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Field Listing :: Telephones - main lines in use

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This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use.
Country Comparison to the World

Country	Telephones - main lines in use


Afghanistan	460,000 (2008)


Albania	316,400 (2008)


Algeria	3.314 million (2008)


American Samoa	10,400 (2008)


Andorra	37,400 (2008)


Angola	114,300 (2008)


Anguilla	5,800 (2008)


Antarctica	0; note - information for US bases only (2001)


Antigua and Barbuda	38,000 (2008)


Argentina	9.631 million (2008)


Armenia	650,000 (2008)


Aruba	38,500 (2008)


Australia	9.37 million (2008)


Austria	3.285 million (2008)


Azerbaijan	1.311 million (2008)


Bahamas, The	133,000 (2008)


Bahrain	220,000 (2008)


Bangladesh	1.39 million (2009)


Barbados	150,000 (2008)


Belarus	3.718 million (2008)


Belgium	4.457 million (2008)


Belize	31,100 (2008)


Benin	159,000 (2008)


Bermuda	57,600 (2008)


Bhutan	27,500 (2008)


Bolivia	690,000 (2008)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.031 million (2008)


Botswana	142,300 (2008)


Brazil	41.141 million (2008)


British Indian Ocean Territory	NA


British Virgin Islands	18,900 (2008)


Brunei	76,600 (2008)


Bulgaria	2.258 million (2008)


Burkina Faso	144,000 (2008)


Burma	829,000 (2008)


Burundi	30,400 (2008)


Cambodia	45,100 (2008)


Cameroon	198,300 (2008)


Canada	18.25 million (2008)


Cape Verde	72,000 (2008)


Cayman Islands	38,000 (2008)


Central African Republic	12,000 (2008)


Chad	13,000 (2008)


Chile	3.526 million (2008)


China	365.6 million (2007)


Christmas Island	NA


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287 (1992)


Colombia	6.82 million (2008)


Comoros	23,300 (2008)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	37,300 (2008)


Congo, Republic of the	22,200 (2008)


Cook Islands	6,700 (2008)


Costa Rica	1.438 million (2008)


Cote d'Ivoire	356,500 (2008)


Croatia	1.851 million (2008)


Cuba	1.104 million (2008)


Cyprus	area under government control: 413,300 (2008); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)


Czech Republic	2.278 million (2008)


Denmark	2.487 million (2008)


Djibouti	10,800 (2008)


Dominica	17,500 (2008)


Dominican Republic	985,700 (2008)


Ecuador	1.91 million (2008)


Egypt	9.6 million (2009)


El Salvador	1.077 million (2008)


Equatorial Guinea	10,000 (2008)


Eritrea	40,400 (2008)


Estonia	498,100 (2008)


Ethiopia	908,900 (2008)


European Union	238 million (2005)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,300 (2008)


Faroe Islands	21,800 (2008)


Fiji	129,100 (2008)


Finland	1.65 million (2008)


France	35.909 million; 35.0 million (metropolitan France) (2008)


French Polynesia	54,600 (2008)


Gabon	26,500 (2008)


Gambia, The	48,900 (2008)


Gaza Strip	360,400 (includes West Bank) (2010)


Georgia	618,000 (2008)


Germany	51.5 million (2008)


Ghana	143,900 (2008)


Gibraltar	24,000 (2008)


Greece	5.975 million (2008)


Greenland	22,800 (2008)


Grenada	28,600 (2008)


Guam	65,500 (2008)


Guatemala	1.449 million (2008)


Guernsey	45,100 (2008)


Guinea	50,000 (2008)


Guinea-Bissau	4,600 (2008)


Guyana	125,000 (2008)


Haiti	108,000 (2008)


Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120 (2005)


Honduras	825,800 (2008)


Hong Kong	4.108 million (2008)


Hungary	3.094 million (2008)


Iceland	187,000 (2008)


India	36.76 million (2010)


Indonesia	30.378 million (2008)


Iran	24.8 million (2008)


Iraq	1.082 million (2008)


Ireland	2.202 million (2008)


Isle of Man	51,000 (1999)


Israel	3.1 million (2008)


Italy	20.031 million (2008)


Jamaica	316,600 (2008)


Japan	47.579 million (2008)


Jersey	74,000 (2008)


Jordan	503,000 (2009)


Kazakhstan	3.41 million (2008)


Kenya	243,700 (2008)


Kiribati	4,000 (2008)


Korea, North	1.18 million (2008)


Korea, South	21.325 million (2008)


Kosovo	106,300 (2006)


Kuwait	541,000 (2008)


Kyrgyzstan	494,500 (2008)


Laos	97,600 (2008)


Latvia	644,000 (2008)


Lebanon	714,000 (2008)


Lesotho	65,200 (2008)


Liberia	2,000 (2008)


Libya	1.033 million (2008)


Liechtenstein	19,600 (2008)


Lithuania	784,900 (2008)


Luxembourg	260,600 (2008)


Macau	171,360 (2009)


Macedonia	457,100 (2008)


Madagascar	164,900 (2008)


Malawi	236,000 (2008)


Malaysia	4.292 million (2008)


Maldives	50,396 (2009)


Mali	81,100 (2008)


Malta	241,100 (2008)


Marshall Islands	4,400 (2008)


Mauritania	76,400 (2008)


Mauritius	364,500 (2008)


Mayotte	10,000 (2008)


Mexico	20.667 million (2008)


Micronesia, Federated States of	8,700 (2008)


Moldova	1.115 million (2008)


Monaco	35,000 (2008)


Mongolia	165,000 (2008)


Montenegro	362,000 (2008)


Montserrat	2,800 (2008)


Morocco	2.991 million (2008)


Mozambique	78,300 (2008)


Namibia	140,000 (2008)


Nauru	1,800 (2008)


Nepal	805,100 (2008)


Netherlands	7.324 million (2008)


Netherlands Antilles	88,000 (2008)


New Caledonia	63,000 (2008)


New Zealand	1.75 million (2008)


Nicaragua	312,000 (2008)


Niger	24,000 (2008)


Nigeria	1.308 million (2008)


Niue	1,000 (2008)


Norfolk Island	2,532; note - a mix of analog (2,500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)


Northern Mariana Islands	24,700 (2008)


Norway	1.928 million (2008)


Oman	274,200 (2008)


Pakistan	4.546 million (2008)


Palau	7,500 (2008)


Panama	524,000 (2008)


Papua New Guinea	60,000 (2008)


Paraguay	491,000 (2008)


Peru	2.878 million (2008)


Philippines	3.905 million (2008)


Pitcairn Islands	1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)


Poland	10.336 million (2008)


Portugal	4.121 million (2008)


Puerto Rico	1.038 million (2008)


Qatar	263,400 (2008)


Romania	5.036 million (2007)


Russia	44.2 million (2008)


Rwanda	16,800 (2008)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	2,300 (2008)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	20,400 (2008)


Saint Lucia	40,900 (2008)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800 (2008)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,800 (2008)


Samoa	28,800 (2008)


San Marino	21,300 (2008)


Sao Tome and Principe	7,700 (2008)


Saudi Arabia	4.1 million (2008)


Senegal	237,800 (2008)


Serbia	3.085 million (2008)


Seychelles	23,200 (2008)


Sierra Leone	31,500 (2008)


Singapore	1.857 million (2008)


Slovakia	1.098 million (2008)


Slovenia	1.01 million (2008)


Solomon Islands	8,000 (2008)


Somalia	100,000 (2008)


South Africa	4.425 million (2008)


Spain	20.2 million (2008)


Sri Lanka	3.446 million (2008)


Sudan	356,100 (2008)


Suriname	81,500 (2008)


Svalbard	NA


Swaziland	44,000 (2008)


Sweden	5.323 million (2008)


Switzerland	4.82 million (2008)


Syria	3.633 million (2008)


Taiwan	14.273 million (2008)


Tajikistan	360,000 (2008)


Tanzania	179,849 (2009)


Thailand	7.024 million (2008)


Timor-Leste	2,400 (2008)


Togo	140,900 (2008)


Tokelau	300 (2008)


Tonga	25,500 (2008)


Trinidad and Tobago	307,000 (2008)


Tunisia	1.239 million (2008)


Turkey	17.502 million (2008)


Turkmenistan	478,000 (2008)


Turks and Caicos Islands	3,700 (2008)


Tuvalu	1,500 (2008)


Uganda	168,500 (2008)


Ukraine	13.177 million (2008)


United Arab Emirates	1.508 million (2008)


United Kingdom	33.209 million (2008)


United States	150 million (2008)


Uruguay	959,300 (2008)


Uzbekistan	1.85 million (2008)


Vanuatu	10,400 (2008)


Venezuela	6.304 million (2008)


Vietnam	29.591 million (2008)


Virgin Islands	74,200 (2008)


Wallis and Futuna	2,700 (2008)


West Bank	360,400 (includes Gaza Strip) (2010)


Western Sahara	about 2,000 (1999 est.)


World	1.268 billion (2008)


Yemen	1.117 million (2008)


Zambia	90,600 (2008)


Zimbabwe	354,000 (2008)

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