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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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