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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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country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information
1 China
294,383,000
2010
2 United States
151,000,000
2010
3 Germany
45,600,000
2010
4 Russia
44,959,000
2010
5 Brazil
42,141,000
2010
6 Japan
40,419,000
2009
7 Indonesia
37,960,000
2010
8 France
36,154,000
2010
9 India
35,090,000
2010
10 United Kingdom
33,320,000
2010
11 Korea, South
28,543,000
2010
12 Iran
26,849,000
2010
13 Italy
21,600,000
2010
14 Spain
19,904,000
2010
15 Mexico
19,892,000
2010
16 Canada
17,021,000
2010
17 Taiwan
16,433,000
2010
18 Vietnam
16,400,000
2010
19 Turkey
16,202,000
2010
20 Ukraine
12,941,000
2010
21 Argentina
10,000,000
2010
22 Egypt
9,618,000
2010
23 Poland
9,451,000
2010
24 Australia
8,660,000
2010
25 Netherlands
7,169,000
2010
26 Venezuela
7,083,000
2010
27 Thailand
7,009,000
2010
28 Colombia
6,809,000
2010
29 Philippines
6,783,000
2010
30 Greece
5,203,000
2010
31 Sweden
5,014,000
2010
32 Belgium
4,640,000
2010
33 Malaysia
4,573,000
2010
34 Romania
4,500,000
2010
35 Switzerland
4,488,000
2010
36 Portugal
4,485,000
2010
37 Hong Kong
4,345,000
2010
38 South Africa
4,225,000
2010
39 Saudi Arabia
4,166,000
2010
40 Belarus
4,139,000
2010
41 Syria
4,069,000
2010
42 Kazakhstan
4,011,000
2010
43 Morocco
3,749,000
2010
44 Sri Lanka
3,579,000
2010
45 Chile
3,458,000
2010
46 Pakistan
3,419,000
2010
47 Israel
3,276,000
2010
48 Austria
3,245,000
2010
49 Peru
3,160,000
2010
50 Serbia
3,110,000
2010
51 Hungary
2,977,000
2010
52 Algeria
2,923,000
2010
53 Denmark
2,623,000
2010
54 Bulgaria
2,200,000
2010
55 Czech Republic
2,198,000
2010
56 Ecuador
2,086,000
2010
57 Ireland
2,078,000
2010
58 Singapore
1,984,000
2010
59 New Zealand
1,870,000
2010
60 Croatia
1,866,000
2010
61 Uzbekistan
1,864,000
2010
62 Norway
1,702,000
2010
63 Iraq
1,600,000
2010
64 Azerbaijan
1,500,000
2010
65 Guatemala
1,499,000
2010
66 Costa Rica
1,482,000
2010
67 United Arab Emirates
1,480,000
2010
68 Tunisia
1,290,000
2010
69 Finland
1,250,000
2010
70 Libya
1,228,000
2010
71 Korea, North
1,180,000
2008
72 Cuba
1,164,000
2010
73 Moldova
1,161,000
2010
74 Slovakia
1,099,000
2010
75 Nigeria
1,050,000
2010
76 Yemen
1,046,000
2010
77 Dominican Republic
1,010,000
2010
78 El Salvador
1,000,000
2010
79 Bosnia and Herzegovina
998,600
2010
80 Uruguay
962,200
2010
81 Slovenia
913,600
2010
82 Ethiopia
908,900
2010
83 Bangladesh
900,000
2010
84 Puerto Rico
891,900
2010
85 Lebanon
887,800
2010
86 Bolivia
848,200
2010
87 Nepal
841,700
2010
88 Lithuania
733,700
2010
89 Honduras
669,500
2010
90 Burma
604,700
2010
91 Georgia
597,000
2010
92 Armenia
589,900
2010
93 Kuwait
566,300
2010
94 Panama
553,100
2010
95 Latvia
532,100
2010
96 Turkmenistan
520,000
2010
97 Kyrgyzstan
502,200
2010
98 Cameroon
496,500
2010
99 Jordan
485,000
2010
100 Estonia
482,200
2010
101 Kenya
460,100
2010
102 Cyprus
414,700
NA
103 Macedonia
413,100
2010
104 Paraguay
405,000
2010
105 Mauritius
387,700
2010
106 Zimbabwe
379,000
2010
107 Sudan
374,700
2010
108 Tajikistan
367,700
2010
109 Cambodia
358,800
2010
110 Senegal
341,900
2010
111 West Bank
337,000
2010
112 Gaza Strip
337,000
2010
113 Albania
331,500
2010
114 Uganda
327,100
2010
115 Angola
303,200
2010
116 Qatar
298,100
2010
117 Trinidad and Tobago
293,300
2010
118 Oman
283,900
2010
119 Ghana
277,900
2010
120 Luxembourg
272,400
2010
121 Jamaica
263,100
2010
122 Nicaragua
258,000
2010
123 Malta
247,300
2010
124 Bahrain
228,000
2010
125 Cote d'Ivoire
223,200
2010
126 Togo
213,800
2010
127 Iceland
204,000
2010
128 Mongolia
193,200
2010
129 Tanzania
174,500
2010
130 Madagascar
172,200
2010
131 Montenegro
169,500
2010
132 Macau
167,500
2011
133 Malawi
160,100
2010
134 Namibia
152,000
2010
135 Guyana
149,900
2010
136 Burkina Faso
144,000
2010
137 Afghanistan
140,000
2010
138 Barbados
137,500
2010
139 Botswana
137,400
2010
140 Fiji
137,000
2010
141 Benin
133,400
2010
142 Bahamas, The
129,300
2010
143 Papua New Guinea
121,200
2010
144 Mali
114,400
2010
145 Kosovo
106,300
2006
146 Laos
103,100
2010
147 Somalia
100,000
2010
148 Zambia
90,100
2010
149 Mozambique
88,100
2010
150 Suriname
85,000
2010
151 Niger
83,600
2010
152 Brunei
79,900
2010
153 Virgin Islands
75,800
2010
154 Jersey
73,800
2010
155 New Caledonia
72,200
2010
156 Cape Verde
72,000
2010
157 Mauritania
71,600
2010
158 Bermuda
57,800
2010
159 French Polynesia
54,900
2010
160 Eritrea
54,200
2010
161 Chad
51,200
2010
162 Isle of Man
51,000
1999
163 Haiti
50,000
2010
164 Gambia, The
48,800
2010
165 Maldives
48,000
2010
166 Guernsey
45,100
2010
167 Swaziland
44,000
2010
168 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
42,000
2010
169 Antigua and Barbuda
41,700
2010
170 Saint Lucia
41,100
2010
171 Rwanda
39,700
2010
172 Lesotho
38,800
2010
173 Andorra
38,200
2010
174 Cayman Islands
37,400
2010
175 Samoa
35,300
2010
176 Aruba
35,000
2010
177 Monaco
34,100
2010
178 Burundi
32,600
2010
179 Tonga
31,000
2010
180 Gabon
30,400
2010
181 Belize
30,300
2010
182 Grenada
28,400
2010
183 Bhutan
26,300
2010
184 Northern Mariana Islands
25,500
2010
185 Gibraltar
24,000
2010
186 Seychelles
22,000
2010
187 Greenland
21,800
2010
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
21,700
2010
189 San Marino
21,700
2010
190 Comoros
21,000
2010
191 Saint Kitts and Nevis
20,600
2010
192 Faroe Islands
20,200
2010
193 British Virgin Islands
20,100
2010
194 Liechtenstein
19,600
2010
195 Djibouti
18,500
2010
196 Guinea
18,000
2010
197 Dominica
15,500
2010
198 Sierra Leone
14,000
2010
199 Equatorial Guinea
13,500
2010
200 Central African Republic
12,000
2010
201 American Samoa
10,400
2010
202 Congo, Republic of the
9,800
2010
203 Micronesia, Federated States of
8,500
2010
204 Solomon Islands
8,400
2010
205 Sao Tome and Principe
7,700
2010
206 Cook Islands
7,200
2010
207 Palau
7,000
2010
208 Anguilla
6,300
2010
209 Liberia
5,900
2010
210 Sint Maarten
5,153
2001
211 Holy See (Vatican City)
5,120
2005
212 Guinea-Bissau
5,000
2010
213 Vanuatu
5,000
2010
214 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4,800
2010
215 Marshall Islands
4,400
2010
216 Kiribati
4,100
2010
217 Turks and Caicos Islands
3,700
2010
218 Wallis and Futuna
3,100
2010
219 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
3,000
2010
220 Montserrat
2,600
2010
221 Norfolk Island
2,532
2004
222 Timor-Leste
2,400
2010
223 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2,000
2010
224 Nauru
1,900
2009
225 Tuvalu
1,600
2010
226 Niue
1,200
2010
227 Tokelau
300
2010
228 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
287
1992
229 Pitcairn Islands
1
2004
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