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STAT India United States HISTORY
Main lines in use 32.69 million
Ranked 10th. 		146 million
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than India
Main lines in use > Per capita 45.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 122nd. 		541.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 12 times more than India
Main lines in use per 1000 29.67
Ranked 4th. 		459.63
Ranked 20th. 15 times more than India
Mobile cellular 893.86 million
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than United States 		290.3 million
Ranked 3rd.
Mobile cellular > Per capita 257.91 per 1,000 people
Ranked 4th. 		846.78 per 1,000 people
Ranked 59th. 3 times more than India
Mobile cellular per 1000 555.73
Ranked 4th. 		932.29
Ranked 78th. 68% more than India

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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