Field Listing - Telephones - main lines in use

Country
Telephones - main lines in use
Afghanistan 280,000 (2005)
Albania 353,600 (2005)
Algeria 2.841 million (2006)
American Samoa 10,400 (2004)
Andorra 35,400 (2005)
Angola 98,200 (2006)
Anguilla 6,200 (2002)
Antarctica 0; note - information for US bases only (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda 40,000 (2006)
Argentina 9.46 million (2006)
Armenia 603,900 (2006)
Aruba 38,300 (2005)
Australia 9.94 million (2006)
Austria 3.564 million (2006)
Azerbaijan 1.189 million (2006)
Bahamas, The 133,100 (2005)
Bahrain 193,300 (2006)
Bangladesh 1.134 million (2006)
Barbados 134,900 (2005)
Belarus 3.368 million (2006)
Belgium 4.719 million (2006)
Belize 33,900 (2006)
Benin 77,300 (2006)
Bermuda 57,700 (2006)
Bhutan 31,500 (2006)
Bolivia 646,300 (2005)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 989,000 (2006)
Botswana 136,900 (2006)
Brazil 38.8 million (2006)
British Indian Ocean Territory NA
British Virgin Islands 11,700 (2002)
Brunei 80,200 (2006)
Bulgaria 2.399 million (2006)
Burkina Faso 94,800 (2006)
Burma 503,900 (2005)
Burundi 31,100 (2005)
Cambodia 32,800 (2006)
Cameroon 100,300 (2005)
Canada 21 million (2006)
Cape Verde 71,600 (2006)
Cayman Islands 38,000 (2002)
Central African Republic 12,000 (2006)
Chad 13,000 (2006)
Chile 3.326 million (2006)
China 368 million (2006)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 (1992)
Colombia 7.865 million (2006)
Comoros 16,900 (2005)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9,700 (2006)
Congo, Republic of the 15,900 (2005)
Cook Islands 6,200 (2002)
Costa Rica 1.351 million (2006)
Cote d'Ivoire 260,900 (2006)
Croatia 1.832 million (2006)
Cuba 972,900 (2006)
Cyprus area under government control: 408,300 (2006); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)
Czech Republic 2.888 million (2006)
Denmark 3.098 million (2006)
Djibouti 10,800 (2005)
Dominica 21,000 (2004)
Dominican Republic 897,000 (2006)
Ecuador 1.754 million (2006)
Egypt 10.808 million (2006)
El Salvador 1.037 million (2006)
Equatorial Guinea 10,000 (2005)
Eritrea 37,700 (2006)
Estonia 541,900 (2006)
Ethiopia 725,000 (2006)
European Union 238 million (2005)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 (2002)
Faroe Islands 23,000 (2006)
Fiji 112,500 (2005)
Finland 1.92 million (2006)
France 34.63 million; 33.897 million (metropolitan France) (2006)
French Polynesia 53,600 (2006)
Gabon 36,500 (2006)
Gambia, The 52,900 (2006)
Gaza Strip 349,000 (includes West Bank) (2005)
Georgia 544,000 (2007)
Germany 54.2 million (2006)
Ghana 356,400 (2006)
Gibraltar 24,512 (2002)
Greece 6.185 million (2006)
Greenland 25,300 (2002)
Grenada 27,700 (2006)
Guam 80,000 (2001)
Guatemala 1.355 million (2006)
Guernsey 45,100 (2005)
Guinea 26,300 (2005)
Guinea-Bissau 10,200 (2005)
Guyana 110,100 (2005)
Haiti 145,300 (2005)
Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 (2005)
Honduras 708,400 (2006)
Hong Kong 3.87 million (2007)
Hungary 3.35 million (2006)
Iceland 193,700 (2006)
India 49.75 million (2005)
Indonesia 14.821 million (2006)
Iran 21.981 million (2006)
Iraq 1.547 million (2005)
Ireland 2.097 million (2006)
Isle of Man 51,000 (1999)
Israel 3.005 million (2006)
Italy 25.049 million (2005)
Jamaica 319,000 (2005)
Japan 55.155 million (2006)
Jersey 73,900 (2001)
Jordan 614,000 (2006)
Kazakhstan 2.928 million (2006)
Kenya 293,400 (2006)
Kiribati 4,500 (2002)
Korea, North 980,000 (2003)
Korea, South 26.866 million (2006)
Kosovo 106,300 (2006)
Kuwait 510,300 (2005)
Kyrgyzstan 458,900 (2006)
Laos 90,067 (2006)
Latvia 657,400 (2006)
Lebanon 681,400 (2006)
Lesotho 48,000 (2005)
Liberia 6,900 (2002)
Libya 483,000 (2006)
Liechtenstein 20,000 (2005)
Lithuania 792,400 (2006)
Luxembourg 246,700 (2006)
Macau 178,013 (2007)
Macedonia 490,900 (2006)
Madagascar 129,800 (2006)
Malawi 102,700 (2005)
Malaysia 4.342 million (2006)
Maldives 32,500 (2006)
Mali 82,500 (2006)
Malta 202,300 (2006)
Marshall Islands 4,500 (2004)
Mauritania 34,900 (2006)
Mauritius 357,300 (2006)
Mayotte 10,000 (2002)
Mexico 19.861 million (2006)
Micronesia, Federated States of 12,400 (2005)
Moldova 1.018 million (2006)
Monaco 34,000 (2005)
Mongolia 158,900 (2006)
Montenegro 353,300 (2006)
Montserrat NA
Morocco 1.266 million (2006)
Mozambique 67,000 (2006)
Namibia 138,900 (2005)
Nauru 1,900 (2002)
Nepal 595,800 (2006)
Netherlands 7.6 million (2005)
Netherlands Antilles 81,000 (2001)
New Caledonia 55,300 (2005)
New Zealand 1.729 million (2005)
Nicaragua 247,900 (2006)
Niger 24,000 (2005)
Nigeria 1.688 million (2006)
Niue 1,100 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island 2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 (2000)
Norway 2.055 million (2006)
Oman 278,300 (2006)
Pakistan 5.24 million (2006)
Palau 6,700 (2002)
Panama 432,900 (2006)
Papua New Guinea 63,700 (2005)
Paraguay 331,100 (2006)
Peru 2.332 million (2006)
Philippines 3.633 million (2006)
Pitcairn Islands 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)
Poland 11.475 million (2006)
Portugal 4.231 million (2006)
Puerto Rico 1.038 million (2005)
Qatar 228,300 (2006)
Romania 4.231 million (2006)
Russia 40.1 million (2005)
Rwanda 22,000 (2005)
Saint Helena 2,200 (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 (2004)
Saint Lucia 51,100 (2002)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 (2002)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,600 (2006)
Samoa 19,500 (2005)
San Marino 21,000 (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe 7,100 (2005)
Saudi Arabia 4.5 million (2006)
Senegal 282,600 (2006)
Serbia 2.719 million (2006)
Seychelles 20,700 (2006)
Sierra Leone 24,000 (2002)
Singapore 1.854 million (2006)
Slovakia 1.167 million (2006)
Slovenia 837,500 (2006)
Solomon Islands 7,400 (2005)
Somalia 100,000 (2005)
South Africa 4.729 million (2005)
Spain 18.385 million (2006)
Sri Lanka 2.742 million (2007)
Sudan 636,900 (2006)
Suriname 81,500 (2006)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 44,000 (2006)
Sweden 6.379 million (2005)
Switzerland 5.04 million (2006)
Syria 3.243 million (2006)
Taiwan 14.497 million (2006)
Tajikistan 280,200 (2005)
Tanzania 169,135 (2007)
Thailand 7.073 million (2006)
Timor-Leste 2,500 (2006)
Togo 82,100 (2006)
Tokelau 300 (2002)
Tonga 13,700 (2005)
Trinidad and Tobago 325,500 (2006)
Tunisia 1.268 million (2006)
Turkey 18.978 million (2005)
Turkmenistan 495,000 (2006)
Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 (2002)
Tuvalu 900 (2005)
Uganda 108,100 (2006)
Ukraine 12.341 million (2006)
United Arab Emirates 1.31 million (2006)
United Kingdom 33.602 million (2006)
United States 172 million (2006)
Uruguay 987,000 (2006)
Uzbekistan 1.793 million (2005)
Vanuatu 7,000 (2005)
Venezuela 4.217 million (2006)
Vietnam 10.8 million (2007)
Virgin Islands 71,700 (2005)
Wallis and Futuna 1,900 (2002)
West Bank 349,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2005)
Western Sahara about 2,000 (1999 est.)
World 1,263,367,600 (2005)
Yemen 968,400 (2006)
Zambia 93,400 (2006)
Zimbabwe 331,700 (2006)

This page was last updated on 4 September 2008
 

Source : The World Factbook