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Rank Order - Telephones - main lines in use

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Rank	Country	Telephones - main lines in use	Date of Information
1	World	1,206,315,500	2004
2	China	311,756,000	2004
3	United States	268,000,000	2003
4	European Union	238,763,162	2002
5	India	67,285,000	2005
6	Japan	58,788,000	2004
7	Germany	54,574,000	2004
8	Brazil	42,382,200	2004
9	Russia	39,616,000	2004
10	France	33,870,200	2004
11	United Kingdom	32,943,000	2005
12	Korea, South	26,595,100	2004
13	Italy	25,957,000	2004
14	Canada	20,610,000	2004
15	Turkey	19,125,200	2004
16	Mexico	18,073,200	2004
17	Spain	17,934,500	2004
18	Iran	14,571,100	2003
19	Taiwan	13,529,900	2004
20	Poland	12,292,500	2003
21	Ukraine	12,142,000	2004
22	Australia	11,660,000	2004
23	Egypt	10,400,000	2005
24	Vietnam	10,124,900	2004
25	Indonesia	9,990,000	2004
26	Argentina	8,700,000	2004
27	Netherlands	7,861,000	2004
28	Colombia	7,767,000	2004
29	Thailand	6,797,000	2004
30	Sweden	6,447,000	2004
31	Greece	6,348,800	2004
32	Switzerland	5,262,600	2004
33	South Africa	4,844,000	2003
34	Belgium	4,801,000	2004
35	Pakistan	4,502,200	2004
36	Malaysia	4,446,300	2004
37	Romania	4,389,100	2004
38	Portugal	4,238,300	2004
39	Austria	3,791,000	2004
40	Hong Kong	3,763,300	2004
41	Saudi Arabia	3,695,100	2004
42	Hungary	3,577,300	2004
43	Denmark	3,487,800	2004
44	Philippines	3,437,500	2004
45	Czech Republic	3,427,700	2004
46	Venezuela	3,346,500	2004
47	Chile	3,318,300	2004
48	Belarus	3,175,900	2004
49	Israel	3,000,000	2004
50	Bulgaria	2,726,800	2004
51	Serbia and Montenegro	2,685,400	2004
52	Syria	2,660,000	2004
53	Kazakhstan	2,500,000	2004
54	Finland	2,368,000	2004
55	Algeria	2,288,000	2004
56	Norway	2,228,000	2003
57	Peru	2,049,800	2004
58	Ireland	2,019,100	2004
59	Croatia	1,887,600	2004
60	Singapore	1,847,800	2005
61	New Zealand	1,800,500	2004
62	Uzbekistan	1,717,100	2003
63	Ecuador	1,612,300	2004
64	Costa Rica	1,343,200	2004
65	Morocco	1,308,600	2004
66	Slovakia	1,250,400	2004
67	Tunisia	1,203,500	2004
68	United Arab Emirates	1,187,700	2004
69	Guatemala	1,132,100	2004
70	Sri Lanka	1,130,923	2005
71	Puerto Rico	1,111,900	2004
72	Iraq	1,034,200	2004
73	Sudan	1,028,900	2004
74	Nigeria	1,027,500	2004
75	Azerbaijan	1,025,400	2004
76	Uruguay	1,000,000	2004
77	Korea, North	980,000	2003
78	Dominican Republic	936,200	2004
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina	928,000	2004
80	El Salvador	887,800	2004
81	Moldova	863,400	2004
82	Bangladesh	831,000	2004
83	Lithuania	820,000	2004
84	Slovenia	812,300	2003
85	Yemen	798,100	2004
86	Cuba	768,200	2004
87	Libya	750,000	2003
88	Georgia	683,200	2004
89	Latvia	650,500	2004
90	Lebanon	630,000	2004
91	Bolivia	625,400	2004
92	Jordan	617,300	2004
93	Armenia	582,500	2004
94	Macedonia	525,000	2003
95	Kuwait	497,000	2004
96	Estonia	444,000	2004
97	Ethiopia	435,000	2003
98	Burma	424,900	2004
99	Cyprus	418,400	NA
100	Nepal	417,900	2004
101	Kyrgyzstan	416,400	2004
102	Jamaica	390,700	2004
103	Honduras	390,100	2004
104	Panama	376,100	2004
105	Turkmenistan	376,100	2003
106	Luxembourg	360,100	2003
107	Gaza Strip	357,300	2004
108	West Bank	357,300	2004
109	Mauritius	353,800	2004
110	Trinidad and Tobago	321,300	2004
111	Zimbabwe	317,000	2004
112	Ghana	313,300	2004
113	Reunion	300,000	2001
114	Kenya	299,300	2004
115	Paraguay	280,800	2003
116	Albania	255,000	2003
117	Tajikistan	245,200	2004
118	Senegal	244,900	2004
119	Oman	242,700	2004
120	Cote d'Ivoire	238,000	2004
121	Nicaragua	214,500	2004
122	Guadeloupe	210,000	2001
123	Malta	206,500	2004
124	Somalia	200,000	2004
125	Bahrain	191,600	2004
126	Qatar	190,900	2004
127	Iceland	190,500	2004
128	Macau	173,900	2004
129	Martinique	172,000	2001
130	Tanzania	149,100	2003
131	Mongolia	142,300	2004
132	Haiti	140,000	2004
133	Bahamas, The	139,900	2004
134	Botswana	136,500	2004
135	Barbados	135,700	2004
136	Namibia	127,900	2004
137	Cameroon	110,900	2002
138	Guyana	102,700	2004
139	Fiji	102,000	2003
140	Angola	96,300	2003
141	Malawi	93,000	2004
142	Laos	90,067	2006
143	Brunei	90,000	2002
144	Zambia	88,400	2003
145	Cyprus	86,228	NA
146	Guam	84,134	2001
147	Burkina Faso	81,400	2004
148	Suriname	81,300	2004
149	Netherlands Antilles	81,000	2001
150	Mozambique	77,600	2003
151	Mali	74,900	2004
152	Jersey	73,900	2001
153	Cape Verde	73,400	2005
154	Benin	72,800	2004
155	Uganda	71,600	2004
156	Virgin Islands	70,900	2004
157	Papua New Guinea	62,000	2002
158	Togo	60,600	2003
159	Madagascar	58,700	2004
160	Bermuda	56,000	2002
161	Guernsey	55,100	2004
162	French Polynesia	53,300	2004
163	New Caledonia	53,300	2004
164	Saint Lucia	51,100	2002
165	French Guiana	51,000	2001
166	Isle of Man	51,000	1999
167	Afghanistan	50,000	2004
168	Swaziland	46,200	2003
169	Eritrea	39,300	2004
170	Mauritania	39,000	2004
171	Gabon	38,700	2004
172	Gambia, The	38,400	2002
173	Antigua and Barbuda	38,000	2004
174	Cayman Islands	38,000	2002
175	Lesotho	37,200	2004
176	Aruba	37,100	2002
177	Cambodia	36,400	2003
178	Andorra	35,000	2001
179	Belize	33,700	2004
180	Monaco	33,700	2002
181	Grenada	32,700	2004
182	Maldives	31,500	2004
183	Bhutan	30,300	2004
184	Guinea	26,200	2003
185	Greenland	25,300	2002
186	Saint Kitts and Nevis	25,000	2004
187	Gibraltar	24,512	2002
188	Niger	24,100	2004
189	Faroe Islands	24,000	2004
190	Sierra Leone	24,000	2002
191	Burundi	23,900	2003
192	Rwanda	23,200	2002
193	Seychelles	21,200	2004
194	Northern Mariana Islands	21,000	2000
195	Dominica	21,000	2004
196	San Marino	20,600	2002
197	Liechtenstein	19,900	2002
198	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	19,000	2004
199	American Samoa	15,000	2001
200	Congo, Republic of the	13,800	2004
201	Samoa	13,300	2003
202	Comoros	13,200	2003
203	Chad	13,000	2004
204	Micronesia, Federated States of	12,000	2004
205	British Virgin Islands	11,700	2002
206	Tonga	11,200	2002
207	Djibouti	11,100	2004
208	Guinea-Bissau	10,600	2003
209	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,000	2002
210	Mayotte	10,000	2002
211	Central African Republic	10,000	2004
212	Equatorial Guinea	9,600	2003
213	Sao Tome and Principe	7,000	2003
214	Liberia	6,900	2002
215	Vanuatu	6,800	2004
216	Palau	6,700	2002
217	Anguilla	6,200	2002
218	Cook Islands	6,200	2002
219	Solomon Islands	6,200	2003
220	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,700	2002
221	Marshall Islands	5,510	2004
222	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120	2005
223	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800	2002
224	Kiribati	4,500	2002
225	Norfolk Island	2,532	2004
226	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,400	2002
227	Saint Helena	2,200	2002
228	Nauru	1,900	2002
229	Wallis and Futuna	1,900	2002
230	Niue	1,100	2002
231	Tuvalu	700	2002
232	Tokelau	300	2002
233	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287	1992
234	Pitcairn Islands	1	2004
235	Antarctica	0	2001

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