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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
285,115,000
2011
2 United States
146,000,000
2011
3 Japan
64,668,000
2011
4 Germany
51,800,000
2011
5 Russia
44,152,000
2011
6 Brazil
43,026,000
2011
7 France
39,883,000
2011
8 Indonesia
38,618,000
2011
9 United Kingdom
33,230,000
2011
10 India
32,685,000
2011
11 Korea, South
29,468,000
2011
12 Iran
27,767,000
2011
13 Italy
22,116,000
2011
14 Spain
19,867,000
2011
15 Mexico
19,684,000
2011
16 Canada
18,201,000
2011
17 Taiwan
16,907,000
2011
18 Turkey
15,211,000
2011
19 Ukraine
12,681,000
2011
20 Australia
10,570,000
2011
21 Vietnam
10,175,000
2011
22 Argentina
10,140,000
2011
23 Egypt
8,714,000
2011
24 Venezuela
7,332,000
2011
25 Netherlands
7,135,000
2011
26 Colombia
7,127,000
2011
27 Poland
6,853,000
2011
28 Thailand
6,661,000
2011
29 Greece
5,745,000
2011
30 Pakistan
5,722,000
2011
31 Romania
4,680,000
2011
32 Saudi Arabia
4,633,000
2011
33 Belgium
4,631,000
2011
34 Switzerland
4,613,000
2011
35 Sweden
4,600,000
2011
36 Portugal
4,530,000
2011
37 Syria
4,345,000
2011
38 Hong Kong
4,342,000
2011
39 Kazakhstan
4,266,000
2011
40 Malaysia
4,243,000
2011
41 Belarus
4,208,000
2011
42 South Africa
4,127,000
2011
43 Peru
3,688,000
2011
44 Sri Lanka
3,608,000
2011
45 Morocco
3,566,000
2011
46 Philippines
3,556,000
2011
47 Israel
3,500,000
2011
48 Austria
3,388,000
2011
49 Chile
3,366,000
2011
50 Algeria
3,059,000
2011
51 Serbia
3,030,000
2011
52 Hungary
2,933,000
2011
53 Denmark
2,515,000
2011
54 Bulgaria
2,356,000
2011
55 Czech Republic
2,289,000
2011
56 Ecuador
2,211,000
2011
57 Ireland
2,047,000
2011
58 Singapore
2,017,000
2011
59 Uzbekistan
1,928,000
2011
60 New Zealand
1,880,000
2011
61 United Arab Emirates
1,825,000
2011
62 Iraq
1,794,000
2011
63 Croatia
1,761,000
2011
64 Azerbaijan
1,684,000
2011
65 Guatemala
1,626,000
2011
66 Norway
1,529,000
2011
67 Georgia
1,345,000
2011
68 Costa Rica
1,234,000
2011
69 Tunisia
1,218,000
2011
70 Cuba
1,193,000
2011
71 Moldova
1,180,000
2011
72 Korea, North
1,180,000
2011
73 Finland
1,080,000
2011
74 Yemen
1,075,000
2011
75 Slovakia
1,056,000
2011
76 Dominican Republic
1,044,000
2011
77 El Salvador
1,030,000
2011
78 Libya
1,000,000
2011
79 Bangladesh
977,700
2011
80 Uruguay
964,900
2011
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina
955,900
2011
82 Lebanon
900,000
2011
83 Bolivia
879,000
2011
84 Slovenia
872,800
2011
85 Nepal
845,500
2011
86 Ethiopia
829,000
2011
87 Puerto Rico
826,100
2011
88 Lithuania
723,000
2011
89 Nigeria
719,400
2011
90 Cameroon
669,000
2011
91 Honduras
609,200
2011
92 Armenia
577,500
2011
93 Panama
560,200
2011
94 Turkmenistan
547,000
2011
95 Cambodia
530,000
2011
96 Burma
521,100
2011
97 Latvia
516,300
2011
98 Kuwait
514,700
2011
99 Kyrgyzstan
502,000
2011
100 Sudan
483,600
2011
101 Estonia
471,900
2011
102 Jordan
465,400
2011
103 Uganda
464,800
2011
104 Macedonia
422,100
2011
105 Cyprus
405,000
2011
106 Tajikistan
380,000
2011
107 Mauritius
374,600
2011
108 Paraguay
372,400
2011
109 Zimbabwe
356,000
2011
110 Senegal
346,400
2011
111 Albania
338,800
2011
112 Gaza Strip
337,000
2010
113 West Bank
337,000
2010
114 Qatar
306,700
2011
115 Angola
303,200
2011
116 Trinidad and Tobago
292,000
2011
117 Oman
287,600
2011
118 Nicaragua
287,600
2011
119 Ghana
284,700
2011
120 Kenya
283,500
2011
121 Luxembourg
279,100
2011
122 Bahrain
276,500
2011
123 Jamaica
272,100
2011
124 Cote d'Ivoire
268,200
2011
125 Togo
240,000
2011
126 Malta
232,300
2011
127 Iceland
191,100
2011
128 Mongolia
187,600
2011
129 Malawi
173,500
2011
130 Montenegro
169,500
2010
131 Macau
165,500
2011
132 Tanzania
161,100
2011
133 Benin
152,700
2011
134 Guyana
152,600
2011
135 Botswana
149,600
2011
136 Burkina Faso
141,500
2011
137 Barbados
140,700
2011
138 Namibia
140,000
2011
139 Madagascar
138,100
2011
140 Bahamas, The
133,000
2011
141 Papua New Guinea
130,000
2011
142 Fiji
129,800
2011
143 Laos
107,600
2011
144 Kosovo
106,300
2006
145 Mali
104,700
2011
146 Somalia
100,000
2010
147 Mozambique
88,100
2011
148 Niger
85,900
2011
149 Zambia
85,700
2011
150 Suriname
85,500
2011
151 Brunei
79,800
2011
152 New Caledonia
76,200
2011
153 Virgin Islands
75,800
2010
154 Swaziland
75,800
2011
155 Cape Verde
74,500
2011
156 Jersey
73,800
2010
157 Mauritania
72,300
2011
158 Guam
65,500
2010
159 Eritrea
58,500
2011
160 Bermuda
57,800
2010
161 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
57,000
2011
162 French Polynesia
55,000
2011
163 Gambia, The
50,400
2011
164 Haiti
50,000
2010
165 Guernsey
45,100
2010
166 Monaco
44,500
2011
167 Rwanda
38,900
2011
168 Lesotho
38,600
2011
169 Andorra
38,400
2011
170 Cayman Islands
37,200
2011
171 Saint Lucia
35,900
2011
172 Antigua and Barbuda
35,500
2011
173 Samoa
35,300
2010
174 Aruba
35,000
2010
175 Chad
31,200
2011
176 Tonga
30,000
2011
177 Burundi
30,000
2011
178 Belize
28,800
2011
179 Grenada
28,400
2010
180 Seychelles
27,900
2011
181 Bhutan
27,500
2011
182 British Virgin Islands
26,800
2010
183 Maldives
24,100
2011
184 Gibraltar
24,000
2010
185 Comoros
23,600
2011
186 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
22,700
2011
187 Gabon
22,500
2011
188 Saint Kitts and Nevis
20,600
2010
189 Faroe Islands
20,200
2009
190 Greenland
19,900
2011
191 Liechtenstein
19,600
2011
192 San Marino
18,700
2011
193 Djibouti
18,400
2011
194 Guinea
18,000
2011
195 Dominica
15,500
2010
196 Congo, Republic of the
14,200
2011
197 Sierra Leone
14,000
2010
198 Equatorial Guinea
13,500
2010
199 Afghanistan
13,500
2011
200 American Samoa
10,400
2009
201 Micronesia, Federated States of
8,500
2010
202 Kiribati
8,500
2011
203 Solomon Islands
8,400
2011
204 Sao Tome and Principe
8,000
2011
205 Cook Islands
7,200
2009
206 Palau
6,900
2011
207 Anguilla
6,200
2011
208 Vanuatu
6,200
2011
209 Central African Republic
5,400
2011
210 Guinea-Bissau
5,000
2010
211 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4,800
2010
212 Marshall Islands
4,400
2010
213 Liberia
3,200
2011
214 Timor-Leste
3,100
2011
215 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
3,000
2011
216 Montserrat
2,600
2010
217 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2,000
2010
218 Nauru
1,900
2009
219 Tuvalu
1,400
2011
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