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Field Listing :: Telephones - main lines in use

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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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