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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
285,115,000
2011
2 United States
151,000,000
2009
3 Japan
64,585,000
2011
4 Germany
51,800,000
2011
5 Russia
44,959,000
2009
6 Brazil
43,026,000
2011
7 Indonesia
38,618,000
2011
8 France
35,300,000
2011
9 United Kingdom
33,320,000
2009
10 India
32,685,000
2011
11 Korea, South
29,468,000
2011
12 Iran
27,767,000
2011
13 Italy
21,060,000
2011
14 Spain
19,904,000
2009
15 Mexico
19,892,000
2009
16 Canada
16,438,000
2011
17 Taiwan
16,433,000
2009
18 Vietnam
16,400,000
2009
19 Turkey
16,202,000
2009
20 Ukraine
12,941,000
2009
21 Australia
10,540,000
2011
22 Argentina
10,140,000
2011
23 Poland
9,451,000
2009
24 Egypt
8,714,000
2011
25 Netherlands
7,169,000
2009
26 Colombia
7,127,000
2011
27 Venezuela
7,083,000
2009
28 Thailand
7,009,000
2009
29 Philippines
6,783,000
2010
30 Greece
5,685,000
2011
31 Sweden
5,014,000
2009
32 Belgium
4,631,000
2011
33 Malaysia
4,573,000
2009
34 Romania
4,500,000
2009
35 Portugal
4,485,000
2009
36 Switzerland
4,378,000
2009
37 Hong Kong
4,348,000
2011
38 Kazakhstan
4,237,000
2011
39 South Africa
4,225,000
2009
40 Belarus
4,208,000
2011
41 Saudi Arabia
4,166,000
2009
42 Syria
4,069,000
2009
43 Morocco
3,749,000
2009
44 Sri Lanka
3,579,000
2010
45 Israel
3,500,000
2011
46 Pakistan
3,419,000
2009
47 Austria
3,388,000
2011
48 Chile
3,366,000
2011
49 Peru
3,160,000
2009
50 Serbia
3,110,000
2009
51 Algeria
3,059,000
2011
52 Hungary
2,933,000
2011
53 Denmark
2,515,000
2011
54 Bulgaria
2,311,000
2011
55 Ecuador
2,211,000
2011
56 Czech Republic
2,202,000
2011
57 Ireland
2,047,000
2011
58 Singapore
1,984,000
2009
59 New Zealand
1,870,000
2009
60 Uzbekistan
1,864,000
2009
61 Iraq
1,794,000
2011
62 Croatia
1,761,000
2011
63 Norway
1,702,000
2009
64 Azerbaijan
1,684,000
2011
65 Guatemala
1,626,000
2011
66 Bangladesh
1,600,000
2011
67 Costa Rica
1,491,000
2011
68 United Arab Emirates
1,480,000
2009
69 Georgia
1,342,000
2011
70 Tunisia
1,290,000
2009
71 Finland
1,250,000
2009
72 Cuba
1,193,000
2011
73 Korea, North
1,180,000
2011
74 Moldova
1,161,000
2009
75 Slovakia
1,099,000
2009
76 Nigeria
1,050,000
2009
77 Yemen
1,046,000
2009
78 Dominican Republic
1,044,000
2011
79 Libya
1,000,000
2011
80 Uruguay
962,200
2009
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina
955,900
2011
82 El Salvador
950,000
2011
83 Slovenia
913,600
2009
84 Lebanon
900,000
2011
85 Puerto Rico
891,900
2009
86 Bolivia
879,800
2011
87 Nepal
841,700
2009
88 Ethiopia
829,000
2011
89 Lithuania
723,000
2011
90 Cameroon
669,000
2011
91 Honduras
609,200
2011
92 Armenia
577,500
2011
93 Kuwait
566,300
2010
94 Panama
553,100
2009
95 Cambodia
530,000
2011
96 Burma
521,100
2011
97 Turkmenistan
520,000
2009
98 Latvia
516,300
2011
99 Kyrgyzstan
480,000
2011
100 Estonia
470,500
2011
101 Jordan
465,400
2011
102 Macedonia
413,100
2009
103 Cyprus
405,000
NA
104 Paraguay
405,000
2009
105 Mauritius
387,700
2009
106 Zimbabwe
379,000
2009
107 Sudan
374,700
2009
108 Tajikistan
367,700
2009
109 Senegal
341,900
2009
110 Albania
338,800
2011
111 West Bank
337,000
2010
112 Gaza Strip
337,000
2010
113 Uganda
327,100
2009
114 Angola
303,200
2011
115 Qatar
298,100
2009
116 Trinidad and Tobago
293,300
2009
117 Ghana
284,700
2011
118 Oman
283,900
2009
119 Kenya
283,500
2011
120 Luxembourg
279,100
2011
121 Bahrain
276,500
2011
122 Jamaica
272,100
2011
123 Cote d'Ivoire
268,200
2011
124 Nicaragua
258,000
2009
125 Malta
247,300
2009
126 Togo
213,800
2009
127 Mongolia
193,200
2009
128 Iceland
189,500
2011
129 Tanzania
174,500
2010
130 Montenegro
169,500
2009
131 Macau
165,500
2011
132 Malawi
160,100
2009
133 Benin
152,700
2011
134 Guyana
152,600
2011
135 Namibia
152,000
2009
136 Botswana
149,600
2011
137 Burkina Faso
141,500
2011
138 Barbados
140,700
2011
139 Madagascar
138,100
2011
140 Bahamas, The
133,000
2011
141 Fiji
129,800
2011
142 Papua New Guinea
121,200
2009
143 Mali
114,400
2009
144 Laos
107,600
2011
145 Kosovo
106,300
2006
146 Somalia
100,000
2009
147 Zambia
90,100
2009
148 Mozambique
88,100
2009
149 Suriname
85,000
2009
150 Niger
83,600
2009
151 Brunei
79,800
2011
152 Virgin Islands
75,800
2009
153 Cape Verde
74,500
2011
154 Jersey
73,800
2010
155 New Caledonia
72,200
2009
156 Mauritania
71,600
2009
157 Eritrea
58,000
2011
158 Bermuda
57,800
2010
159 French Polynesia
55,000
2011
160 Isle of Man
51,000
1999
161 Haiti
50,000
2010
162 Gambia, The
49,100
2011
163 Maldives
48,000
2009
164 Guernsey
45,100
2010
165 Swaziland
44,000
2009
166 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
42,000
2011
167 Saint Lucia
41,100
2009
168 Rwanda
39,700
2009
169 Andorra
38,400
2011
170 Cayman Islands
37,200
2011
171 Lesotho
35,600
2011
172 Antigua and Barbuda
35,500
2011
173 Samoa
35,300
2009
174 Aruba
35,000
2010
175 Monaco
34,100
2009
176 Burundi
32,600
2010
177 Chad
31,200
2011
178 Tonga
31,000
2009
179 Gabon
30,000
2011
180 Belize
28,800
2011
181 Grenada
28,400
2010
182 Bhutan
27,500
2011
183 British Virgin Islands
26,800
2010
184 Northern Mariana Islands
25,500
2009
185 Gibraltar
24,000
2010
186 Comoros
23,600
2011
187 Seychelles
22,000
2009
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
21,700
2009
189 San Marino
21,700
2009
190 Saint Kitts and Nevis
20,600
2009
191 Faroe Islands
20,200
2009
192 Greenland
19,900
2011
193 Liechtenstein
19,600
2011
194 Djibouti
18,400
2011
195 Guinea
18,000
2011
196 Dominica
15,500
2010
197 Sierra Leone
14,000
2009
198 Equatorial Guinea
13,500
2010
199 Afghanistan
13,500
2011
200 American Samoa
10,400
2009
201 Congo, Republic of the
10,000
2011
202 Micronesia, Federated States of
8,500
2009
203 Kiribati
8,500
2011
204 Solomon Islands
8,400
2009
205 Sao Tome and Principe
7,700
2009
206 Cook Islands
7,200
2009
207 Palau
7,000
2009
208 Anguilla
6,200
2011
209 Sint Maarten
5,153
2001
210 Holy See (Vatican City)
5,120
2005
211 Guinea-Bissau
5,000
2010
212 Vanuatu
5,000
2009
213 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4,800
2009
214 Marshall Islands
4,400
2009
215 Turks and Caicos Islands
3,700
2009
216 Wallis and Futuna
3,100
2009
217 Liberia
3,100
2011
218 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
3,000
2009
219 Montserrat
2,600
2009
220 Norfolk Island
2,532
2004
221 Timor-Leste
2,400
2009
222 Central African Republic
2,300
2011
223 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2,000
2010
224 Nauru
1,900
2009
225 Tuvalu
1,600
2009
226 Niue
1,200
2009
227 Tokelau
300
2009
228 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
287
1992
229 Pitcairn Islands
1
2004
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