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Rank Country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information 1 World 1,263,367,600 2005 2 China 368,000,000 2006 3 European Union 238,000,000 2005 4 United States 172,000,000 2006 5 Japan 55,155,000 2006 6 Germany 54,200,000 2006 7 India 49,750,000 2005 8 Russia 40,100,000 2005 9 Brazil 38,800,000 2006 10 France 34,630,000 2006 11 United Kingdom 33,602,000 2006 12 Korea, South 26,866,000 2006 13 Italy 25,049,000 2005 14 Iran 21,981,000 2006 15 Canada 21,000,000 2006 16 Mexico 19,861,000 2006 17 Turkey 18,978,000 2005 18 Spain 18,385,000 2006 19 Indonesia 14,821,000 2006 20 Taiwan 14,497,000 2006 21 Ukraine 12,341,000 2006 22 Poland 11,475,000 2006 23 Egypt 10,808,000 2006 24 Vietnam 10,800,000 2007 25 Australia 9,940,000 2006 26 Argentina 9,460,000 2006 27 Colombia 7,865,000 2006 28 Netherlands 7,600,000 2005 29 Thailand 7,073,000 2006 30 Sweden 6,379,000 2005 31 Greece 6,185,000 2006 32 Pakistan 5,240,000 2006 33 Switzerland 5,040,000 2006 34 South Africa 4,729,000 2005 35 Belgium 4,719,000 2006 36 Saudi Arabia 4,500,000 2006 37 Malaysia 4,342,000 2006 38 Portugal 4,231,000 2006 39 Romania 4,231,000 2006 40 Venezuela 4,217,000 2006 41 Hong Kong 3,870,000 2007 42 Philippines 3,633,000 2006 43 Austria 3,564,000 2006 44 Belarus 3,368,000 2006 45 Hungary 3,350,000 2006 46 Chile 3,326,000 2006 47 Syria 3,243,000 2006 48 Denmark 3,098,000 2006 49 Israel 3,005,000 2006 50 Kazakhstan 2,928,000 2006 51 Czech Republic 2,888,000 2006 52 Algeria 2,841,000 2006 53 Sri Lanka 2,742,000 2007 54 Serbia 2,719,000 2006 55 Bulgaria 2,399,000 2006 56 Peru 2,332,000 2006 57 Ireland 2,097,000 2006 58 Norway 2,055,000 2006 59 Finland 1,920,000 2006 60 Singapore 1,854,000 2006 61 Croatia 1,832,000 2006 62 Uzbekistan 1,793,000 2005 63 Ecuador 1,754,000 2006 64 New Zealand 1,729,000 2005 65 Nigeria 1,688,000 2006 66 Iraq 1,547,000 2005 67 Guatemala 1,355,000 2006 68 Costa Rica 1,351,000 2006 69 United Arab Emirates 1,310,000 2006 70 Tunisia 1,268,000 2006 71 Morocco 1,266,000 2006 72 Azerbaijan 1,189,000 2006 73 Slovakia 1,167,000 2006 74 Bangladesh 1,134,000 2006 75 Puerto Rico 1,038,000 2005 76 El Salvador 1,037,000 2006 77 Moldova 1,018,000 2006 78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 989,000 2006 79 Uruguay 987,000 2006 80 Korea, North 980,000 2003 81 Cuba 972,900 2006 82 Yemen 968,400 2006 83 Dominican Republic 897,000 2006 84 Slovenia 837,500 2006 85 Lithuania 792,400 2006 86 Ethiopia 725,000 2006 87 Honduras 708,400 2006 88 Lebanon 681,400 2006 89 Latvia 657,400 2006 90 Bolivia 646,300 2005 91 Sudan 636,900 2006 92 Jordan 614,000 2006 93 Armenia 603,900 2006 94 Nepal 595,800 2006 95 Georgia 544,000 2007 96 Estonia 541,900 2006 97 Kuwait 510,300 2005 98 Burma 503,900 2005 99 Turkmenistan 495,000 2006 100 Macedonia 490,900 2006 101 Libya 483,000 2006 102 Kyrgyzstan 458,900 2006 103 Panama 432,900 2006 104 Cyprus 408,300 105 Mauritius 357,300 2006 106 Ghana 356,400 2006 107 Albania 353,600 2005 108 Montenegro 353,300 2006 109 Gaza Strip 349,000 2005 110 West Bank 349,000 2005 111 Zimbabwe 331,700 2006 112 Paraguay 331,100 2006 113 Trinidad and Tobago 325,500 2006 114 Jamaica 319,000 2005 115 Kenya 293,400 2006 116 Senegal 282,600 2006 117 Tajikistan 280,200 2005 118 Afghanistan 280,000 2005 119 Oman 278,300 2006 120 Cote d'Ivoire 260,900 2006 121 Nicaragua 247,900 2006 122 Luxembourg 246,700 2006 123 Qatar 228,300 2006 124 Malta 202,300 2006 125 Iceland 193,700 2006 126 Bahrain 193,300 2006 127 Macau 178,013 2007 128 Tanzania 169,135 2007 129 Mongolia 158,900 2006 130 Haiti 145,300 2005 131 Namibia 138,900 2005 132 Botswana 136,900 2006 133 Barbados 134,900 2005 134 Bahamas, The 133,100 2005 135 Madagascar 129,800 2006 136 Fiji 112,500 2005 137 Guyana 110,100 2005 138 Uganda 108,100 2006 139 Kosovo 106,300 2006 140 Malawi 102,700 2005 141 Cameroon 100,300 2005 142 Somalia 100,000 2005 143 Angola 98,200 2006 144 Burkina Faso 94,800 2006 145 Zambia 93,400 2006 146 Laos 90,067 2006 147 Mali 82,500 2006 148 Togo 82,100 2006 149 Suriname 81,500 2006 150 Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001 151 Brunei 80,200 2006 152 Guam 80,000 2001 153 Benin 77,300 2006 154 Jersey 73,900 2001 155 Virgin Islands 71,700 2005 156 Cape Verde 71,600 2006 157 Mozambique 67,000 2006 158 Papua New Guinea 63,700 2005 159 Bermuda 57,700 2006 160 New Caledonia 55,300 2005 161 French Polynesia 53,600 2006 162 Gambia, The 52,900 2006 163 Saint Lucia 51,100 2002 164 Isle of Man 51,000 1999 165 Lesotho 48,000 2005 166 Guernsey 45,100 2005 167 Swaziland 44,000 2006 168 Antigua and Barbuda 40,000 2006 169 Aruba 38,300 2005 170 Cayman Islands 38,000 2002 171 Eritrea 37,700 2006 172 Gabon 36,500 2006 173 Andorra 35,400 2005 174 Mauritania 34,900 2006 175 Monaco 34,000 2005 176 Belize 33,900 2006 177 Cambodia 32,800 2006 178 Maldives 32,500 2006 179 Bhutan 31,500 2006 180 Burundi 31,100 2005 181 Grenada 27,700 2006 182 Guinea 26,300 2005 183 Greenland 25,300 2002 184 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 2004 185 Gibraltar 24,512 2002 186 Niger 24,000 2005 187 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002 188 Faroe Islands 23,000 2006 189 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,600 2006 190 Rwanda 22,000 2005 191 Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000 192 Dominica 21,000 2004 193 San Marino 21,000 2006 194 Seychelles 20,700 2006 195 Liechtenstein 20,000 2005 196 Samoa 19,500 2005 197 Comoros 16,900 2005 198 Congo, Republic of the 15,900 2005 199 Tonga 13,700 2005 200 Chad 13,000 2006 201 Micronesia, Federated States of 12,400 2005 202 Central African Republic 12,000 2006 203 British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002 204 Djibouti 10,800 2005 205 American Samoa 10,400 2004 206 Guinea-Bissau 10,200 2005 207 Equatorial Guinea 10,000 2005 208 Mayotte 10,000 2002 209 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9,700 2006 210 Solomon Islands 7,400 2005 211 Sao Tome and Principe 7,100 2005 212 Vanuatu 7,000 2005 213 Liberia 6,900 2002 214 Palau 6,700 2002 215 Anguilla 6,200 2002 216 Cook Islands 6,200 2002 217 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002 218 Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 2005 219 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002 220 Kiribati 4,500 2002 221 Marshall Islands 4,500 2004 222 Norfolk Island 2,532 2004 223 Timor-Leste 2,500 2006 224 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002 225 Saint Helena 2,200 2002 226 Nauru 1,900 2002 227 Wallis and Futuna 1,900 2002 228 Niue 1,100 2002 est. 229 Tuvalu 900 2005 230 Tokelau 300 2002 231 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992 232 Pitcairn Islands 1 2004 233 Antarctica 0 2001 This file was last updated on 4 September, 2008