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Country Comparison :: Telephones - main lines in use
This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use.
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Rank
 country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information
1 China
365,600,000
2007
2 United States
150,000,000
2008
3 Germany
51,500,000
2008
4 Japan
47,579,000
2008
5 Russia
44,200,000
2008
6 Brazil
41,141,000
2008
7 India
36,760,000
2010
8 France
35,909,000
2008
9 United Kingdom
33,209,000
2008
10 Indonesia
30,378,000
2008
11 Vietnam
29,591,000
2008
12 Iran
24,800,000
2008
13 Korea, South
21,325,000
2008
14 Mexico
20,667,000
2008
15 Spain
20,200,000
2008
16 Italy
20,031,000
2008
17 Canada
18,250,000
2008
18 Turkey
17,502,000
2008
19 Taiwan
14,273,000
2008
20 Ukraine
13,177,000
2008
21 Poland
10,336,000
2008
22 Argentina
9,631,000
2008
23 Egypt
9,600,000
2009
24 Australia
9,370,000
2008
25 Netherlands
7,324,000
2008
26 Thailand
7,024,000
2008
27 Colombia
6,820,000
2008
28 Venezuela
6,304,000
2008
29 Greece
5,975,000
2008
30 Sweden
5,323,000
2008
31 Romania
5,036,000
2007
32 Switzerland
4,820,000
2008
33 Pakistan
4,546,000
2008
34 Belgium
4,457,000
2008
35 South Africa
4,425,000
2008
36 Malaysia
4,292,000
2008
37 Portugal
4,121,000
2008
38 Hong Kong
4,108,000
2008
39 Saudi Arabia
4,100,000
2008
40 Philippines
3,905,000
2008
41 Belarus
3,718,000
2008
42 Syria
3,633,000
2008
43 Chile
3,526,000
2008
44 Sri Lanka
3,446,000
2008
45 Kazakhstan
3,410,000
2008
46 Algeria
3,314,000
2008
47 Austria
3,285,000
2008
48 Israel
3,100,000
2008
49 Hungary
3,094,000
2008
50 Serbia
3,085,000
2008
51 Morocco
2,991,000
2008
52 Peru
2,878,000
2008
53 Denmark
2,487,000
2008
54 Czech Republic
2,278,000
2008
55 Bulgaria
2,258,000
2008
56 Ireland
2,202,000
2008
57 Norway
1,928,000
2008
58 Ecuador
1,910,000
2008
59 Singapore
1,857,000
2008
60 Croatia
1,851,000
2008
61 Uzbekistan
1,850,000
2008
62 New Zealand
1,750,000
2008
63 Finland
1,650,000
2008
64 United Arab Emirates
1,508,000
2008
65 Guatemala
1,449,000
2008
66 Costa Rica
1,438,000
2008
67 Bangladesh
1,390,000
2009
68 Azerbaijan
1,311,000
2008
69 Nigeria
1,308,000
2008
70 Tunisia
1,239,000
2008
71 Korea, North
1,180,000
2008
72 Yemen
1,117,000
2008
73 Moldova
1,115,000
2008
74 Cuba
1,104,000
2008
75 Slovakia
1,098,000
2008
76 Iraq
1,082,000
2008
77 El Salvador
1,077,000
2008
78 Puerto Rico
1,038,000
2008
79 Libya
1,033,000
2008
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,031,000
2008
81 Slovenia
1,010,000
2008
82 Dominican Republic
985,700
2008
83 Uruguay
959,300
2008
84 Ethiopia
908,900
2008
85 Burma
829,000
2008
86 Honduras
825,800
2008
87 Nepal
805,100
2008
88 Lithuania
784,900
2008
89 Lebanon
714,000
2008
90 Bolivia
690,000
2008
91 Armenia
650,000
2008
92 Latvia
644,000
2008
93 Georgia
618,000
2008
94 Kuwait
541,000
2008
95 Panama
524,000
2008
96 Jordan
503,000
2009
97 Estonia
498,100
2008
98 Kyrgyzstan
494,500
2008
99 Paraguay
491,000
2008
100 Turkmenistan
478,000
2008
101 Afghanistan
460,000
2008
102 Macedonia
457,100
2008
103 Cyprus
413,300
NA
104 Mauritius
364,500
2008
105 Montenegro
362,000
2008
106 Gaza Strip
360,400
2010
107 West Bank
360,400
2010
108 Tajikistan
360,000
2008
109 Cote d'Ivoire
356,500
2008
110 Sudan
356,100
2008
111 Zimbabwe
354,000
2008
112 Jamaica
316,600
2008
113 Albania
316,400
2008
114 Nicaragua
312,000
2008
115 Trinidad and Tobago
307,000
2008
116 Oman
274,200
2008
117 Qatar
263,400
2008
118 Luxembourg
260,600
2008
119 Kenya
243,700
2008
120 Malta
241,100
2008
121 Senegal
237,800
2008
122 Malawi
236,000
2008
123 Bahrain
220,000
2008
124 Cameroon
198,300
2008
125 Iceland
187,000
2008
126 Tanzania
179,849
2009
127 Macau
171,360
2009
128 Uganda
168,500
2008
129 Mongolia
165,000
2008
130 Madagascar
164,900
2008
131 Benin
159,000
2008
132 Barbados
150,000
2008
133 Burkina Faso
144,000
2008
134 Ghana
143,900
2008
135 Botswana
142,300
2008
136 Togo
140,900
2008
137 Namibia
140,000
2008
138 Bahamas, The
133,000
2008
139 Fiji
129,100
2008
140 Guyana
125,000
2008
141 Angola
114,300
2008
142 Haiti
108,000
2008
143 Kosovo
106,300
2006
144 Somalia
100,000
2008
145 Laos
97,600
2008
146 Zambia
90,600
2008
147 Netherlands Antilles
88,000
2008
148 Suriname
81,500
2008
149 Mali
81,100
2008
150 Mozambique
78,300
2008
151 Brunei
76,600
2008
152 Mauritania
76,400
2008
153 Virgin Islands
74,200
2008
154 Jersey
74,000
2008
155 Cape Verde
72,000
2008
156 Lesotho
65,200
2008
157 New Caledonia
63,000
2008
158 Papua New Guinea
60,000
2008
159 Bermuda
57,600
2008
160 French Polynesia
54,600
2008
161 Isle of Man
51,000
1999
162 Maldives
50,396
2009
163 Guinea
50,000
2008
164 Gambia, The
48,900
2008
165 Cambodia
45,100
2008
166 Guernsey
45,100
2008
167 Swaziland
44,000
2008
168 Saint Lucia
40,900
2008
169 Eritrea
40,400
2008
170 Aruba
38,500
2008
171 Antigua and Barbuda
38,000
2008
172 Cayman Islands
38,000
2008
173 Andorra
37,400
2008
174 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
37,300
2008
175 Monaco
35,000
2008
176 Sierra Leone
31,500
2008
177 Belize
31,100
2008
178 Burundi
30,400
2008
179 Samoa
28,800
2008
180 Grenada
28,600
2008
181 Bhutan
27,500
2008
182 Gabon
26,500
2008
183 Tonga
25,500
2008
184 Northern Mariana Islands
24,700
2008
185 Gibraltar
24,000
2008
186 Niger
24,000
2008
187 Comoros
23,300
2008
188 Seychelles
23,200
2008
189 Greenland
22,800
2008
190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
22,800
2008
191 Congo, Republic of the
22,200
2008
192 Faroe Islands
21,800
2008
193 San Marino
21,300
2008
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis
20,400
2008
195 Liechtenstein
19,600
2008
196 British Virgin Islands
18,900
2008
197 Dominica
17,500
2008
198 Rwanda
16,800
2008
199 Chad
13,000
2008
200 Central African Republic
12,000
2008
201 Djibouti
10,800
2008
202 American Samoa
10,400
2008
203 Vanuatu
10,400
2008
204 Equatorial Guinea
10,000
2008
205 Mayotte
10,000
2008
206 Micronesia, Federated States of
8,700
2008
207 Solomon Islands
8,000
2008
208 Sao Tome and Principe
7,700
2008
209 Palau
7,500
2008
210 Cook Islands
6,700
2008
211 Anguilla
5,800
2008
212 Holy See (Vatican City)
5,120
2005
213 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4,800
2008
214 Guinea-Bissau
4,600
2008
215 Marshall Islands
4,400
2008
216 Kiribati
4,000
2008
217 Turks and Caicos Islands
3,700
2008
218 Montserrat
2,800
2008
219 Wallis and Futuna
2,700
2008
220 Norfolk Island
2,532
2004
221 Timor-Leste
2,400
2008
222 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2,300
2008
223 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
2,300
2008
224 Liberia
2,000
2008
225 Nauru
1,800
2008
226 Tuvalu
1,500
2008
227 Niue
1,000
2008
228 Tokelau
300
2008
229 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
287
1992
230 Pitcairn Islands
1
2004
231 Antarctica
0
2001
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