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Field Listing :: Telephones - main lines in use

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

Country	Telephones - main lines in use


Afghanistan	129,300 (2009)


Albania	363,000 (2009)


Algeria	2.576 million (2009)


American Samoa	10,400 (2009)


Andorra	37,900 (2009)


Angola	303,200 (2009)


Anguilla	6,300 (2009)


Antigua and Barbuda	37,400 (2009)


Argentina	9.764 million (2009)


Armenia	630,000 (2009)


Aruba	38,300 (2009)


Australia	9.02 million (2009)


Austria	3.253 million (2009)


Azerbaijan	1.397 million (2009)


Bahamas, The	129,000 (2009)


Bahrain	238,400 (2009)


Bangladesh	1.522 million (2009)


Barbados	135,700 (2009)


Belarus	3.969 million (2009)


Belgium	4.255 million (2009)


Belize	31,200 (2009)


Benin	127,100 (2009)


Bermuda	57,700 (2009)


Bhutan	26,300 (2009)


Bolivia	810,200 (2009)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	998,600 (2009)


Botswana	144,200 (2009)


Brazil	41.497 million (2009)


British Indian Ocean Territory	NA


British Virgin Islands	20,100 (2009)


Brunei	80,500 (2009)


Bulgaria	2.164 million (2009)


Burkina Faso	167,000 (2009)


Burma	812,000 (2009)


Burundi	31,500 (2009)


Cambodia	54,200 (2009)


Cameroon	323,800 (2009)


Canada	18.251 million (2009)


Cape Verde	72,200 (2009)


Cayman Islands	38,000 (2009)


Central African Republic	12,000 (2009)


Chad	13,000 (2009)


Chile	3.575 million (2009)


China	313.68 million (2009)


Christmas Island	NA


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287 (1992)


Colombia	7.5 million (2009)


Comoros	25,400 (2009)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	40,000 (2009)


Congo, Republic of the	24,300 (2009)


Cook Islands	6,900 (2009)


Costa Rica	1.493 million (2009)


Cote d'Ivoire	282,100 (2009)


Croatia	1.859 million (2009)


Cuba	1.168 million (2009)


Curacao	NA


Cyprus	area under government control: 414,500 (2009); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)


Czech Republic	2.092 million (2009)


Denmark	2.062 million (2009)


Djibouti	16,800 (2009)


Dominica	17,500 (2009)


Dominican Republic	965,400 (2009)


Ecuador	2.004 million (2009)


Egypt	10.313 million (2009)


El Salvador	1.099 million (2009)


Equatorial Guinea	10,000 (2009)


Eritrea	48,500 (2009)


Estonia	492,800 (2009)


Ethiopia	915,100 (2009)


European Union	238 million (2005)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,000 (2009)


Faroe Islands	20,900 (2009)


Fiji	136,800 (2009)


Finland	1.43 million (2009)


France	36.441 million; 35.5 million (metropolitan France) (2009)


French Polynesia	54,300 (2009)


Gabon	26,500 (2009)


Gambia, The	49,000 (2009)


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


Georgia	620,000 (2009)


Germany	48.7 million (2009)


Ghana	267,400 (2009)


Gibraltar	24,000 (2009)


Greece	5.93 million (2009)


Greenland	22,000 (2009)


Grenada	28,600 (2009)


Guam	65,500 (2009)


Guatemala	1.413 million (2009)


Guernsey	45,100 (2009)


Guinea	22,000 (2009)


Guinea-Bissau	4,800 (2009)


Guyana	130,000 (2009)


Haiti	108,300 (2009)


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


Honduras	830,000 (2009)


Hong Kong	4.188 million (2009)


Hungary	3.069 million (2009)


Iceland	185,200 (2009)


India	35.77 million (2010)


Indonesia	33.958 million (2009)


Iran	25.804 million (2009)


Iraq	1.108 million (2009)


Ireland	2.08 million (2009)


Isle of Man	51,000 (1999)


Israel	3.25 million (2009)


Italy	21.3 million (2009)


Jamaica	302,300 (2009)


Japan	44.364 million (2009)


Jersey	73,900 (2009)


Jordan	501,200 (2009)


Kazakhstan	3.763 million (2009)


Kenya	664,100 (2009)


Kiribati	4,000 (2009)


Korea, North	1.18 million (2008)


Korea, South	19.289 million (2009)


Kosovo	106,300 (2006)


Kuwait	553,500 (2009)


Kyrgyzstan	498,300 (2009)


Laos	132,200 (2009)


Latvia	644,000 (2009)


Lebanon	750,000 (2009)


Lesotho	40,000 (2009)


Liberia	2,000 (2009)


Libya	1.101 million (2009)


Liechtenstein	19,600 (2009)


Lithuania	747,400 (2009)


Luxembourg	273,600 (2009)


Macau	168,903 (2010)


Macedonia	442,200 (2009)


Madagascar	181,200 (2009)


Malawi	175,000 (2009)


Malaysia	4.312 million (2009)


Maldives	49,913 (2009)


Mali	81,000 (2009)


Malta	252,700 (2009)


Marshall Islands	4,400 (2009)


Mauritania	74,500 (2009)


Mauritius	379,100 (2009)


Mexico	19.425 million (2009)


Micronesia, Federated States of	8,700 (2009)


Moldova	1.139 million (2009)


Monaco	35,400 (2009)


Mongolia	188,900 (2009)


Montenegro	366,600 (2009)


Montserrat	2,700 (2009)


Morocco	3.516 million (2009)


Mozambique	82,400 (2009)


Namibia	142,100 (2009)


Nauru	1,900 (2009)


Nepal	820,500 (2009)


Netherlands	7.32 million (2009)


New Caledonia	65,900 (2009)


New Zealand	1.87 million (2009)


Nicaragua	255,000 (2009)


Niger	65,000 (2009)


Nigeria	1.419 million (2009)


Niue	1,100 (2009)


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


Northern Mariana Islands	25,100 (2009)


Norway	1.9 million (2009)


Oman	300,100 (2009)


Pakistan	4.058 million (2009)


Palau	7,100 (2009)


Panama	537,100 (2009)


Papua New Guinea	60,000 (2009)


Paraguay	387,300 (2009)


Peru	2.965 million (2009)


Philippines	6.783 million (2010)


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


Poland	9.556 million (2009)


Portugal	4.049 million (2009)


Puerto Rico	870,100 (2009)


Qatar	285,300 (2009)


Romania	5.313 million (2009)


Russia	44.802 million (2009)


Rwanda	33,500 (2009)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	2,900 (2009)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	20,500 (2009)


Saint Lucia	41,000 (2009)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800 (2009)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	23,000 (2009)


Samoa	31,900 (2009)


San Marino	21,500 (2009)


Sao Tome and Principe	7,800 (2009)


Saudi Arabia	4.171 million (2009)


Senegal	278,800 (2009)


Serbia	3.106 million (2009)


Seychelles	22,100 (2009)


Sierra Leone	32,800 (2009)


Singapore	1.852 million (2009)


Sint Maarten	5,153 (2001)


Slovakia	1.022 million (2009)


Slovenia	1.034 million (2009)


Solomon Islands	8,200 (2009)


Somalia	100,000 (2009)


South Africa	4.32 million (2009)


Spain	20.057 million (2009)


Sri Lanka	3.523 million (2010)


Sudan	370,400 (2009)


Suriname	83,700 (2009)


Svalbard	NA


Swaziland	44,000 (2009)


Sweden	5.146 million (2009)


Switzerland	4.65 million (2009)


Syria	3.871 million (2009)


Taiwan	14.596 million (2009)


Tajikistan	290,000 (2009)


Tanzania	173,552 (2010)


Thailand	7.024 million (2009)


Timor-Leste	2,400 (2009)


Togo	178,700 (2009)


Tokelau	300 (2009)


Tonga	31,000 (2009)


Trinidad and Tobago	314,800 (2009)


Tunisia	1.279 million (2009)


Turkey	16.534 million (2009)


Turkmenistan	478,000 (2009)


Turks and Caicos Islands	3,700 (2009)


Tuvalu	1,700 (2009)


Uganda	233,500 (2009)


Ukraine	13.026 million (2009)


United Arab Emirates	1.561 million (2009)


United Kingdom	32.117 million (2009)


United States	141 million (2009)


Uruguay	953,400 (2009)


Uzbekistan	1.857 million (2009)


Vanuatu	7,200 (2009)


Venezuela	6.867 million (2009)


Vietnam	17.427 million (2009)


Virgin Islands	75,000 (2009)


Wallis and Futuna	3,000 (2009)


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


Western Sahara	about 2,000 (1999 est.)


World	1.268 billion (2008)


Yemen	997,000 (2009)


Zambia	90,300 (2009)


Zimbabwe	385,100 (2009)

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