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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
World 1,263,367,600 2005
2
China 350,433,000 2005
3
United States 268,000,000 2003
4
European Union 238,000,000 2005
5
Japan 58,780,000 2005
6
Germany 55,046,000 2005
7
India 49,750,000 2005
8
Brazil 42,382,000 2004
9
Russia 40,100,000 2005
10
France 38,433,000 2005
11
France 35,700,000 2005
12
United Kingdom 32,943,000 2005
13
Italy 25,049,000 2005
14
Korea, South 23,745,000 2005
15
Mexico 19,512,000 2005
16
Iran 18,986,000 2005
17
Turkey 18,978,000 2005
18
Spain 18,322,000 2005
19
Canada 18,276,000 2005
20
Vietnam 15,845,000 2005
21
Taiwan 13,615,000 2005
22
Indonesia 12,772,000 2005
23
Ukraine 12,142,000 2004
24
Poland 11,803,000 2005
25
Australia 11,460,000 2005
26
Egypt 10,396,000 2005
27
Argentina 8,800,000 2005
28
Colombia 7,678,800 2005
29
Netherlands 7,600,000 2005
30
Thailand 7,035,000 2005
31
Sweden 6,447,000 2004
32
Greece 6,303,000 2005
33
Pakistan 5,162,798 2006
34
Switzerland 5,123,000 2005
35
Belgium 4,801,000 2004
36
South Africa 4,729,000 2005
37
Saudi Arabia 4,500,000 2006
38
Romania 4,391,000 2005
39
Malaysia 4,366,000 2005
40
Portugal 4,234,000 2005
41
Hong Kong 3,795,000 2005
42
Austria 3,705,000 2005
43
Venezuela 3,605,000 2005
44
Philippines 3,438,000 2004
45
Chile 3,436,000 2005
46
Hungary 3,356,000 2005
47
Denmark 3,350,000 2005
48
Belarus 3,284,300 2005
49
Czech Republic 3,217,300 2005
50
Israel 2,936,000 2005
51
Syria 2,903,000 2005
52
Serbia 2,685,000 2004
53
Algeria 2,572,000 2005
54
Kazakhstan 2,500,000 2004
55
Bulgaria 2,483,000 2005
56
Peru 2,250,000 2005
57
Norway 2,129,000 2005
58
Finland 2,120,000 2005
59
Ireland 2,033,000 2005
60
Croatia 1,890,000 2005
61
Singapore 1,848,000 2005
62
New Zealand 1,800,000 2004
63
Uzbekistan 1,717,000 2003
64
Ecuador 1,701,000 2005
65
Iraq 1,547,000 2005
66
Sri Lanka 1,510,000 2006
67
Costa Rica 1,388,000 2005
68
Morocco 1,341,000 2005
69
Tunisia 1,258,000 2005
70
United Arab Emirates 1,237,000 2005
71
Nigeria 1,223,000 2005
72
Slovakia 1,197,000 2005
73
Guatemala 1,132,000 2004
74
Puerto Rico 1,112,000 2004
75
Azerbaijan 1,091,000 2005
76
Bangladesh 1,070,000 2005
77
Uruguay 1,000,000 2004
78
Lebanon 990,000 2005
79
Korea, North 980,000 2003
80
El Salvador 971,500 2005
81
Bosnia and Herzegovina 968,900 2005
82
Moldova 929,400 2005
83
Yemen 900,000 2006
84
Dominican Republic 894,500 2005
85
Cuba 849,900 2005
86
Slovenia 816,400 2005
87
Lithuania 801,100 2005
88
Libya 750,000 2003
89
Latvia 731,000 2005
90
Georgia 683,200 2004
91
Sudan 670,000 2005
92
Bolivia 646,300 2005
93
Jordan 628,200 2005
94
Ethiopia 610,300 2005
95
Armenia 600,000 2006
96
Macedonia 533,200 2005
97
Kuwait 510,300 2005
98
Turkmenistan 495,000 2006
99
Honduras 494,400 2005
100
Burma 476,200 2005
101
Nepal 448,600 2005
102
Estonia 442,000 2005
103
Panama 440,100 2005
104
Kyrgyzstan 438,200 2005
105
Cyprus 420,000 NA
106
Mauritius 359,000 2005
107
Gaza Strip 349,000 2005
108
West Bank 349,000 2005
109
Jamaica 342,000 2005
110
Zimbabwe 328,000 2005
111
Trinidad and Tobago 323,500 2005
112
Ghana 321,500 2005
113
Paraguay 320,300 2005
114
Kenya 281,800 2005
115
Afghanistan 280,000 2005
116
Senegal 266,600 2005
117
Oman 265,200 2005
118
Cote d'Ivoire 257,900 2004
119
Albania 255,000 2003
120
Tajikistan 245,200 2004
121
Luxembourg 244,500 2005
122
Nicaragua 220,900 2005
123
Qatar 205,400 2005
124
Malta 202,100 2005
125
Bahrain 196,500 2005
126
Iceland 193,900 2005
127
Montenegro 177,663 2005
128
Macau 174,400 2005
129
Mongolia 156,000 2005
130
Tanzania 148,400 2004
131
Haiti 140,000 2004
132
Bahamas, The 139,900 2004
133
Barbados 134,900 2005
134
Botswana 132,000 2005
135
Namibia 127,900 2004
136
Guyana 110,100 2005
137
Malawi 102,700 2005
138
Fiji 102,000 2003
139
Uganda 100,800 2005
140
Somalia 100,000 2005
141
Cameroon 99,400 2004
142
Burkina Faso 97,400 2005
143
Zambia 94,700 2005
144
Angola 94,300 2005
145
Laos 90,067 2006
146
Brunei 90,000 2002
147
Cyprus 86,228 NA
148
Guam 84,134 2001
149
Suriname 81,100 2004
150
Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001
151
Benin 76,300 2005
152
Mali 75,000 2005
153
Jersey 73,900 2001
154
Cape Verde 71,400 2005
155
Virgin Islands 70,900 2004
156
Mozambique 69,700 2004
157
Madagascar 66,900 2005
158
Papua New Guinea 62,000 2002
159
Togo 58,600 2005
160
Bermuda 56,000 2002
161
New Caledonia 55,300 2005
162
Guernsey 55,100 2004
163
French Polynesia 53,400 2005
164
Saint Lucia 51,100 2002
165
Isle of Man 51,000 1999
166
Lesotho 48,000 2005
167
Gambia, The 44,000 2005
168
Mauritania 41,000 2005
169
Gabon 39,100 2005
170
Antigua and Barbuda 38,000 2004
171
Cayman Islands 38,000 2002
172
Eritrea 37,700 2005
173
Aruba 37,100 2002
174
Cambodia 36,400 2003
175
Andorra 35,400 2005
176
Swaziland 35,000 2005
177
Monaco 33,700 2002
178
Belize 33,300 2005
179
Bhutan 32,700 2005
180
Grenada 32,700 2004
181
Maldives 32,181 2006
182
Burundi 27,700 2004
183
Guinea 26,200 2003
184
Greenland 25,300 2002
185
Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 2004
186
Gibraltar 24,512 2002
187
Niger 24,000 2005
188
Sierra Leone 24,000 2002
189
Faroe Islands 23,800 2005
190
Rwanda 23,000 2004
191
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,500 2005
192
Seychelles 21,400 2005
193
Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000
194
Dominica 21,000 2004
195
San Marino 20,600 2002
196
Liechtenstein 19,900 2002
197
Comoros 16,900 2005
198
American Samoa 15,000 2001
199
Congo, Republic of the 13,800 2004
200
Samoa 13,300 2003
201
Chad 13,000 2004
202
Micronesia, Federated States of 12,400 2005
203
British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002
204
Tonga 11,200 2002
205
Djibouti 11,100 2004
206
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,600 2005
207
Guinea-Bissau 10,600 2003
208
Central African Republic 10,000 2004
209
Mayotte 10,000 2002
210
Equatorial Guinea 10,000 2005
211
Solomon Islands 7,400 2005
212
Sao Tome and Principe 7,000 2004
213
Liberia 6,900 2002
214
Vanuatu 6,800 2004
215
Palau 6,700 2002
216
Anguilla 6,200 2002
217
Cook Islands 6,200 2002
218
Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002
219
Marshall Islands 5,510 2004
220
Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 2005
221
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002
222
Kiribati 4,500 2002
223
Norfolk Island 2,532 2004
224
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002
225
Saint Helena 2,200 2002
226
Nauru 1,900 2002
227
Wallis and Futuna 1,900 2002
228
Niue 1,100 2002 est.
229
Tuvalu 700 2002
230
Tokelau 300 2002
231
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992
232
Pitcairn Islands 1 2004
233
Antarctica 0 2001

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