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Main telephone lines in use in the countries of the world
Rank (total) | Country | Total (main lines) | per Capita (main lines) | Date |
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1 | China | 230,996,000 | 0.168 | July 2015 est. |
2 | United States of America | 121,991,000 | 0.380 | July 2015 est. |
3 | Japan | 63,633,050 | 0.501 | July 2015 est. |
4 | Germany | 45,352,000 | 0.555 | July 2015 est. |
5 | Brazil | 43,677,141 | 0.214 | July 2015 est. |
6 | France | 38,929,000 | 0.604 | July 2015 est. |
7 | Russia | 36,524,978 | 0.253 | July 2015 est. |
8 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 33,613,000 | 0.516 | July 2015 est. |
9 | Iran | 30,418,973 | 0.386 | July 2015 est. |
10 | Korea (South) | 28,882,783 | 0.550 | July 2015 est. |
11 | India | 25,518,000 | 0.020 | July 2015 est. |
12 | Indonesia | 22,386,000 | 0.088 | July 2015 est. |
13 | Italy | 20,236,305 | 0.333 | July 2015 est. |
14 | Mexico | 19,886,949 | 0.166 | July 2015 est. |
15 | Spain | 19,180,192 | 0.412 | July 2015 est. |
16 | Canada | 15,902,000 | 0.444 | July 2015 est. |
17 | Taiwan | 13,916,334 | 0.593 | July 2015 est. |
18 | Turkey | 11,493,057 | 0.147 | July 2015 est. |
19 | Argentina | 10,119,920 | 0.235 | July 2015 est. |
20 | Ukraine | 9,113,061 | 0.202 | July 2015 est. |
21 | Australia | 9,080,000 | 0.382 | July 2015 est. |
22 | Venezuela | 7,780,096 | 0.254 | July 2015 est. |
23 | Colombia | 7,109,254 | 0.147 | July 2015 est. |
24 | Netherlands | 6,951,528 | 0.410 | July 2015 est. |
25 | Egypt | 6,235,133 | 0.070 | July 2015 est. |
26 | Vietnam | 5,900,000 | 0.064 | July 2015 est. |
27 | Thailand | 5,309,000 | 0.079 | July 2015 est. |
28 | Greece | 5,177,090 | 0.478 | July 2015 est. |
29 | Portugal | 4,682,997 | 0.452 | July 2015 est. |
30 | Belarus | 4,540,678 | 0.478 | July 2015 est. |
31 | Belgium | 4,488,711 | 0.399 | July 2015 est. |
32 | Malaysia | 4,394,559 | 0.141 | July 2015 est. |
33 | Hong Kong | 4,327,286 | 0.592 | July 2015 est. |
34 | Romania | 4,270,000 | 0.215 | July 2015 est. |
35 | Poland | 4,245,000 | 0.110 | July 2015 est. |
36 | Kazakhstan | 4,143,100 | 0.236 | July 2015 est. |
37 | Switzerland | 4,140,000 | 0.500 | July 2015 est. |
38 | South Africa | 4,131,055 | 0.075 | July 2015 est. |
39 | Syria | 4,082,000 | 0.239 | July 2015 est. |
40 | Saudi Arabia | 3,746,906 | 0.119 | July 2015 est. |
41 | Austria | 3,609,900 | 0.418 | July 2015 est. |
42 | Sweden | 3,554,665 | 0.363 | July 2015 est. |
43 | Chile | 3,445,880 | 0.191 | July 2015 est. |
44 | Israel | 3,412,000 | 0.407 | July 2015 est. |
45 | Algeria | 3,267,592 | 0.083 | July 2015 est. |
46 | Hungary | 3,094,228 | 0.314 | July 2015 est. |
47 | Philippines | 3,039,000 | 0.030 | July 2015 est. |
48 | Pakistan | 2,990,954 | 0.015 | July 2015 est. |
49 | Peru | 2,912,316 | 0.093 | July 2015 est. |
50 | Serbia | 2,770,462 | 0.390 | July 2015 est. |
51 | Sri Lanka | 2,601,196 | 0.124 | July 2015 est. |
52 | Ecuador | 2,512,657 | 0.154 | July 2015 est. |
53 | Uzbekistan | 2,507,711 | 0.080 | July 2015 est. |
54 | Morocco | 2,222,370 | 0.066 | July 2015 est. |
55 | United Arab Emirates | 2,208,425 | 0.251 | July 2015 est. |
56 | Singapore | 2,021,500 | 0.365 | July 2015 est. |
57 | Iraq | 1,997,000 | 0.054 | July 2015 est. |
58 | Czech Republic | 1,949,800 | 0.185 | July 2015 est. |
59 | Ireland | 1,932,059 | 0.417 | July 2015 est. |
60 | New Zealand | 1,850,000 | 0.402 | July 2015 est. |
61 | Azerbaijan | 1,796,027 | 0.186 | July 2015 est. |
62 | Guatemala | 1,718,851 | 0.106 | July 2015 est. |
63 | Denmark | 1,694,051 | 0.298 | July 2015 est. |
64 | Bulgaria | 1,654,535 | 0.231 | July 2015 est. |
65 | Croatia | 1,476,506 | 0.351 | July 2015 est. |
66 | Dominican Republic | 1,304,968 | 0.131 | July 2015 est. |
67 | Cuba | 1,295,857 | 0.115 | July 2015 est. |
68 | Moldova | 1,202,466 | 0.352 | July 2015 est. |
69 | Yemen | 1,195,000 | 0.045 | July 2015 est. |
70 | Korea (North) | 1,180,000 | 0.047 | July 2015 est. |
71 | Uruguay | 1,106,431 | 0.319 | July 2015 est. |
72 | Cameroon | 1,054,978 | 0.048 | July 2015 est. |
73 | Norway | 1,029,545 | 0.198 | July 2015 est. |
74 | Lebanon | 970,000 | 0.157 | July 2015 est. |
75 | Laos | 962,497 | 0.148 | July 2015 est. |
76 | Georgia | 950,167 | 0.237 | July 2015 est. |
77 | El Salvador | 944,266 | 0.146 | July 2015 est. |
78 | Tunisia | 943,508 | 0.085 | July 2015 est. |
79 | Ethiopia | 890,642 | 0.010 | July 2015 est. |
80 | Bolivia | 881,084 | 0.081 | July 2015 est. |
81 | Slovakia | 866,630 | 0.160 | July 2015 est. |
82 | Costa Rica | 859,514 | 0.178 | July 2015 est. |
83 | Nepal | 846,940 | 0.030 | July 2015 est. |
84 | Bangladesh | 830,800 | 0.005 | July 2015 est. |
85 | Puerto Rico | 813,106 | 0.234 | July 2015 est. |
86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 771,684 | 0.219 | July 2015 est. |
87 | Slovenia | 753,082 | 0.365 | July 2015 est. |
88 | Turkmenistan | 648,000 | 0.124 | July 2015 est. |
89 | Libya | 632,000 | 0.099 | July 2015 est. |
90 | Panama | 620,436 | 0.156 | July 2015 est. |
91 | Lithuania | 561,919 | 0.193 | July 2015 est. |
92 | Armenia | 551,366 | 0.184 | July 2015 est. |
93 | Finland | 537,000 | 0.098 | July 2015 est. |
94 | Myanmar (Burma) | 523,722 | 0.010 | July 2015 est. |
95 | Honduras | 497,072 | 0.058 | July 2015 est. |
96 | Kuwait | 480,000 | 0.115 | July 2015 est. |
97 | Tajikistan | 457,000 | 0.054 | July 2015 est. |
98 | Oman | 434,932 | 0.105 | July 2015 est. |
99 | Qatar | 428,858 | 0.183 | July 2015 est. |
100 | Kyrgyzstan | 408,037 | 0.068 | July 2015 est. |
101 | Palestinian Territories | 406,500 | 0.087 | July 2015 est. |
102 | Latvia | 395,602 | 0.200 | July 2015 est. |
103 | Estonia | 387,607 | 0.295 | July 2015 est. |
104 | Paraguay | 384,135 | 0.057 | July 2015 est. |
105 | Mauritius | 380,000 | 0.301 | July 2015 est. |
106 | Macedonia | 372,557 | 0.180 | July 2015 est. |
107 | Jordan | 368,938 | 0.039 | July 2015 est. |
108 | Nicaragua | 354,017 | 0.057 | July 2015 est. |
109 | Zimbabwe | 333,702 | 0.024 | July 2015 est. |
110 | Uganda | 328,811 | 0.009 | July 2015 est. |
111 | Cyprus | 323,707 | 0.275 | July 2015 est. |
112 | Senegal | 300,219 | 0.021 | July 2015 est. |
113 | Angola | 284,925 | 0.011 | July 2015 est. |
114 | Bahrain | 278,976 | 0.204 | July 2015 est. |
115 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 277,248 | 0.012 | July 2015 est. |
116 | Luxembourg | 276,900 | 0.486 | July 2015 est. |
117 | Ghana | 275,570 | 0.010 | July 2015 est. |
118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 270,872 | 0.201 | July 2015 est. |
119 | Cambodia | 256,387 | 0.017 | July 2015 est. |
120 | Mongolia | 255,634 | 0.084 | July 2015 est. |
121 | Madagascar | 253,000 | 0.011 | July 2015 est. |
122 | Jamaica | 252,630 | 0.093 | July 2015 est. |
123 | Malta | 230,226 | 0.533 | July 2015 est. |
124 | Albania | 226,718 | 0.078 | July 2015 est. |
125 | Benin | 194,666 | 0.018 | July 2015 est. |
126 | Nigeria | 187,155 | 0.001 | July 2015 est. |
127 | Namibia | 182,507 | 0.080 | July 2015 est. |
128 | Mali | 169,006 | 0.009 | July 2015 est. |
129 | Iceland | 168,149 | 0.508 | July 2015 est. |
130 | Botswana | 160,490 | 0.073 | July 2015 est. |
131 | Barbados | 156,857 | 0.556 | July 2015 est. |
132 | Montenegro | 154,448 | 0.248 | July 2015 est. |
133 | Guyana | 154,057 | 0.205 | July 2015 est. |
134 | Papua New Guinea | 150,000 | 0.019 | July 2015 est. |
135 | Macau | 146,138 | 0.228 | July 2015 est. |
136 | Tanzania | 142,819 | 0.003 | July 2015 est. |
137 | Bahamas | 120,925 | 0.330 | July 2015 est. |
138 | Sudan | 118,954 | 0.003 | July 2015 est. |
139 | Zambia | 116,165 | 0.008 | July 2015 est. |
140 | Afghanistan | 110,000 | 0.004 | July 2015 est. |
140 | Kosovo | 110,000 | ... | 2006 |
140 | Niger | 110,000 | 0.006 | July 2015 est. |
143 | New Caledonia | 92,000 | 0.339 | July 2015 est. |
144 | Mozambique | 89,292 | 0.003 | July 2015 est. |
145 | Kenya | 85,496 | 0.002 | July 2015 est. |
146 | Suriname | 85,000 | 0.152 | July 2015 est. |
147 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 76,000 | 0.734 | July 2015 est. |
148 | Burkina Faso | 75,075 | 0.004 | July 2015 est. |
149 | Jersey | 73,800 | 0.804 | July 2010 est. |
150 | Fiji | 72,565 | 0.083 | July 2015 est. |
151 | Guam | 68,000 | 0.420 | July 2015 est. |
152 | Eritrea | 66,000 | 0.010 | July 2015 est. |
153 | French Polynesia | 60,000 | 0.221 | July 2015 est. |
154 | Congo (Democratic Republic) | 59,534 | 0.001 | July 2012 est. |
155 | Cape Verde | 58,456 | 0.111 | July 2015 est. |
156 | Togo | 52,690 | 0.008 | July 2015 est. |
157 | Mauritania | 51,294 | 0.014 | July 2015 est. |
158 | Somalia | 51,000 | 0.004 | July 2015 est. |
159 | Monaco | 49,085 | 1.288 | July 2015 est. |
160 | Malawi | 45,678 | 0.003 | July 2015 est. |
161 | Lesotho | 45,364 | 0.024 | July 2015 est. |
162 | Guernsey | 45,100 | 0.687 | July 2010 est. |
163 | Gambia | 45,000 | 0.023 | July 2015 est. |
164 | Swaziland | 43,000 | 0.030 | July 2015 est. |
165 | Haiti | 41,000 | 0.004 | July 2015 est. |
166 | Andorra | 38,850 | 0.546 | July 2015 est. |
167 | Brunei | 38,384 | 0.092 | July 2015 est. |
168 | Aruba | 35,000 | 0.317 | July 2015 est. |
169 | Saint Lucia | 34,874 | 0.200 | July 2015 est. |
170 | Cayman Islands | 33,534 | 0.565 | July 2015 est. |
171 | Bermuda | 29,200 | 0.418 | July 2014 est. |
172 | Grenada | 27,034 | 0.257 | July 2015 est. |
173 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24,865 | 0.226 | July 2015 est. |
174 | Comoros | 24,000 | 0.031 | July 2015 est. |
175 | Gibraltar | 23,400 | 0.802 | July 2014 est. |
176 | Djibouti | 23,000 | 0.024 | July 2015 est. |
177 | Maldives | 21,911 | 0.053 | July 2015 est. |
178 | Bhutan | 21,811 | 0.029 | July 2015 est. |
179 | Burundi | 21,774 | 0.002 | July 2015 est. |
180 | Seychelles | 21,341 | 0.228 | July 2015 est. |
181 | Belize | 21,000 | 0.057 | July 2015 est. |
182 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 19,748 | 0.424 | July 2015 est. |
183 | Gabon | 18,758 | 0.010 | July 2015 est. |
184 | Guinea | 18,000 | 0.002 | July 2011 est. |
185 | Liechtenstein | 17,184 | 0.458 | July 2015 est. |
186 | Chad | 17,029 | 0.001 | July 2015 est. |
187 | Congo (Republic) | 17,000 | 0.004 | July 2015 est. |
187 | Faroe Islands | 17,000 | 0.347 | July 2015 est. |
187 | Sierra Leone | 17,000 | 0.002 | July 2015 est. |
190 | Rwanda | 16,983 | 0.002 | July 2015 est. |
191 | San Marino | 16,550 | 0.503 | July 2015 est. |
192 | Greenland | 16,000 | 0.286 | July 2015 est. |
193 | Dominica | 15,123 | 0.210 | July 2015 est. |
194 | Tonga | 13,220 | 0.127 | July 2015 est. |
195 | Antigua and Barbuda | 12,000 | 0.134 | July 2015 est. |
195 | British Virgin Islands | 12,000 | 0.382 | July 2015 est. |
197 | Equatorial Guinea | 11,334 | 0.009 | July 2015 est. |
198 | Samoa | 10,886 | 0.056 | July 2015 est. |
199 | American Samoa | 10,000 | 0.184 | July 2015 est. |
200 | Liberia | 9,000 | 0.002 | July 2015 est. |
201 | Solomon Islands | 7,438 | 0.012 | July 2015 est. |
202 | Palau | 7,204 | 0.408 | July 2015 est. |
203 | Cook Islands | 7,200 | 0.607 | 2009 |
204 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 7,000 | 0.036 | July 2015 est. |
205 | Micronesia | 6,808 | 0.065 | July 2015 est. |
206 | Anguilla | 6,000 | 0.408 | July 2015 est. |
207 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,000 | 0.003 | July 2012 est. |
208 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,800 | 0.799 | July 2010 est. |
209 | Vanuatu | 4,797 | 0.017 | July 2015 est. |
210 | Wallis and Futuna | 3,132 | 0.201 | July 2014 est. |
211 | Montserrat | 3,000 | 0.598 | July 2015 est. |
212 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 2,728 | 0.483 | July 2015 est. |
213 | East Timor | 2,720 | 0.002 | July 2015 est. |
214 | Marshall Islands | 2,361 | 0.033 | July 2014 est. |
215 | Falkland Islands | 2,000 | 0.683 | July 2015 est. |
215 | Tuvalu | 2,000 | 0.181 | July 2015 est. |
217 | Nauru | 1,900 | 0.136 | July 2009 est. |
218 | Kiribati | 1,477 | 0.013 | July 2015 est. |
219 | Central African Republic | 1,000 | 0.000 | July 2015 est. |
220 | Tokelau | 300 | 0.214 | July 2010 est. |
221 | South Sudan | 150 | 0.000 | July 2012 est. |
World | 1,100,000,000 | 0.152 | July 2015 est. |
No information is available for non-listed countries.
The total number of main telephone lines in use is reported.
Source: CIA World Factbook (2017-01-17)