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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
313,680,000
2009
2 United States
141,000,000
2009
3 Germany
48,700,000
2009
4 Russia
44,802,000
2009
5 Japan
44,364,000
2009
6 Brazil
41,497,000
2009
7 France
36,431,000
2009
8 India
35,770,000
2010
9 Indonesia
33,958,000
2009
10 United Kingdom
32,117,000
2009
11 Iran
25,804,000
2009
12 Italy
21,300,000
2009
13 Spain
20,057,000
2009
14 Mexico
19,425,000
2009
15 Korea, South
19,289,000
2009
16 Canada
18,251,000
2009
17 Vietnam
17,427,000
2009
18 Turkey
16,534,000
2009
19 Taiwan
14,596,000
2009
20 Ukraine
13,026,000
2009
21 Egypt
10,313,000
2009
22 Argentina
9,764,000
2009
23 Poland
9,556,000
2009
24 Australia
9,020,000
2009
25 Colombia
7,500,000
2009
26 Netherlands
7,320,000
2009
27 Thailand
7,024,000
2009
28 Venezuela
6,867,000
2009
29 Greece
5,930,000
2009
30 Romania
5,313,000
2009
31 Sweden
5,146,000
2009
32 Switzerland
4,650,000
2009
33 South Africa
4,320,000
2009
34 Malaysia
4,312,000
2009
35 Hong Kong
4,188,000
2009
36 Saudi Arabia
4,171,000
2009
37 Philippines
4,100,000
2009
38 Pakistan
4,058,000
2009
39 Portugal
4,049,000
2009
40 Belarus
3,969,000
2009
41 Syria
3,871,000
2009
42 Kazakhstan
3,763,000
2009
43 Chile
3,575,000
2009
44 Sri Lanka
3,523,000
2010
45 Morocco
3,516,000
2009
46 Austria
3,253,000
2009
47 Israel
3,250,000
2009
48 Serbia
3,106,000
2009
49 Hungary
3,069,000
2009
50 Peru
2,965,000
2009
51 Algeria
2,576,000
2009
52 Bulgaria
2,164,000
2009
53 Czech Republic
2,092,000
2009
54 Ireland
2,080,000
2009
55 Denmark
2,062,000
2009
56 Ecuador
2,004,000
2009
57 Norway
1,900,000
2009
58 New Zealand
1,870,000
2009
59 Croatia
1,859,000
2009
60 Uzbekistan
1,857,000
2009
61 Singapore
1,852,000
2009
62 United Arab Emirates
1,561,000
2009
63 Bangladesh
1,522,000
2009
64 Costa Rica
1,493,000
2009
65 Finland
1,430,000
2009
66 Nigeria
1,419,000
2009
67 Guatemala
1,413,000
2009
68 Azerbaijan
1,397,000
2009
69 Tunisia
1,279,000
2009
70 Korea, North
1,180,000
2008
71 Cuba
1,168,000
2009
72 Moldova
1,139,000
2009
73 Iraq
1,108,000
2009
74 Libya
1,101,000
2009
75 El Salvador
1,099,000
2009
76 Slovenia
1,034,000
2009
77 Slovakia
1,022,000
2009
78 Bosnia and Herzegovina
998,600
2009
79 Yemen
997,000
2009
80 Dominican Republic
965,400
2009
81 Uruguay
953,400
2009
82 Ethiopia
915,100
2009
83 Puerto Rico
870,100
2009
84 Honduras
830,000
2009
85 Nepal
820,500
2009
86 Burma
812,000
2009
87 Bolivia
810,200
2009
88 Lebanon
750,000
2009
89 Lithuania
747,400
2009
90 Kenya
664,100
2009
91 Latvia
644,000
2009
92 Armenia
630,000
2009
93 Georgia
620,000
2009
94 Kuwait
553,500
2009
95 Panama
537,100
2009
96 Jordan
501,200
2009
97 Kyrgyzstan
498,300
2009
98 Estonia
492,800
2009
99 Turkmenistan
478,000
2009
100 Macedonia
442,200
2009
101 Cyprus
414,500
NA
102 Paraguay
387,300
2009
103 Zimbabwe
385,100
2009
104 Mauritius
379,100
2009
105 Sudan
370,400
2009
106 Montenegro
366,600
2009
107 Albania
363,000
2009
108 Gaza Strip
360,400
2010
109 West Bank
360,400
2010
110 Cameroon
323,800
2009
111 Trinidad and Tobago
314,800
2009
112 Angola
303,200
2009
113 Jamaica
302,300
2009
114 Oman
300,100
2009
115 Tajikistan
290,000
2009
116 Qatar
285,300
2009
117 Cote d'Ivoire
282,100
2009
118 Senegal
278,800
2009
119 Luxembourg
273,600
2009
120 Ghana
267,400
2009
121 Nicaragua
255,000
2009
122 Malta
252,700
2009
123 Bahrain
238,400
2009
124 Uganda
233,500
2009
125 Mongolia
188,900
2009
126 Iceland
185,200
2009
127 Madagascar
181,200
2009
128 Togo
178,700
2009
129 Malawi
175,000
2009
130 Tanzania
173,552
2010
131 Macau
168,903
2010
132 Burkina Faso
167,000
2009
133 Botswana
144,200
2009
134 Namibia
142,100
2009
135 Fiji
136,800
2009
136 Barbados
135,700
2009
137 Laos
132,200
2009
138 Guyana
130,000
2009
139 Afghanistan
129,300
2009
140 Bahamas, The
129,000
2009
141 Benin
127,100
2009
142 Haiti
108,300
2009
143 Kosovo
106,300
2006
144 Somalia
100,000
2009
145 Zambia
90,300
2009
146 Netherlands Antilles
88,000
2008
147 Suriname
83,700
2009
148 Mozambique
82,400
2009
149 Mali
81,000
2009
150 Brunei
80,500
2009
151 Virgin Islands
75,000
2009
152 Mauritania
74,500
2009
153 Jersey
73,900
2009
154 Cape Verde
72,200
2009
155 New Caledonia
65,900
2009
156 Niger
65,000
2009
157 Papua New Guinea
60,000
2009
158 Bermuda
57,700
2009
159 French Polynesia
54,300
2009
160 Cambodia
54,200
2009
161 Isle of Man
51,000
1999
162 Maldives
49,913
2009
163 Gambia, The
49,000
2009
164 Eritrea
48,500
2009
165 Guernsey
45,100
2009
166 Swaziland
44,000
2009
167 Saint Lucia
41,000
2009
168 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
40,000
2009
169 Lesotho
40,000
2009
170 Aruba
38,300
2009
171 Cayman Islands
38,000
2009
172 Andorra
37,900
2009
173 Antigua and Barbuda
37,400
2009
174 Monaco
35,400
2009
175 Rwanda
33,500
2009
176 Sierra Leone
32,800
2009
177 Samoa
31,900
2009
178 Burundi
31,500
2009
179 Belize
31,200
2009
180 Tonga
31,000
2009
181 Grenada
28,600
2009
182 Gabon
26,500
2009
183 Bhutan
26,300
2009
184 Comoros
25,400
2009
185 Northern Mariana Islands
25,100
2009
186 Congo, Republic of the
24,300
2009
187 Gibraltar
24,000
2009
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
23,000
2009
189 Seychelles
22,100
2009
190 Greenland
22,000
2009
191 Guinea
22,000
2009
192 San Marino
21,500
2009
193 Faroe Islands
20,900
2009
194 Saint Kitts and Nevis
20,500
2009
195 British Virgin Islands
20,100
2009
196 Liechtenstein
19,600
2009
197 Dominica
17,500
2009
198 Djibouti
16,800
2009
199 Chad
13,000
2009
200 Central African Republic
12,000
2009
201 American Samoa
10,400
2009
202 Equatorial Guinea
10,000
2009
203 Mayotte
10,000
2009
204 Micronesia, Federated States of
8,700
2009
205 Solomon Islands
8,200
2009
206 Sao Tome and Principe
7,800
2009
207 Vanuatu
7,200
2009
208 Palau
7,100
2009
209 Cook Islands
6,900
2009
210 Anguilla
6,300
2009
211 Sint Maarten
5,153
2001
212 Holy See (Vatican City)
5,120
2005
213 Guinea-Bissau
4,800
2009
214 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4,800
2009
215 Marshall Islands
4,400
2009
216 Belgium
4,255
2009
217 Kiribati
4,000
2009
218 Turks and Caicos Islands
3,700
2009
219 Wallis and Futuna
3,000
2009
220 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
2,900
2009
221 Montserrat
2,700
2009
222 Norfolk Island
2,532
2004
223 Timor-Leste
2,400
2009
224 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2,000
2009
225 Liberia
2,000
2009
226 Nauru
1,900
2009
227 Tuvalu
1,700
2009
228 Niue
1,100
2009
229 Tokelau
300
2009
230 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
287
1992
231 Pitcairn Islands
1
2004
232 Antarctica
0
2001
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