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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	13,500 (2011)


Albania	338,800 (2011)


Algeria	3.059 million (2011)


American Samoa	10,400 (2009)


Andorra	38,400 (2011)


Angola	303,200 (2011)


Anguilla	6,200 (2011)


Antigua and Barbuda	35,500 (2011)


Argentina	10.14 million (2011)


Armenia	577,500 (2011)


Aruba	35,000 (2010)


Australia	10.57 million (2011)


Austria	3.388 million (2011)


Azerbaijan	1.684 million (2011)


Bahamas, The	133,000 (2011)


Bahrain	276,500 (2011)


Bangladesh	977,700 (2011)


Barbados	140,700 (2011)


Belarus	4.208 million (2011)


Belgium	4.631 million (2011)


Belize	28,800 (2011)


Benin	152,700 (2011)


Bermuda	57,800 (2010)


Bhutan	27,500 (2011)


Bolivia	879,000 (2011)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	955,900 (2011)


Botswana	149,600 (2011)


Brazil	43.026 million (2011)


British Virgin Islands	26,800 (2010)


Brunei	79,800 (2011)


Bulgaria	2.356 million (2011)


Burkina Faso	141,500 (2011)


Burma	521,100 (2011)


Burundi	30,000 (2011)


Cambodia	530,000 (2011)


Cameroon	669,000 (2011)


Canada	18.201 million (2011)


Cape Verde	74,500 (2011)


Cayman Islands	37,200 (2011)


Central African Republic	5,400 (2011)


Chad	31,200 (2011)


Chile	3.366 million (2011)


China	285.115 million (2011)


Colombia	7.127 million (2011)


Comoros	23,600 (2011)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	57,000 (2011)


Congo, Republic of the	14,200 (2011)


Cook Islands	7,200 (2009)


Costa Rica	1.234 million (2011)


Cote d'Ivoire	268,200 (2011)


Croatia	1.761 million (2011)


Cuba	1.193 million (2011)


Cyprus	405,000 (2011)


Czech Republic	2.289 million (2011)


Denmark	2.515 million (2011)


Djibouti	18,400 (2011)


Dominica	15,500 (2010)


Dominican Republic	1.044 million (2011)


Ecuador	2.211 million (2011)


Egypt	8.714 million (2011)


El Salvador	1.03 million (2011)


Equatorial Guinea	13,500 (2010)


Eritrea	58,500 (2011)


Estonia	471,900 (2011)


Ethiopia	829,000 (2011)


European Union	226 million (2011)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,000 (2010)


Faroe Islands	20,200 (2009)


Fiji	129,800 (2011)


Finland	1.08 million (2011)


France	39.883 million (2011)


French Polynesia	55,000 (2011)


Gabon	22,500 (2011)


Gambia, The	50,400 (2011)


Gaza Strip	337,000 (includes West Bank) (2010)


Georgia	1.345 million (2011)


Germany	51.8 million (2011)


Ghana	284,700 (2011)


Gibraltar	24,000 (2010)


Greece	5.745 million (2011)


Greenland	19,900 (2011)


Grenada	28,400 (2010)


Guam	65,500 (2010)


Guatemala	1.626 million (2011)


Guernsey	45,100 (2010)


Guinea	18,000 (2011)


Guinea-Bissau	5,000 (2010)


Guyana	152,600 (2011)


Haiti	50,000 (2010)


Honduras	609,200 (2011)


Hong Kong	4.342 million (2011)


Hungary	2.933 million (2011)


Iceland	191,100 (2011)


India	32.685 million (2011)


Indonesia	38.618 million (2011)


Iran	27.767 million (2011)


Iraq	1.794 million (2011)


Ireland	2.047 million (2011)


Israel	3.5 million (2011)


Italy	22.116 million (2011)


Jamaica	272,100 (2011)


Japan	64.668 million (2011)


Jersey	73,800 (2010)


Jordan	465,400 (2011)


Kazakhstan	4.266 million (2011)


Kenya	283,500 (2011)


Kiribati	8,500 (2011)


Korea, North	1.18 million (2011)


Korea, South	29.468 million (2011)


Kosovo	106,300 (2006)


Kuwait	514,700 (2011)


Kyrgyzstan	502,000 (2011)


Laos	107,600 (2011)


Latvia	516,300 (2011)


Lebanon	900,000 (2011)


Lesotho	38,600 (2011)


Liberia	3,200 (2011)


Libya	1 million (2011)


Liechtenstein	19,600 (2011)


Lithuania	723,000 (2011)


Luxembourg	279,100 (2011)


Macau	165,500 (2011)


Macedonia	422,100 (2011)


Madagascar	138,100 (2011)


Malawi	173,500 (2011)


Malaysia	4.243 million (2011)


Maldives	24,100 (2011)


Mali	104,700 (2011)


Malta	232,300 (2011)


Marshall Islands	4,400 (2010)


Mauritania	72,300 (2011)


Mauritius	374,600 (2011)


Mexico	19.684 million (2011)


Micronesia, Federated States of	8,500 (2010)


Moldova	1.18 million (2011)


Monaco	44,500 (2011)


Mongolia	187,600 (2011)


Montenegro	169,500 (2010)


Montserrat	2,600 (2010)


Morocco	3.566 million (2011)


Mozambique	88,100 (2011)


Namibia	140,000 (2011)


Nauru	1,900 (2009)


Nepal	845,500 (2011)


Netherlands	7.135 million (2011)


New Caledonia	76,200 (2011)


New Zealand	1.88 million (2011)


Nicaragua	287,600 (2011)


Niger	85,900 (2011)


Nigeria	719,400 (2011)


Norway	1.529 million (2011)


Oman	287,600 (2011)


Pakistan	5.722 million (2011)


Palau	6,900 (2011)


Panama	560,200 (2011)


Papua New Guinea	130,000 (2011)


Paraguay	372,400 (2011)


Peru	3.688 million (2011)


Philippines	3.556 million (2011)


Poland	6.853 million (2011)


Portugal	4.53 million (2011)


Puerto Rico	826,100 (2011)


Qatar	306,700 (2011)


Romania	4.68 million (2011)


Russia	44.152 million (2011)


Rwanda	38,900 (2011)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	3,000 (2011)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	20,600 (2010)


Saint Lucia	35,900 (2011)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800 (2010)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,700 (2011)


Samoa	35,300 (2010)


San Marino	18,700 (2011)


Sao Tome and Principe	8,000 (2011)


Saudi Arabia	4.633 million (2011)


Senegal	346,400 (2011)


Serbia	3.03 million (2011)


Seychelles	27,900 (2011)


Sierra Leone	14,000 (2010)


Singapore	2.017 million (2011)


Slovakia	1.056 million (2011)


Slovenia	872,800 (2011)


Solomon Islands	8,400 (2011)


Somalia	100,000 (2010)


South Africa	4.127 million (2011)


Spain	19.867 million (2011)


Sri Lanka	3.608 million (2011)


Sudan	483,600 (2011)


Suriname	85,500 (2011)


Swaziland	75,800 (2011)


Sweden	4.6 million (2011)


Switzerland	4.613 million (2011)


Syria	4.345 million (2011)


Taiwan	16.907 million (2011)


Tajikistan	380,000 (2011)


Tanzania	161,100 (2011)


Thailand	6.661 million (2011)


Timor-Leste	3,100 (2011)


Togo	240,000 (2011)


Tonga	30,000 (2011)


Trinidad and Tobago	292,000 (2011)


Tunisia	1.218 million (2011)


Turkey	15.211 million (2011)


Turkmenistan	547,000 (2011)


Tuvalu	1,400 (2011)


Uganda	464,800 (2011)


Ukraine	12.681 million (2011)


United Arab Emirates	1.825 million (2011)


United Kingdom	33.23 million (2011)


United States	146 million (2011)


Uruguay	964,900 (2011)


Uzbekistan	1.928 million (2011)


Vanuatu	6,200 (2011)


Venezuela	7.332 million (2011)


Vietnam	10.175 million (2011)


Virgin Islands	75,800 (2010)


West Bank	337,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2010)


World	1.2 billion (2011)


Yemen	1.075 million (2011)


Zambia	85,700 (2011)


Zimbabwe	356,000 (2011)

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