint Lucia 51,100 2002
163
 French Guiana 51,000 2001
164
 Man, Isle of 51,000 1999
165
 Swaziland 40,000 2004
166
 Gambia, The 38,400 2002
167
 Antigua and Barbuda 38,000 2002
168
 Cayman Islands 38,000 2002
169
 Aruba 37,100 2002
170
 Eritrea 35,900 2002
171
 Cambodia 35,400 2002
172
 Andorra 35,000 2001
173
 Monaco 33,700 2002
174
 Grenada 33,500 2002
175
 Afghanistan 33,100 2002
176
 Gabon 32,100 2002
177
 Mauritania 31,500 2002
178
 Belize 31,300 2002
179
 Maldives 28,700 2002
180
 Lesotho 28,600 2002
181
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27,300 2002
182
 Greenland 26,000 2001
183
 Guinea 26,000 2002
184
 Gibraltar 24,512 2002
185
 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002
186
 Dominica 23,700 2002
187
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23,500 2002
188
 Rwanda 23,200 2002
189
 Faroe Islands 23,000 2002
190
 Niger 22,400 2002
191
 Burundi 22,100 2002
192
 Congo, Republic of the 22,000 2002
193
 Seychelles 21,700 2002
194
 Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000
195
 San Marino 20,600 2002
196
 Liechtenstein 19,900 2002
197
 Bhutan 19,600 2002
198
 American Samoa 15,000 2001
199
 Chad 11,800 2002
200
 British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002
201
 Guinea-Bissau 11,200 2002
202
 Tonga 11,200 2002
203
 Comoros 10,300 2002
204
 Samoa 10,300 2002
205
 Djibouti 10,100 2002
206
 Micronesia, Federated States of 10,100 2001
207
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,000 2002
208
 Mayotte 10,000 2001
209
 Central African Republic 9,000 2002
210
 Equatorial Guinea 8,800 2002
211
 Liberia 7,000 2001
212
 Palau 6,700 2002
213
 Solomon Islands 6,600 2002
214
 Vanuatu 6,600 2002
215
 Anguilla 6,200 2002
216
 Sao Tome and Principe 6,200 2002
217
 Cook Islands 6,200 2002
218
 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002
219
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002
220
 Kiribati 4,500 2002
221
 Marshall Islands 4,400 2002
222
 Norfolk Island 2,532 2004
223
 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002
224
 Saint Helena 2,200 2002
225
 Nauru 1,900 2002
226
 Wallis and Futuna 1,900 2002
227
 Niue 1,100 2002
228
 Tuvalu 700 2002
229
 Tokelau 300 2002
230
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992
231
 Pitcairn Islands 1 2004
232
 Antarctica 0 2001

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