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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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Rank
 country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information
1 China
313,680,000
2009
2 United States
150,000,000
2008
3 Germany
48,700,000
2009
4 Japan
47,579,000
2008
5 Russia
44,200,000
2008
6 Brazil
41,497,000
2009
7 India
36,760,000
2010
8 France
36,431,000
2009
9 United Kingdom
33,209,000
2008
10 Indonesia
30,378,000
2008
11 Vietnam
29,591,000
2008
12 Iran
24,800,000
2008
13 Korea, South
21,325,000
2008
14 Mexico
20,667,000
2008
15 Spain
20,200,000
2008
16 Italy
20,031,000
2008
17 Canada
18,251,000
2009
18 Turkey
17,502,000
2008
19 Taiwan
14,273,000
2008
20 Ukraine
13,177,000
2008
21 Poland
10,336,000
2008
22 Egypt
10,313,000
2009
23 Argentina
9,764,000
2009
24 Australia
9,020,000
2009
25 Colombia
7,500,000
2009
26 Netherlands
7,324,000
2008
27 Thailand
7,024,000
2008
28 Venezuela
6,304,000
2008
29 Greece
5,930,000
2009
30 Sweden
5,323,000
2008
31 Romania
5,036,000
2007
32 Switzerland
4,820,000
2008
33 Pakistan
4,546,000
2008
34 South Africa
4,425,000
2008
35 Malaysia
4,292,000
2008
36 Portugal
4,121,000
2008
37 Hong Kong
4,108,000
2008
38 Saudi Arabia
4,100,000
2008
39 Belarus
3,969,000
2009
40 Philippines
3,905,000
2008
41 Syria
3,633,000
2008
42 Chile
3,575,000
2009
43 Sri Lanka
3,446,000
2008
44 Kazakhstan
3,410,000
2008
45 Austria
3,253,000
2009
46 Israel
3,100,000
2008
47 Hungary
3,094,000
2008
48 Serbia
3,085,000
2008
49 Morocco
2,991,000
2008
50 Peru
2,878,000
2008
51 Algeria
2,576,000
2009
52 Ireland
2,202,000
2008
53 Bulgaria
2,164,000
2009
54 Czech Republic
2,092,000
2009
55 Denmark
2,062,000
2009
56 Ecuador
2,004,000
2009
57 Norway
1,928,000
2008
58 Croatia
1,859,000
2009
59 Singapore
1,857,000
2008
60 Uzbekistan
1,850,000
2008
61 New Zealand
1,750,000
2008
62 Bangladesh
1,522,000
2009
63 United Arab Emirates
1,508,000
2008
64 Costa Rica
1,493,000
2009
65 Finland
1,430,000
2009
66 Guatemala
1,413,000
2009
67 Azerbaijan
1,397,000
2009
68 Nigeria
1,308,000
2008
69 Tunisia
1,239,000
2008
70 Korea, North
1,180,000
2008
71 Cuba
1,168,000
2009
72 Yemen
1,117,000
2008
73 Moldova
1,115,000
2008
74 El Salvador
1,099,000
2009
75 Slovakia
1,098,000
2008
76 Iraq
1,082,000
2008
77 Puerto Rico
1,038,000
2008
78 Libya
1,033,000
2008
79 Slovenia
1,010,000
2008
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina
998,600
2009
81 Dominican Republic
965,400
2009
82 Uruguay
959,300
2008
83 Ethiopia
915,100
2009
84 Honduras
825,800
2008
85 Burma
812,000
2009
86 Bolivia
810,200
2009
87 Nepal
805,100
2008
88 Lithuania
784,900
2008
89 Lebanon
714,000
2008
90 Latvia
644,000
2008
91 Armenia
630,000
2009
92 Georgia
620,000
2009
93 Kuwait
541,000
2008
94 Panama
524,000
2008
95 Jordan
503,000
2009
96 Kyrgyzstan
494,500
2008
97 Estonia
492,800
2009
98 Paraguay
491,000
2008
99 Turkmenistan
478,000
2008
100 Macedonia
457,100
2008
101 Cyprus
414,500
NA
102 Mauritius
364,500
2008
103 Albania
363,000
2009
104 Montenegro
362,000
2008
105 Gaza Strip
360,400
2010
106 West Bank
360,400
2010
107 Tajikistan
360,000
2008
108 Sudan
356,100
2008
109 Zimbabwe
354,000
2008
110 Cameroon
323,800
2009
111 Jamaica
316,600
2008
112 Nicaragua
312,000
2008
113 Trinidad and Tobago
307,000
2008
114 Angola
303,200
2009
115 Cote d'Ivoire
282,100
2009
116 Oman
274,200
2008
117 Ghana
267,400
2009
118 Qatar
263,400
2008
119 Luxembourg
260,600
2008
120 Kenya
243,700
2008
121 Malta
241,100
2008
122 Bahrain
238,400
2009
123 Senegal
237,800
2008
124 Malawi
236,000
2008
125 Iceland
187,000
2008
126 Tanzania
179,849
2009
127 Macau
171,360
2009
128 Uganda
168,500
2008
129 Burkina Faso
167,000
2009
130 Mongolia
165,000
2008
131 Madagascar
164,900
2008
132 Botswana
144,200
2009
133 Togo
140,900
2008
134 Namibia
140,000
2008
135 Fiji
136,800
2009
136 Barbados
135,700
2009
137 Guyana
130,000
2009
138 Afghanistan
129,300
2009
139 Bahamas, The
129,000
2009
140 Benin
127,100
2009
141 Haiti
108,000
2008
142 Kosovo
106,300
2006
143 Somalia
100,000
2008
144 Laos
97,600
2008
145 Zambia
90,600
2008
146 Netherlands Antilles
88,000
2008
147 Suriname
81,500
2008
148 Mali
81,100
2008
149 Brunei
80,500
2009
150 Mozambique
78,300
2008
151 Mauritania
76,400
2008
152 Virgin Islands
74,200
2008
153 Jersey
74,000
2008
154 Cape Verde
72,200
2009
155 Lesotho
65,200
2008
156 New Caledonia
63,000
2008
157 Papua New Guinea
60,000
2008
158 Bermuda
57,700
2009
159 French Polynesia
54,300
2009
160 Cambodia
54,200
2009
161 Isle of Man
51,000
1999
162 Maldives
50,396
2009
163 Gambia, The
49,000
2009
164 Eritrea
48,500
2009
165 Guernsey
45,100
2009
166 Swaziland
44,000
2008
167 Saint Lucia
40,900
2008
168 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
40,000
2009
169 Aruba
38,300
2009
170 Cayman Islands
38,000
2009
171 Andorra
37,900
2009
172 Antigua and Barbuda
37,400
2009
173 Monaco
35,000
2008
174 Burundi
31,500
2009
175 Sierra Leone
31,500
2008
176 Belize
31,200
2009
177 Samoa
28,800
2008
178 Grenada
28,600
2009
179 Gabon
26,500
2009
180 Bhutan
26,300
2009
181 Tonga
25,500
2008
182 Comoros
25,400
2009
183 Northern Mariana Islands
24,700
2008
184 Congo, Republic of the
24,300
2009
185 Gibraltar
24,000
2009
186 Niger
24,000
2008
187 Seychelles
23,200
2008
188 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
22,800
2008
189 Greenland
22,000
2009
190 Guinea
22,000
2009
191 San Marino
21,300
2008
192 Faroe Islands
20,900
2009
193 Saint Kitts and Nevis
20,400
2008
194 British Virgin Islands
20,100
2009
195 Liechtenstein
19,600
2008
196 Dominica
17,500
2009
197 Djibouti
16,800
2009
198 Rwanda
16,800
2008
199 Chad
13,000
2009
200 Central African Republic
12,000
2009
201 American Samoa
10,400
2009
202 Vanuatu
10,400
2008
203 Equatorial Guinea
10,000
2009
204 Mayotte
10,000
2008
205 Micronesia, Federated States of
8,700
2008
206 Solomon Islands
8,000
2008
207 Sao Tome and Principe
7,700
2008
208 Palau
7,500
2008
209 Cook Islands
6,900
2009
210 Anguilla
6,300
2009
211 Sint Maarten
5,153
2001
212 Holy See (Vatican City)
5,120
2005
213 Guinea-Bissau
4,800
2009
214 Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4,800
2008
215 Marshall Islands
4,400
2008
216 Belgium
4,255
2009
217 Kiribati
4,000
2008
218 Turks and Caicos Islands
3,700
2008
219 Montserrat
2,800
2008
220 Wallis and Futuna
2,700
2008
221 Norfolk Island
2,532
2004
222 Timor-Leste
2,400
2008
223 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
2,300
2008
224 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2,000
2009
225 Liberia
2,000
2008
226 Nauru
1,800
2008
227 Tuvalu
1,500
2008
228 Niue
1,000
2008
229 Tokelau
300
2008
230 Cocos (Keeling) Islands
287
1992
231 Pitcairn Islands
1
2004
232 Antarctica
0
2001
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