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Rank
Country
Telephones - main lines in use
Date of Information
1
 World 1,263,367,600 2005
2
 China 365,400,000 2007
3
 European Union 238,000,000 2005
4
 United States 163,200,000 2007
5
 Germany 53,750,000 2007
6
 Japan 51,232,000 2007
7
 Russia 43,900,000 2006
8
 Brazil 39,400,000 2007
9
 India 37,750,000 2009
10
 France 35,533,000 2007
11
 United Kingdom 33,682,000 2007
12
 Italy 26,890,000 2006
13
 Korea, South 23,905,000 2007
14
 Iran 23,835,000 2007
15
 Canada 21,000,000 2006
16
 Mexico 19,754,000 2007
17
 Spain 18,583,000 2007
18
 Turkey 18,413,000 2007
19
 Indonesia 17,828,000 2007
20
 Taiwan 14,313,000 2007
21
 Ukraine 12,858,000 2007
22
 Egypt 11,229,000 2007
23
 Vietnam 10,800,000 2007
24
 Poland 10,336,000 2007
25
 Australia 9,760,000 2007
26
 Argentina 9,500,000 2007
27
 Colombia 7,936,000 2007
28
 Netherlands 7,334,000 2007
29
 Thailand 7,024,000 2007
30
 Greece 6,227,000 2007
31
 Sweden 5,506,000 2007
32
 Venezuela 5,082,000 2007
33
 Switzerland 5,000,000 2007
34
 Belgium 4,668,000 2007
35
 South Africa 4,642,000 2007
36
 Pakistan 4,546,000 2008
37
 Malaysia 4,350,000 2007
38
 Romania 4,300,000 2007
39
 Portugal 4,139,000 2007
40
 Saudi Arabia 3,996,000 2007
41
 Hong Kong 3,875,000 2007
42
 Belarus 3,672,000 2007
43
 Philippines 3,633,000 2006
44
 Syria 3,452,000 2007
45
 Chile 3,379,000 2007
46
 Austria 3,374,000 2007
47
 Hungary 3,251,000 2007
48
 Kazakhstan 3,237,000 2007
49
 Algeria 3,068,000 2007
50
 Israel 3,005,000 2006
51
 Serbia 2,993,000 2007
52
 Czech Republic 2,888,000 2006
53
 Denmark 2,824,000 2007
54
 Sri Lanka 2,742,000 2007
55
 Peru 2,673,000 2007
56
 Morocco 2,394,000 2007
57
 Bulgaria 2,300,000 2007
58
 Ireland 2,112,000 2007
59
 Norway 1,988,000 2007
60
 Singapore 1,859,000 2007
61
 Croatia 1,825,000 2007
62
 Uzbekistan 1,821,000 2007
63
 Ecuador 1,805,000 2007
64
 Finland 1,740,000 2007
65
 New Zealand 1,706,000 2007
66
 Nigeria 1,580,000 2007
67
 Iraq 1,547,000 2005
68
 Costa Rica 1,437,000 2007
69
 United Arab Emirates 1,385,000 2007
70
 Guatemala 1,355,000 2006
71
 Tunisia 1,273,000 2007
72
 Azerbaijan 1,254,000 2007
73
 Bangladesh 1,187,000 2007
74
 Korea, North 1,180,000 2007
75
 Slovakia 1,151,000 2007
76
 El Salvador 1,080,000 2007
77
 Moldova 1,080,000 2007
78
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,065,000 2007
79
 Cuba 1,043,000 2007
80
 Puerto Rico 1,038,000 2005
81
 Yemen 968,300 2006
82
 Uruguay 965,200 2007
83
 Dominican Republic 907,000 2007
84
 Ethiopia 880,100 2007
85
 Slovenia 857,100 2007
86
 Libya 852,300 2005
87
 Honduras 821,200 2007
88
 Lithuania 799,400 2007
89
 Nepal 766,400 2007
90
 Cote d'Ivoire 730,000 2007
91
 Lebanon 681,400 2006
92
 Bolivia 678,200 2007
93
 Latvia 644,000 2007
94
 Armenia 603,900 2006
95
 Jordan 585,500 2007
96
 Georgia 556,100 2007
97
 Kuwait 517,000 2006
98
 Burma 503,900 2005
99
 Estonia 495,500 2007
100
 Panama 491,900 2007
101
 Kyrgyzstan 482,100 2007
102
 Macedonia 463,600 2007
103
 Turkmenistan 457,900 2007
104
 Paraguay 453,800 2007
105
 Ghana 376,500 2007
106
 Cyprus 376,000 NA
107
 Mauritius 357,300 2006
108
 Albania 353,600 2005
109
 Montenegro 353,300 2006
110
 Gaza Strip 350,400 2007
111
 West Bank 350,400 2007
112
 Sudan 345,200 2007
113
 Zimbabwe 344,500 2007
114
 Jamaica 342,000 2006
115
 Tajikistan 340,000 2007
116
 Trinidad and Tobago 323,800 2007
117
 Afghanistan 280,000 2005
118
 Senegal 269,100 2007
119
 Oman 268,100 2007
120
 Kenya 264,800 2007
121
 Luxembourg 248,200 2007
122
 Nicaragua 247,900 2006
123
 Qatar 237,400 2007
124
 Malta 198,100 2007
125
 Bahrain 194,200 2006
126
 Iceland 186,700 2007
127
 Macau 177,851 2008
128
 Malawi 175,200 2007
129
 Tanzania 165,013 2008
130
 Uganda 162,300 2007
131
 Mongolia 148,200 2008
132
 Namibia 138,100 2007
133
 Botswana 136,900 2006
134
 Barbados 134,900 2005
135
 Madagascar 133,900 2007
136
 Bahamas, The 132,900 2007
137
 Cameroon 130,700 2006
138
 Benin 110,300 2007
139
 Guyana 110,100 2005
140
 Fiji 108,400 2007
141
 Haiti 108,300 2007
142
 Kosovo 106,300 2006
143
 Somalia 100,000 2007
144
 Angola 98,200 2006
145
 Laos 94,800 2007
146
 Burkina Faso 94,800 2006
147
 Zambia 91,800 2007
148
 Mali 85,000 2007
149
 Togo 82,100 2006
150
 Suriname 81,500 2006
151
 Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001
152
 Brunei 79,200 2007
153
 Gambia, The 76,400 2007
154
 Jersey 73,900 2001
155
 Virgin Islands 71,700 2005
156
 Cape Verde 71,600 2006
157
 Mozambique 67,000 2006
158
 Guam 65,500 2003
159
 New Caledonia 60,200 2007
160
 Papua New Guinea 60,000 2007
161
 Bermuda 57,700 2006
162
 French Polynesia 53,600 2006
163
 Lesotho 53,100 2006
164
 Saint Lucia 51,100 2002
165
 Isle of Man 51,000 1999
166
 Guernsey 45,100 2005
167
 Swaziland 44,000 2006
168
 Aruba 38,700 2006
169
 Cayman Islands 38,000 2002
170
 Antigua and Barbuda 37,500 2006
171
 Eritrea 37,500 2006
172
 Cambodia 37,500 2007
173
 Andorra 37,200 2007
174
 Greenland 36,000 2006
175
 Burundi 35,000 2006
176
 Mauritania 34,900 2006
177
 Monaco 34,000 2005
178
 Belize 33,900 2007
179
 Maldives 33,200 2007
180
 Bhutan 29,900 2007
181
 Grenada 27,700 2006
182
 Gabon 26,500 2007
183
 Guinea 26,300 2005
184
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 2004
185
 Gibraltar 24,512 2002
186
 Niger 24,000 2005
187
 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002
188
 Rwanda 23,100 2007
189
 Faroe Islands 23,000 2006
190
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,800 2007
191
 Seychelles 22,700 2007
192
 Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000
193
 San Marino 21,000 2006
194
 Tonga 21,000 2007
195
 Dominica 21,000 2004
196
 Liechtenstein 20,000 2005
197
 Samoa 19,500 2005
198
 Comoros 19,100 2006
199
 Congo, Republic of the 15,900 2005
200
 Chad 13,000 2006
201
 Central African Republic 12,000 2006
202
 British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002
203
 Djibouti 10,800 2005
204
 American Samoa 10,400 2004
205
 Equatorial Guinea 10,000 2005
206
 Mayotte 10,000 2002
207
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9,700 2006
208
 Vanuatu 8,800 2007
209
 Micronesia, Federated States of 8,700 2007
210
 Sao Tome and Principe 7,700 2007
211
 Solomon Islands 7,600 2006
212
 Liberia 6,900 2002
213
 Palau 6,700 2002
214
 Anguilla 6,200 2002
215
 Cook Islands 6,200 2002
216
 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002
217
 Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 2005
218
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002
219
 Guinea-Bissau 4,600 2007
220
 Kiribati 4,500 2002
221
 Marshall Islands 4,500 2004
222
 Norfolk Island 2,532 2004
223
 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002
224
 Timor-Leste 2,400 2006
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 900 2005
230
 Tokelau 300 2002
231
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992
232
 Pitcairn Islands 1 2004
233
 Antarctica 0 2001

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.

This page was last updated on 14 May, 2009
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