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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 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 83,162 143 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 This file was last updated on 11 May, 2004