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Field Listing :: Telephones - main lines in use
This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
Telephones - main lines in use
Afghanistan 140,000 (2010)
Albania 331,500 (2010)
Algeria 2.923 million (2010)
American Samoa 10,400 (2010)
Andorra 38,200 (2010)
Angola 303,200 (2010)
Anguilla 6,300 (2010)
Antigua and Barbuda 41,700 (2010)
Argentina 10 million (2010)
Armenia 589,900 (2010)
Aruba 35,000 (2010)
Australia 8.66 million (2010)
Austria 3.245 million (2010)
Azerbaijan 1.5 million (2010)
Bahamas, The 129,300 (2010)
Bahrain 228,000 (2010)
Bangladesh 900,000 (2010)
Barbados 137,500 (2010)
Belarus 4.139 million (2010)
Belgium 4.64 million (2010)
Belize 30,300 (2010)
Benin 133,400 (2010)
Bermuda 57,800 (2010)
Bhutan 26,300 (2010)
Bolivia 848,200 (2010)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 998,600 (2010)
Botswana 137,400 (2010)
Brazil 42.141 million (2010)
British Indian Ocean Territory NA
British Virgin Islands 20,100 (2010)
Brunei 79,900 (2010)
Bulgaria 2.2 million (2010)
Burkina Faso 144,000 (2010)
Burma 604,700 (2010)
Burundi 32,600 (2010)
Cambodia 358,800 (2010)
Cameroon 496,500 (2010)
Canada 17.021 million (2010)
Cape Verde 72,000 (2010)
Cayman Islands 37,400 (2010)
Central African Republic 12,000 (2010)
Chad 51,200 (2010)
Chile 3.458 million (2010)
China 294.383 million (2010)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 (1992)
Colombia 6.809 million (2010)
Comoros 21,000 (2010)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 42,000 (2010)
Congo, Republic of the 9,800 (2010)
Cook Islands 7,200 (2010)
Costa Rica 1.482 million (2010)
Cote d'Ivoire 223,200 (2010)
Croatia 1.866 million (2010)
Cuba 1.164 million (2010)
Curacao NA
Cyprus area under government control: 414,700 (2010); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)
Czech Republic 2.198 million (2010)
Denmark 2.623 million (2010)
Djibouti 18,500 (2010)
Dominica 15,500 (2010)
Dominican Republic 1.01 million (2010)
Ecuador 2.086 million (2010)
Egypt 9.618 million (2010)
El Salvador 1 million (2010)
Equatorial Guinea 13,500 (2010)
Eritrea 54,200 (2010)
Estonia 482,200 (2010)
Ethiopia 908,900 (2010)
European Union 238 million (2005)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,000 (2010)
Faroe Islands 20,200 (2010)
Fiji 137,000 (2010)
Finland 1.25 million (2010)
France 36.154 million; 35.2 million (metropolitan France) (2010)
French Polynesia 54,900 (2010)
Gabon 30,400 (2010)
Gambia, The 48,800 (2010)
Gaza Strip 337,000 (includes West Bank) (2010)
Georgia 597,000 (2010)
Germany 45.6 million (2010)
Ghana 277,900 (2010)
Gibraltar 24,000 (2010)
Greece 5.203 million (2010)
Greenland 21,800 (2010)
Grenada 28,400 (2010)
Guam 65,500 (2010)
Guatemala 1.499 million (2010)
Guernsey 45,100 (2010)
Guinea 18,000 (2010)
Guinea-Bissau 5,000 (2010)
Guyana 149,900 (2010)
Haiti 50,000 (2010)
Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 (2005)
Honduras 669,500 (2010)
Hong Kong 4.345 million (2010)
Hungary 2.977 million (2010)
Iceland 204,000 (2010)
India 35.09 million (2010)
Indonesia 37.96 million (2010)
Iran 26.849 million (2010)
Iraq 1.6 million (2010)
Ireland 2.078 million (2010)
Isle of Man 51,000 (1999)
Israel 3.276 million (2010)
Italy 21.6 million (2010)
Jamaica 263,100 (2010)
Japan 40.419 million (2009)
Jersey 73,800 (2010)
Jordan 485,000 (2010)
Kazakhstan 4.011 million (2010)
Kenya 460,100 (2010)
Kiribati 4,100 (2010)
Korea, North 1.18 million (2008)
Korea, South 28.543 million (2010)
Kosovo 106,300 (2006)
Kuwait 566,300 (2010)
Kyrgyzstan 502,200 (2010)
Laos 103,100 (2010)
Latvia 532,100 (2010)
Lebanon 887,800 (2010)
Lesotho 38,800 (2010)
Liberia 5,900 (2010)
Libya 1.228 million (2010)
Liechtenstein 19,600 (2010)
Lithuania 733,700 (2010)
Luxembourg 272,400 (2010)
Macau 167,500 (2011)
Macedonia 413,100 (2010)
Madagascar 172,200 (2010)
Malawi 160,100 (2010)
Malaysia 4.573 million (2010)
Maldives 48,000 (2010)
Mali 114,400 (2010)
Malta 247,300 (2010)
Marshall Islands 4,400 (2010)
Mauritania 71,600 (2010)
Mauritius 387,700 (2010)
Mexico 19.892 million (2010)
Micronesia, Federated States of 8,500 (2010)
Moldova 1.161 million (2010)
Monaco 34,100 (2010)
Mongolia 193,200 (2010)
Montenegro 169,500 (2010)
Montserrat 2,600 (2010)
Morocco 3.749 million (2010)
Mozambique 88,100 (2010)
Namibia 152,000 (2010)
Nauru 1,900 (2009)
Nepal 841,700 (2010)
Netherlands 7.169 million (2010)
New Caledonia 72,200 (2010)
New Zealand 1.87 million (2010)
Nicaragua 258,000 (2010)
Niger 83,600 (2010)
Nigeria 1.05 million (2010)
Niue 1,200 (2010)
Norfolk Island 2,532 (2004)
Northern Mariana Islands 25,500 (2010)
Norway 1.702 million (2010)
Oman 283,900 (2010)
Pakistan 3.419 million (2010)
Palau 7,000 (2010)
Panama 553,100 (2010)
Papua New Guinea 121,200 (2010)
Paraguay 405,000 (2010)
Peru 3.16 million (2010)
Philippines 6.783 million (2010)
Pitcairn Islands 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (2004)
Poland 9.451 million (2010)
Portugal 4.485 million (2010)
Puerto Rico 891,900 (2010)
Qatar 298,100 (2010)
Romania 4.5 million (2010)
Russia 44.959 million (2010)
Rwanda 39,700 (2010)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 3,000 (2010)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 20,600 (2010)
Saint Lucia 41,100 (2010)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 (2010)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 21,700 (2010)
Samoa 35,300 (2010)
San Marino 21,700 (2010)
Sao Tome and Principe 7,700 (2010)
Saudi Arabia 4.166 million (2010)
Senegal 341,900 (2010)
Serbia 3.11 million (2010)
Seychelles 22,000 (2010)
Sierra Leone 14,000 (2010)
Singapore 1.984 million (2010)
Sint Maarten 5,153 (2001)
Slovakia 1.099 million (2010)
Slovenia 913,600 (2010)
Solomon Islands 8,400 (2010)
Somalia 100,000 (2010)
South Africa 4.225 million (2010)
Spain 19.904 million (2010)
Sri Lanka 3.579 million (2010)
Sudan 374,700 (2010)
Suriname 85,000 (2010)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 44,000 (2010)
Sweden 5.014 million (2010)
Switzerland 4.488 million (2010)
Syria 4.069 million (2010)
Taiwan 16.433 million (2010)
Tajikistan 367,700 (2010)
Tanzania 174,500 (2010)
Thailand 7.009 million (2010)
Timor-Leste 2,400 (2010)
Togo 213,800 (2010)
Tokelau 300 (2010)
Tonga 31,000 (2010)
Trinidad and Tobago 293,300 (2010)
Tunisia 1.29 million (2010)
Turkey 16.202 million (2010)
Turkmenistan 520,000 (2010)
Turks and Caicos Islands 3,700 (2010)
Tuvalu 1,600 (2010)
Uganda 327,100 (2010)
Ukraine 12.941 million (2010)
United Arab Emirates 1.48 million (2010)
United Kingdom 33.32 million (2010)
United States 151 million (2010)
Uruguay 962,200 (2010)
Uzbekistan 1.864 million (2010)
Vanuatu 5,000 (2010)
Venezuela 7.083 million (2010)
Vietnam 16.4 million (2010)
Virgin Islands 75,800 (2010)
Wallis and Futuna 3,100 (2010)
West Bank 337,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2010)
Western Sahara NA (2010)
World 1.175 billion (2010)
Yemen 1.046 million (2010)
Zambia 90,100 (2010)
Zimbabwe 379,000 (2010)
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