Rank Order - Telephones - main lines in use

Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
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 NA
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 2004
233
 Antarctica 2001

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