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Telephones - main lines in use
Telephones - main lines in use
Telephones - main lines in use
Telephones - main lines in use compares the total number of main telephone lines in use.
| Rank | Country | Telephones - main lines in use | Date of Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 278,860,000 | 2012 |
| 2 | United States | 139,000,000 | 2012 |
| 3 | Japan | 64,273,000 | 2012 |
| 4 | Germany | 50,700,000 | 2012 |
| 5 | Brazil | 44,300,000 | 2012 |
| 6 | Russia | 42,900,000 | 2012 |
| 7 | France | 39,290,000 | 2012 |
| 8 | Indonesia | 37,983,000 | 2012 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 33,010,000 | 2012 |
| 10 | India | 31,080,000 | 2012 |
| 11 | Korea, South | 30,100,000 | 2012 |
| 12 | Iran | 28,760,000 | 2012 |
| 13 | Italy | 21,656,000 | 2012 |
| 14 | Mexico | 20,220,000 | 2012 |
| 15 | Spain | 19,220,000 | 2012 |
| 16 | Canada | 18,010,000 | 2012 |
| 17 | Taiwan | 15,998,000 | 2012 |
| 18 | Turkey | 13,860,000 | 2012 |
| 19 | Ukraine | 12,182,000 | 2012 |
| 20 | Australia | 10,470,000 | 2012 |
| 21 | Vietnam | 10,191,000 | 2012 |
| 22 | Argentina | 10,000,000 | 2012 |
| 23 | Egypt | 8,557,000 | 2012 |
| 24 | Venezuela | 7,650,000 | 2012 |
| 25 | Netherlands | 7,086,000 | 2012 |
| 26 | Thailand | 6,391,000 | 2012 |
| 27 | Colombia | 6,291,000 | 2012 |
| 28 | Poland | 6,125,000 | 2012 |
| 29 | Pakistan | 5,803,000 | 2012 |
| 30 | Greece | 5,461,000 | 2012 |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 4,800,000 | 2012 |
| 32 | Romania | 4,680,000 | 2012 |
| 33 | Belgium | 4,631,000 | 2012 |
| 34 | Malaysia | 4,589,000 | 2012 |
| 35 | Portugal | 4,558,000 | 2012 |
| 36 | Syria | 4,425,000 | 2012 |
| 37 | Belarus | 4,407,000 | 2012 |
| 38 | Switzerland | 4,382,000 | 2012 |
| 39 | Hong Kong | 4,362,000 | 2012 |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 4,340,000 | 2012 |
| 41 | Sweden | 4,321,000 | 2012 |
| 42 | South Africa | 4,030,000 | 2012 |
| 43 | Philippines | 3,939,000 | 2012 |
| 44 | Israel | 3,594,000 | 2012 |
| 45 | Peru | 3,420,000 | 2012 |
| 46 | Austria | 3,342,000 | 2012 |
| 47 | Morocco | 3,280,000 | 2012 |
| 48 | Chile | 3,276,000 | 2012 |
| 49 | Algeria | 3,200,000 | 2012 |
| 50 | Serbia | 2,977,000 | 2012 |
| 51 | Hungary | 2,960,000 | 2012 |
| 52 | Sri Lanka | 2,796,000 | 2013 |
| 53 | Denmark | 2,431,000 | 2012 |
| 54 | Ecuador | 2,310,000 | 2012 |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 2,253,000 | 2012 |
| 56 | Czech Republic | 2,100,000 | 2012 |
| 57 | Ireland | 2,007,000 | 2012 |
| 58 | Singapore | 1,990,000 | 2012 |
| 59 | United Arab Emirates | 1,967,000 | 2012 |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 1,963,000 | 2012 |
| 61 | New Zealand | 1,880,000 | 2012 |
| 62 | Iraq | 1,870,000 | 2012 |
| 63 | Guatemala | 1,744,000 | 2012 |
| 64 | Azerbaijan | 1,734,000 | 2012 |
| 65 | Croatia | 1,640,000 | 2012 |
| 66 | Norway | 1,465,000 | 2012 |
| 67 | Georgia | 1,276,000 | 2012 |
| 68 | Cuba | 1,217,000 | 2012 |
| 69 | Moldova | 1,206,000 | 2012 |
| 70 | Korea, North | 1,180,000 | 2011 |
| 71 | Tunisia | 1,105,000 | 2012 |
| 72 | Yemen | 1,100,000 | 2012 |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 1,065,000 | 2012 |
| 74 | El Salvador | 1,060,000 | 2012 |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 1,018,000 | 2012 |
| 76 | Uruguay | 1,010,000 | 2012 |
| 77 | Slovakia | 975,000 | 2012 |
| 78 | Bangladesh | 962,000 | 2012 |
| 79 | Finland | 890,000 | 2012 |
| 80 | Bolivia | 880,600 | 2012 |
| 81 | Lebanon | 878,000 | 2012 |
| 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 878,000 | 2012 |
| 83 | Nepal | 834,000 | 2013 |
| 84 | Slovenia | 825,000 | 8012 |
| 85 | Libya | 814,000 | 2012 |
| 86 | Ethiopia | 797,500 | 2012 |
| 87 | Puerto Rico | 780,200 | 2012 |
| 88 | Cameroon | 737,400 | 2012 |
| 89 | Lithuania | 667,300 | 2012 |
| 90 | Panama | 640,000 | 2012 |
| 91 | Honduras | 610,000 | 2012 |
| 92 | Armenia | 584,000 | 2012 |
| 93 | Cambodia | 584,000 | 2012 |
| 94 | Turkmenistan | 575,000 | 2012 |
| 95 | Burma | 556,000 | 2012 |
| 96 | Kuwait | 510,000 | 2012 |
| 97 | Latvia | 501,000 | 2012 |
| 98 | Kyrgyzstan | 489,000 | 2012 |
| 99 | Estonia | 448,200 | 2012 |
| 100 | Jordan | 435,000 | 2012 |
| 101 | Sudan | 425,000 | 2012 |
| 102 | Nigeria | 418,200 | 2012 |
| 103 | Macedonia | 407,900 | 2012 |
| 104 | West Bank | 406,000 | 2012 |
| 105 | Gaza Strip | 406,000 | 2012 |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 393,000 | 2012 |
| 107 | Paraguay | 376,000 | 2012 |
| 108 | Cyprus | 373,200 | 2012 |
| 109 | Mauritius | 349,100 | 2012 |
| 110 | Senegal | 338,200 | 2012 |
| 111 | Qatar | 327,000 | 2012 |
| 112 | Nicaragua | 320,000 | 2012 |
| 113 | Uganda | 315,000 | 2012 |
| 114 | Albania | 312,000 | 2012 |
| 115 | Oman | 305,000 | 2012 |
| 116 | Angola | 303,000 | 2012 |
| 117 | Zimbabwe | 301,600 | 2012 |
| 118 | Bahrain | 290,000 | 2012 |
| 119 | Trinidad and Tobago | 287,000 | 2012 |
| 120 | Ghana | 285,000 | 2012 |
| 121 | Cote d'Ivoire | 268,000 | 2012 |
| 122 | Luxembourg | 266,700 | 2012 |
| 123 | Jamaica | 265,000 | 2011 |
| 124 | Kenya | 251,600 | 2012 |
| 125 | Malta | 229,700 | 2012 |
| 126 | Malawi | 227,300 | 2012 |
| 127 | Togo | 225,000 | 2012 |
| 128 | Iceland | 189,000 | 2012 |
| 129 | Mongolia | 176,700 | 2012 |
| 130 | Namibia | 171,000 | 2012 |
| 131 | Montenegro | 163,000 | 2012 |
| 132 | Macau | 162,500 | 2012 |
| 133 | Tanzania | 161,100 | 2011 |
| 134 | Botswana | 160,500 | 2012 |
| 135 | Benin | 156,700 | 2012 |
| 136 | Guyana | 154,200 | 2012 |
| 137 | Barbados | 144,000 | 2012 |
| 138 | Madagascar | 143,700 | 2012 |
| 139 | Burkina Faso | 141,400 | 2012 |
| 140 | Papua New Guinea | 139,000 | 2012 |
| 141 | Bahamas, The | 137,000 | 2012 |
| 142 | Mali | 112,000 | 2012 |
| 143 | Laos | 112,000 | 2012 |
| 144 | Kosovo | 106,300 | 2006 |
| 145 | Niger | 100,500 | 2012 |
| 146 | Somalia | 100,000 | 2012 |
| 147 | Fiji | 88,400 | 2012 |
| 148 | Mozambique | 88,100 | 2012 |
| 149 | Suriname | 83,000 | 2012 |
| 150 | Zambia | 82,500 | 2012 |
| 151 | New Caledonia | 80,000 | 2012 |
| 152 | Virgin Islands | 75,800 | 2010 |
| 153 | Jersey | 73,800 | 2010 |
| 154 | Brunei | 70,933 | 2012 |
| 155 | Cabo Verde | 70,200 | 2012 |
| 156 | Bermuda | 69,000 | 2012 |
| 157 | Guam | 67,000 | 2012 |
| 158 | Mauritania | 65,100 | 2012 |
| 159 | Gambia, The | 64,200 | 2012 |
| 160 | Eritrea | 60,000 | 2012 |
| 161 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 58,200 | 2012 |
| 162 | French Polynesia | 55,000 | 2012 |
| 163 | Haiti | 50,000 | 2012 |
| 164 | Swaziland | 48,600 | 2012 |
| 165 | Guernsey | 45,100 | 2010 |
| 166 | Monaco | 44,500 | 2012 |
| 167 | Rwanda | 44,400 | 2012 |
| 168 | Lesotho | 43,100 | 2012 |
| 169 | Aruba | 43,000 | 2012 |
| 170 | Andorra | 39,000 | 2012 |
| 171 | Cayman Islands | 37,400 | 2012 |
| 172 | Saint Lucia | 36,800 | 2012 |
| 173 | Samoa | 35,300 | 2010 |
| 174 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35,000 | 2012 |
| 175 | Tonga | 30,000 | 2012 |
| 176 | Chad | 29,900 | 2012 |
| 177 | Seychelles | 28,900 | 2012 |
| 178 | Grenada | 28,500 | 2012 |
| 179 | Bhutan | 27,000 | 2012 |
| 180 | Belize | 25,400 | 2012 |
| 181 | Comoros | 24,000 | 2012 |
| 182 | Faroe Islands | 24,000 | 2012 |
| 183 | Maldives | 23,140 | 2012 |
| 184 | Gibraltar | 23,100 | 2012 |
| 185 | Liechtenstein | 20,000 | 2012 |
| 186 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20,000 | 2012 |
| 187 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19,400 | 2012 |
| 188 | Greenland | 18,900 | 2012 |
| 189 | San Marino | 18,700 | 2012 |
| 190 | Sierra Leone | 18,000 | 2012 |
| 191 | Djibouti | 18,000 | 2012 |
| 192 | Guinea | 18,000 | 2012 |
| 193 | Burundi | 17,400 | 2012 |
| 194 | Gabon | 17,000 | 2012 |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | 14,900 | 2012 |
| 196 | Congo, Republic of the | 14,900 | 2012 |
| 197 | Dominica | 14,600 | 2012 |
| 198 | Afghanistan | 13,500 | 2012 |
| 199 | British Virgin Islands | 12,268 | 2012 |
| 200 | American Samoa | 10,000 | 2012 |
| 201 | Kiribati | 9,000 | 2012 |
| 202 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 8,400 | 2012 |
| 203 | Solomon Islands | 8,060 | 2012 |
| 204 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8,000 | 2012 |
| 205 | Palau | 7,300 | 2012 |
| 206 | Cook Islands | 7,200 | 2009 |
| 207 | Anguilla | 6,000 | 2012 |
| 208 | Vanuatu | 5,800 | 2012 |
| 209 | Central African Republic | 5,600 | 2012 |
| 210 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,000 | 2012 |
| 211 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,800 | 2010 |
| 212 | Marshall Islands | 4,400 | 2010 |
| 213 | Liberia | 3,200 | 2011 |
| 214 | Montserrat | 3,000 | 2012 |
| 215 | Timor-Leste | 3,000 | 2012 |
| 216 | Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 3,000 | 2012 |
| 217 | South Sudan | 2,200 | 2012 |
| 218 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,980 | 2012 |
| 219 | Nauru | 1,900 | 2009 |
| 220 | Tuvalu | 1,450 | 2012 |
Citation
"Telephones - Main Lines in Use." World Factbook, Relief Central, relief.unboundmedicine.com/relief/view/The-World-Factbook-2014/563806/all/Telephones___main_lines_in_use. Accessed 17 February 2020.
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