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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 | 192,085,000 | 0.138 | 2018 est. |
2 | United States of America | 109,961,000 | 0.336 | 2018 est. |
3 | Japan | 63,525,713 | 0.502 | 2018 est. |
4 | Germany | 42,500,000 | 0.512 | 2018 est. |
5 | France | 38,620,000 | 0.595 | 2018 est. |
6 | Brazil | 38,311,930 | 0.184 | 2018 est. |
7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 31,919,894 | 0.480 | 2018 est. |
8 | Iran | 30,481,734 | 0.371 | 2018 est. |
9 | Russia | 30,108,289 | 0.208 | 2018 est. |
10 | Korea (South) | 25,906,849 | 0.489 | 2018 est. |
11 | India | 21,868,192 | 0.017 | 2018 est. |
12 | Mexico | 21,645,699 | 0.173 | 2018 est. |
13 | Italy | 20,396,603 | 0.338 | 2018 est. |
14 | Spain | 19,484,361 | 0.416 | 2018 est. |
15 | Canada | 13,842,000 | 0.374 | 2018 est. |
16 | Taiwan | 13,174,334 | 0.559 | 2018 est. |
17 | Turkey | 11,633,461 | 0.143 | 2018 est. |
18 | Argentina | 9,764,014 | 0.219 | 2018 est. |
19 | Indonesia | 8,303,511 | 0.031 | 2018 est. |
20 | Australia | 8,090,000 | 0.324 | 2018 est. |
21 | Egypt | 7,865,286 | 0.081 | 2018 est. |
22 | Colombia | 6,973,573 | 0.145 | 2018 est. |
23 | Poland | 6,575,246 | 0.171 | 2018 est. |
24 | Malaysia | 6,433,300 | 0.199 | 2018 est. |
25 | Ukraine | 6,074,255 | 0.136 | 2018 est. |
26 | Netherlands | 5,900,000 | 0.342 | 2018 est. |
27 | Venezuela | 5,547,291 | 0.174 | 2018 est. |
28 | Saudi Arabia | 5,387,405 | 0.161 | 2018 est. |
29 | Turkmenistan | 5,315,000 | 0.972 | January 2019 est. |
30 | Greece | 5,078,083 | 0.473 | 2018 est. |
31 | Portugal | 5,073,458 | 0.493 | 2018 est. |
32 | Belarus | 4,488,821 | 0.473 | 2018 est. |
33 | Vietnam | 4,296,301 | 0.045 | 2018 est. |
34 | Algeria | 4,200,919 | 0.099 | 2018 est. |
35 | Hong Kong | 4,196,061 | 0.563 | 2018 est. |
36 | Philippines | 4,132,490 | 0.039 | 2018 est. |
37 | Belgium | 4,105,557 | 0.360 | 2018 est. |
38 | Austria | 3,772,429 | 0.427 | 2018 est. |
39 | Romania | 3,660,000 | 0.188 | 2018 est. |
40 | Uzbekistan | 3,460,258 | 0.105 | 2018 est. |
41 | Kazakhstan | 3,350,900 | 0.183 | 2018 est. |
42 | South Africa | 3,345,440 | 0.058 | 2018 est. |
43 | Switzerland | 3,302,836 | 0.388 | 2018 est. |
44 | Israel | 3,200,000 | 0.360 | 2018 est. |
45 | Peru | 3,082,036 | 0.099 | 2017 est. |
46 | Hungary | 3,016,878 | 0.309 | 2018 est. |
47 | Chile | 2,997,192 | 0.160 | 2018 est. |
48 | Thailand | 2,929,000 | 0.043 | 2018 est. |
49 | Pakistan | 2,798,606 | 0.013 | 2018 est. |
50 | Syria | 2,740,000 | 0.141 | 2018 est. |
51 | Iraq | 2,705,028 | 0.071 | 2018 est. |
52 | Serbia | 2,574,691 | 0.369 | 2018 est. |
53 | Sri Lanka | 2,473,875 | 0.114 | 2018 est. |
54 | Guatemala | 2,436,093 | 0.149 | 2018 est. |
55 | Sweden | 2,392,386 | 0.235 | 2018 est. |
56 | Ecuador | 2,360,581 | 0.139 | 2018 est. |
57 | United Arab Emirates | 2,341,392 | 0.250 | 2018 est. |
58 | Morocco | 2,199,140 | 0.063 | 2018 est. |
59 | Singapore | 2,001,000 | 0.355 | 2018 est. |
60 | Ireland | 1,829,166 | 0.377 | 2018 est. |
61 | New Zealand | 1,760,000 | 0.360 | 2018 est. |
62 | Azerbaijan | 1,681,407 | 0.169 | 2018 est. |
63 | Libya | 1,576,000 | 0.237 | July 2017 est. |
64 | Czech Republic | 1,511,942 | 0.142 | 2018 est. |
65 | Laos | 1,482,276 | 0.211 | 2018 est. |
66 | Bangladesh | 1,449,646 | 0.009 | 2018 est. |
67 | Cuba | 1,444,480 | 0.129 | 2018 est. |
68 | Croatia | 1,355,662 | 0.332 | 2018 est. |
69 | Tunisia | 1,302,015 | 0.113 | 2018 est. |
70 | Dominican Republic | 1,277,247 | 0.124 | 2018 est. |
71 | Ethiopia | 1,181,000 | 0.013 | 2017 est. |
72 | Korea (North) | 1,180,000 | 0.047 | July 2016 est. |
73 | Yemen | 1,165,828 | 0.043 | July 2016 est. |
74 | Uruguay | 1,153,533 | 0.329 | 2018 est. |
75 | Denmark | 1,131,064 | 0.195 | 2018 est. |
76 | Bulgaria | 1,120,392 | 0.160 | 2018 est. |
77 | Moldova | 1,108,200 | 0.349 | 2018 est. |
78 | El Salvador | 923,029 | 0.139 | 2018 est. |
79 | Cameroon | 902,253 | 0.038 | 2018 est. |
80 | Lebanon | 893,529 | 0.146 | 2018 est. |
81 | Kosovo | 831,470 | 0.474 | July 2016 est. |
82 | Nepal | 799,368 | 0.027 | 2018 est. |
83 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 792,535 | 0.231 | 2018 est. |
84 | Costa Rica | 774,303 | 0.155 | 2018 est. |
85 | Panama | 728,379 | 0.175 | 2018 est. |
86 | Slovakia | 722,704 | 0.133 | 2018 est. |
87 | Bolivia | 711,961 | 0.063 | 2018 est. |
88 | Puerto Rico | 703,266 | 0.220 | 2018 est. |
89 | Slovenia | 694,709 | 0.336 | 2018 est. |
90 | Georgia | 604,348 | 0.150 | 2018 est. |
91 | Norway | 560,945 | 0.106 | 2018 est. |
92 | Oman | 560,326 | 0.122 | 2018 est. |
93 | Honduras | 532,004 | 0.059 | 2018 est. |
94 | Myanmar (Burma) | 520,863 | 0.010 | 2018 est. |
95 | Kuwait | 515,542 | 0.113 | 2018 est. |
96 | Armenia | 477,932 | 0.161 | 2018 est. |
97 | Palestinian Territories | 472,293 | 0.100 | 2016 est. |
98 | Tajikistan | 468,000 | 0.054 | July 2016 est. |
99 | Qatar | 452,088 | 0.164 | 2018 est. |
100 | Mauritius | 434,300 | 0.343 | 2018 est. |
101 | Lithuania | 427,066 | 0.152 | 2018 est. |
102 | North Macedonia | 382,901 | 0.184 | 2018 est. |
103 | Mongolia | 369,853 | 0.117 | 2018 est. |
104 | Jordan | 369,145 | 0.036 | 2018 est. |
105 | Jamaica | 363,820 | 0.133 | 2018 est. |
106 | Estonia | 345,690 | 0.262 | 2018 est. |
107 | Kyrgyzstan | 331,140 | 0.052 | 2018 est. |
108 | Nicaragua | 325,821 | 0.050 | 2018 est. |
109 | Finland | 323,000 | 0.059 | 2018 est. |
110 | Trinidad and Tobago | 321,434 | 0.236 | 2018 est. |
111 | Cyprus | 311,559 | 0.254 | 2018 est. |
112 | Paraguay | 302,754 | 0.043 | 2018 est. |
113 | Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) | 302,398 | 0.012 | 2018 est. |
114 | Senegal | 302,243 | 0.019 | 2018 est. |
115 | Ghana | 278,379 | 0.009 | 2018 est. |
116 | Bahrain | 274,733 | 0.183 | 2018 est. |
117 | Luxembourg | 273,530 | 0.450 | 2018 est. |
118 | Zimbabwe | 268,849 | 0.020 | 2018 est. |
119 | Latvia | 266,214 | 0.138 | 2018 est. |
120 | Malta | 255,437 | 0.527 | 2018 est. |
121 | Albania | 248,631 | 0.087 | 2018 est. |
122 | Mali | 228,097 | 0.012 | 2018 est. |
123 | Uganda | 186,902 | 0.005 | 2018 est. |
124 | Montenegro | 172,880 | 0.278 | 2018 est. |
125 | Angola | 171,858 | 0.006 | 2018 est. |
126 | Namibia | 154,816 | 0.064 | 2018 est. |
127 | Papua New Guinea | 154,000 | 0.019 | July 2016 est. |
128 | Botswana | 142,481 | 0.062 | 2018 est. |
129 | Nigeria | 140,491 | 0.001 | 2018 est. |
130 | Sudan | 136,923 | 0.003 | 2018 est. |
131 | Iceland | 136,713 | 0.387 | 2018 est. |
132 | Guyana | 135,795 | 0.183 | 2017 est. |
133 | Barbados | 128,043 | 0.450 | 2018 est. |
134 | Afghanistan | 127,794 | 0.004 | 2018 est. |
135 | Tanzania | 124,238 | 0.002 | 2018 est. |
136 | Macau | 123,469 | 0.187 | 2018 est. |
137 | Niger | 114,352 | 0.006 | 2017 est. |
138 | Bahamas | 113,455 | 0.298 | 2018 est. |
139 | Zambia | 100,444 | 0.006 | 2018 est. |
140 | New Caledonia | 92,000 | 0.341 | July 2016 est. |
141 | French Polynesia | 90,278 | 0.325 | 2018 est. |
142 | Cambodia | 88,157 | 0.005 | 2018 est. |
143 | Suriname | 88,098 | 0.149 | 2018 est. |
144 | Brunei | 82,588 | 0.187 | 2018 est. |
145 | Burkina Faso | 76,760 | 0.004 | 2018 est. |
146 | Fiji | 76,522 | 0.086 | 2018 est. |
147 | Virgin Islands of the U.S. | 76,000 | 0.738 | July 2016 est. |
148 | Somalia | 74,800 | 0.006 | 2018 est. |
149 | Madagascar | 69,046 | 0.003 | 2018 est. |
150 | Guam | 68,000 | 0.418 | July 2016 est. |
151 | Eritrea | 66,086 | 0.011 | July 2016 est. |
152 | Kenya | 65,644 | 0.001 | 2018 est. |
153 | Mozambique | 63,006 | 0.002 | 2018 est. |
154 | Cape Verde | 62,680 | 0.115 | 2018 est. |
155 | Mauritania | 59,959 | 0.015 | 2018 est. |
156 | Curacao | 58,805 | 0.368 | 2018 est. |
157 | Jersey | 55,938 | 0.537 | July 2016 est. |
158 | Benin | 48,508 | 0.004 | 2018 est. |
159 | Gambia | 44,000 | 0.021 | 2018 est. |
160 | Monaco | 43,374 | 1.132 | 2018 est. |
161 | Eswatini | 42,000 | 0.039 | July 2016 est. |
162 | Andorra | 39,375 | 0.522 | 2018 est. |
163 | Togo | 37,691 | 0.005 | 2018 est. |
164 | Djibouti | 36,855 | 0.038 | 2018 est. |
165 | Guernsey | 36,547 | 0.561 | July 2016 est. |
166 | Saint Lucia | 36,469 | 0.204 | 2018 est. |
167 | Aruba | 35,000 | 0.318 | July 2016 est. |
168 | Cayman Islands | 34,116 | 0.555 | July 2016 est. |
169 | Grenada | 32,491 | 0.306 | 2017 est. |
170 | Burundi | 24,810 | 0.002 | 2018 est. |
171 | Antigua and Barbuda | 22,504 | 0.244 | July 2016 est. |
172 | Bhutan | 22,015 | 0.030 | 2018 est. |
173 | Bermuda | 21,883 | 0.339 | 2017 est. |
174 | Gabon | 21,818 | 0.010 | 2018 est. |
175 | Belize | 20,869 | 0.052 | 2018 est. |
176 | Seychelles | 20,290 | 0.210 | 2018 est. |
177 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19,219 | 0.174 | 2018 est. |
178 | Maldives | 18,754 | 0.037 | 2018 est. |
179 | Gibraltar | 17,671 | 0.510 | 2018 est. |
180 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 17,293 | 0.347 | 2017 est. |
181 | Faroe Islands | 17,188 | 0.338 | 2018 est. |
182 | Congo (Republic) | 17,000 | 0.004 | July 2016 est. |
182 | Sierra Leone | 17,000 | 0.002 | July 2016 est. |
184 | San Marino | 15,800 | 0.475 | 2017 est. |
185 | Liechtenstein | 15,243 | 0.398 | 2018 est. |
186 | Malawi | 14,992 | 0.001 | 2018 est. |
187 | Tonga | 14,697 | 0.147 | 2018 est. |
188 | Rwanda | 12,960 | 0.001 | 2018 est. |
189 | Equatorial Guinea | 10,848 | 0.008 | 2018 est. |
190 | Comoros | 10,320 | 0.012 | 2018 est. |
191 | American Samoa | 10,000 | 0.185 | July 2016 est. |
192 | Chad | 9,036 | 0.001 | 2018 est. |
193 | Samoa | 8,454 | 0.043 | 2017 est. |
194 | Lesotho | 8,328 | 0.004 | 2018 est. |
195 | Greenland | 8,060 | 0.144 | 2018 est. |
196 | Liberia | 8,000 | 0.002 | July 2016 est. |
197 | Cook Islands | 7,800 | 0.527 | July 2016 est. |
198 | Solomon Islands | 7,430 | 0.011 | 2018 est. |
199 | Palau | 7,204 | 0.413 | July 2016 est. |
200 | Micronesia | 6,947 | 0.067 | 2017 est. |
201 | British Virgin Islands | 6,222 | 0.186 | 2018 est. |
202 | Anguilla | 6,000 | 0.400 | July 2016 est. |
203 | Haiti | 5,922 | 0.001 | 2018 est. |
204 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 5,299 | 0.026 | 2018 est. |
205 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,800 | 0.799 | July 2016 est. |
206 | Vanuatu | 4,154 | 0.015 | 2018 est. |
207 | Wallis and Futuna | 3,132 | 0.265 | July 2016 est. |
208 | Montserrat | 3,000 | 0.633 | July 2016 est. |
209 | Dominica | 2,660 | 0.037 | 2018 est. |
210 | Marshall Islands | 2,361 | 0.041 | July 2016 est. |
211 | Falkland Islands | 2,255 | 0.744 | July 2016 est. |
212 | East Timor | 2,206 | 0.002 | 2018 est. |
213 | Central African Republic | 2,193 | 0.000 | 2018 est. |
214 | Tuvalu | 2,000 | 0.190 | July 2016 est. |
215 | Nauru | 1,900 | 0.168 | July 2016 est. |
216 | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 576 | 0.103 | July 2016 est. |
217 | Tokelau | 300 | 0.200 | July 2016 est. |
World | 984,289,950 | 0.133 | 2017 est. |
No information is available for non-listed countries.
The total number of main telephone lines in use is reported.
Source: CIA World Factbook (2020-05-03)