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  Rank Order - Telephones - main lines in use


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
Rank
Country
Telephones - main lines in use
Date of Information
1
 World 843,923,500 2003
2
 China 263,000,000 2003
3
 European Union 238,763,162 2002
4
 United States 181,599,900 2003
5
 Japan 71,149,000 2002
6
 Germany 54,350,000 2003
7
 India 48,917,000 2003
8
 Brazil 38,810,000 2002
9
 Russia 35,500,000 2002
10
 United Kingdom 34,898,000 2002
11
 France 33,905,400 2003
12
 Italy 26,596,000 2003
13
 Korea, South 22,877,000 2003
14
 Canada 19,950,900 2003
15
 Turkey 18,916,700 2003
16
 Spain 17,567,500 2003
17
 Mexico 15,958,700 2003
18
 Iran 14,571,100 2003
19
 Taiwan 13,355,000 2003
20
 Poland 12,300,000 2003
21
 Ukraine 10,833,300 2002
22
 Australia 10,815,000 2003
23
 Netherlands 10,004,000 2002
24
 Egypt 9,600,000 2005
25
 Colombia 8,768,100 2003
26
 Argentina 8,009,400 2002
27
 Indonesia 7,750,000 2002
28
 Thailand 6,617,400 2003
29
 Sweden 6,579,200 2002
30
 Switzerland 5,419,000 2002
31
 Greece 5,205,100 2003
32
 Belgium 5,120,400 2002
33
 South Africa 4,844,000 2002
34
 Malaysia 4,571,600 2003
35
 Vietnam 4,402,000 2003
36
 Romania 4,300,000 2003
37
 Portugal 4,278,800 2003
38
 Pakistan 3,982,800 2003
39
 Austria 3,881,000 2003
40
 Hong Kong 3,801,300 2003
41
 Hungary 3,666,400 2002
42
 Czech Republic 3,626,000 2003
43
 Denmark 3,610,100 2003
44
 Saudi Arabia 3,502,600 2003
45
 Chile 3,467,000 2002
46
 Norway 3,343,000 2002
47
 Philippines 3,310,900 2002
48
 Belarus 3,071,300 2003
49
 Israel 3,006,000 2002
50
 Bulgaria 2,868,200 2002
51
 Venezuela 2,841,800 2002
52
 Serbia and Montenegro 2,611,700 2003
53
 Finland 2,548,000 2003
54
 Algeria 2,199,600 2003
55
 Syria 2,099,300 2002
56
 Kazakhstan 2,081,900 2002
57
 Ireland 1,955,000 2003
58
 Singapore 1,896,100 2004
59
 Peru 1,839,200 2003
60
 Croatia 1,825,000 2002
61
 New Zealand 1,765,000 2002
62
 Uzbekistan 1,717,100 2003
63
 Ecuador 1,549,000 2003
64
 Puerto Rico 1,329,500 2002
65
 Slovakia 1,294,700 2003
66
 Morocco 1,219,200 2003
67
 Tunisia 1,163,800 2003
68
 United Arab Emirates 1,135,800 2003
69
 Costa Rica 1,132,000 2002
70
 Korea, North 1,100,000 2001
71
 Uruguay 946,500 2002
72
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 938,000 2003
73
 Azerbaijan 923,800 2002
74
 Dominican Republic 901,800 2003
75
 Sudan 900,000 2003
76
 Sri Lanka 881,400 2002
77
 Nigeria 853,100 2003
78
 Guatemala 846,000 2002
79
 Lithuania 824,200 2003
80
 Slovenia 812,300 2003
81
 El Salvador 752,600 2003
82
 Libya 750,000 2003
83
 Bangladesh 740,000 2003
84
 Moldova 706,900 2002
85
 Lebanon 678,800 2002
86
 Iraq 675,000 2003
87
 Latvia 653,900 2003
88
 Georgia 650,500 2003
89
 Jordan 622,600 2003
90
 Bolivia 600,100 2003
91
 Cuba 574,400 2002
92
 Armenia 562,600 2003
93
 Macedonia 560,000 2002
94
 Yemen 542,200 2002
95
 Kuwait 486,900 2003
96
 Estonia 475,000 2002
97
 Jamaica 444,400 2002
98
 Ethiopia 435,000 2003
99
 Cyprus 427,400 NA
100
 Kyrgyzstan 394,800 2002
101
 Panama 386,900 2002
102
 Turkmenistan 374,000 2002
103
 Nepal 371,800 2003
104
 Burma 357,300 2003
105
 Luxembourg 355,400 2002
106
 Mauritius 348,200 2003
107
 Kenya 328,400 2003
108
 Cote d'Ivoire 328,000 2003
109
 Trinidad and Tobago 325,100 2002
110
 Honduras 322,500 2002
111
 Ghana 302,300 2003
112
 West Bank 301,600 2002
113
 Zimbabwe 300,900 2003
114
 Reunion 300,000 2001
115
 Paraguay 273,200 2002
116
 Albania 255,000 2003
117
 Tajikistan 242,100 2003
118
 Oman 233,900 2002
119
 Senegal 228,800 2003
120
 Guadeloupe 210,000 2001
121
 Malta 208,300 2003
122
 Iceland 190,700 2003
123
 Bahrain 185,800 2003
124
 Qatar 184,500 2003
125
 Macau 174,600 2003
126
 Martinique 172,000 2001
127
 Nicaragua 171,600 2002
128
 Tanzania 149,100 2003
129
 Botswana 142,400 2002
130
 Mongolia 142,300 2004
131
 Barbados 134,000 2003
132
 Bahamas, The 131,700 2003
133
 Haiti 130,000 2002
134
 Namibia 127,400 2003
135
 Cameroon 110,900 2002
136
 Fiji 102,000 2003
137
 Somalia 100,000 2002 est.
138
 Angola 96,300 2003
139
 Gaza Strip 95,729 1997
140
 Brunei 90,000 2002
141
 Zambia 88,400 2003
142
 Cyprus 86,228 NA
143
 Malawi 85,000 2003
144
 Guam 84,134 2001
145
 Mozambique 83,700 2002
146
 Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001
147
 Guyana 80,400 2002
148
 Suriname 79,800 2003
149
 Jersey 73,900 2001
150
 Cape Verde 71,700 2003
151
 Virgin Islands 69,400 2002
152
 Benin 66,500 2003
153
 Burkina Faso 65,400 2003
154
 Papua New Guinea 62,000 2002
155
 Laos 61,900 2002
156
 Uganda 61,000 2003
157
 Togo 60,600 2003
158
 Madagascar 59,600 2003
159
 Mali 56,600 2002
160
 Bermuda 56,000 2002
161
 Guernsey 55,000 2001
162
 French Polynesia 52,500 2002
163
 New Caledonia 52,000 2002
164
 Saint Lucia 51,100 2002
165
 French Guiana 51,000 2001
166
 Man, Isle of 51,000 1999
167
 Swaziland 46,200 2003
168
 Gambia, The 38,400 2002
169
 Gabon 38,400 2003
170
 Eritrea 38,100 2003
171
 Antigua and Barbuda 38,000 2002
172
 Cayman Islands 38,000 2002
173
 Aruba 37,100 2002
174
 Cambodia 35,400 2002
175
 Andorra 35,000 2001
176
 Monaco 33,700 2002
177
 Grenada 33,500 2002
178
 Belize 33,300 2003
179
 Afghanistan 33,100 2002
180
 Mauritania 31,500 2002
181
 Maldives 28,700 2002
182
 Lesotho 28,600 2002
183
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27,300 2002
184
 Guinea 26,200 2003
185
 Greenland 26,000 2001
186
 Bhutan 25,200 2003
187
 Gibraltar 24,512 2002
188
 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002
189
 Burundi 23,900 2003
190
 Dominica 23,700 2002
191
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23,500 2002
192
 Rwanda 23,200 2002
193
 Faroe Islands 23,000 2002
194
 Niger 22,400 2002
195
 Seychelles 21,700 2002
196
 Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000
197
 San Marino 20,600 2002
198
 Liechtenstein 19,900 2002
199
 American Samoa 15,000 2001
200
 Comoros 13,200 2003
201
 Chad 11,800 2002
202
 Samoa 11,800 2002
203
 British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002
204
 Tonga 11,200 2002
205
 Guinea-Bissau 10,600 2003
206
 Micronesia, Federated States of 10,100 2001
207
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,000 2002
208
 Mayotte 10,000 2001
209
 Equatorial Guinea 9,600 2003
210
 Djibouti 9,500 2003
211
 Central African Republic 9,000 2002
212
 Congo, Republic of the 7,000 2003
213
 Sao Tome and Principe 7,000 2003
214
 Liberia 7,000 2001
215
 Palau 6,700 2002
216
 Solomon Islands 6,600 2002
217
 Vanuatu 6,500 2003
218
 Anguilla 6,200 2002
219
 Cook Islands 6,200 2002
220
 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002
221
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002
222
 Kiribati 4,500 2002
223
 Marshall Islands 4,500 2003
224
 Norfolk Island 2,532 2004
225
 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002
226
 Saint Helena 2,200 2002
227
 Nauru 1,900 2002
228
 Wallis and Futuna 1,900 2002
229
 Niue 1,100 2002
230
 Tuvalu 700 2002
231
 Tokelau 300 2002
232
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992
233
 Pitcairn Islands 1 2004
234
 Antarctica 0 2001

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