SOURCE
CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
DEFINITION
The total number of main telephone lines in use.
Media Statistics > Telephones > Main lines in use (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
China: |
350,433,000
|
|
| #2 |
United States: |
268,000,000
|
|
| #3 |
Japan: |
58,780,000
|
|
| #4 |
Germany: |
55,046,000
|
|
| #5 |
India: |
49,750,000
|
|
| #6 |
Brazil: |
42,382,000
|
|
| #7 |
Russia: |
40,100,000
|
|
| #8 |
United Kingdom: |
32,943,000
|
|
| #9 |
Italy: |
25,049,000
|
|
| #10 |
Korea, South: |
23,745,000
|
|
| #11 |
Mexico: |
19,512,000
|
|
| #12 |
Iran: |
18,986,000
|
|
| #13 |
Turkey: |
18,978,000
|
|
| #14 |
Spain: |
18,322,000
|
|
| #15 |
Canada: |
18,276,000
|
|
| #16 |
Vietnam: |
15,845,000
|
|
| #17 |
Taiwan: |
13,615,000
|
|
| #18 |
Indonesia: |
12,772,000
|
|
| #19 |
Ukraine: |
12,142,000
|
|
| #20 |
Poland: |
11,803,000
|
|
| #21 |
Australia: |
11,460,000
|
|
| #22 |
Egypt: |
10,396,000
|
|
| #23 |
Argentina: |
8,800,000
|
|
| #24 |
Colombia: |
7,678,800
|
|
| #25 |
Netherlands: |
7,600,000
|
|
| #26 |
Thailand: |
7,035,000
|
|
| #27 |
Sweden: |
6,447,000
|
|
| #28 |
Greece: |
6,303,000
|
|
| #29 |
Pakistan: |
5,162,798
|
|
| #30 |
Switzerland: |
5,123,000
|
|
| #31 |
Belgium: |
4,801,000
|
|
| #32 |
South Africa: |
4,729,000
|
|
| #33 |
Saudi Arabia: |
4,500,000
|
|
| #34 |
Romania: |
4,391,000
|
|
| #35 |
Malaysia: |
4,366,000
|
|
| #36 |
Portugal: |
4,234,000
|
|
| #37 |
Hong Kong: |
3,795,000
|
|
| #38 |
Austria: |
3,705,000
|
|
| #39 |
Venezuela: |
3,605,000
|
|
| #40 |
Philippines: |
3,438,000
|
|
| #41 |
Chile: |
3,436,000
|
|
| #42 |
Hungary: |
3,356,000
|
|
| #43 |
Denmark: |
3,350,000
|
|
| #44 |
Belarus: |
3,284,300
|
|
| #45 |
Czech Republic: |
3,217,300
|
|
| #46 |
Israel: |
2,936,000
|
|
| #47 |
Syria: |
2,903,000
|
|
| #48 |
Serbia and Montenegro: |
2,685,000
|
|
| #49 |
Algeria: |
2,572,000
|
|
| #50 |
Kazakhstan: |
2,500,000
|
|
| #51 |
Bulgaria: |
2,483,000
|
|
| #52 |
Peru: |
2,250,000
|
|
| #53 |
Norway: |
2,129,000
|
|
| #54 |
Finland: |
2,120,000
|
|
| #55 |
Ireland: |
2,033,000
|
|
| #56 |
Croatia: |
1,890,000
|
|
| #57 |
Singapore: |
1,848,000
|
|
| #58 |
New Zealand: |
1,800,000
|
|
| #59 |
Uzbekistan: |
1,717,000
|
|
| #60 |
Ecuador: |
1,701,000
|
|
| #61 |
Iraq: |
1,547,000
|
|
| #62 |
Sri Lanka: |
1,510,000
|
|
| #63 |
Costa Rica: |
1,388,000
|
|
| #64 |
Morocco: |
1,341,000
|
|
| #65 |
Tunisia: |
1,258,000
|
|
| #66 |
United Arab Emirates: |
1,237,000
|
|
| #67 |
Nigeria: |
1,223,000
|
|
| #68 |
Slovakia: |
1,197,000
|
|
| #69 |
Guatemala: |
1,132,000
|
|
| #70 |
Puerto Rico: |
1,112,000
|
|
| #71 |
Azerbaijan: |
1,091,000
|
|
| #72 |
Bangladesh: |
1,070,000
|
|
| #73 |
Uruguay: |
1,000,000
|
|
| #74 |
Lebanon: |
990,000
|
|
| #75 |
Korea, North: |
980,000
|
|
| #76 |
El Salvador: |
971,500
|
|
| #77 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
968,900
|
|
| #78 |
Moldova: |
929,400
|
|
| #79 |
Yemen: |
900,000
|
|
| #80 |
Dominican Republic: |
894,500
|
|
| #81 |
Cuba: |
849,900
|
|
| #82 |
Slovenia: |
816,400
|
|
| #83 |
Lithuania: |
801,100
|
|
| #84 |
Libya: |
750,000
|
|
| #85 |
Latvia: |
731,000
|
|
| #86 |
Georgia: |
683,200
|
|
| #87 |
Sudan: |
670,000
|
|
| #88 |
Bolivia: |
646,300
|
|
| #89 |
Jordan: |
628,200
|
|
| #90 |
Ethiopia: |
610,300
|
|
| #91 |
Armenia: |
600,000
|
|
| #92 |
Macedonia, Republic of: |
533,200
|
|
| #93 |
Kuwait: |
510,300
|
|
| #94 |
Turkmenistan: |
495,000
|
|
| #95 |
Honduras: |
494,400
|
|
| #96 |
Burma: |
476,200
|
|
| #97 |
Nepal: |
448,600
|
|
| #98 |
Estonia: |
442,000
|
|
| #99 |
Panama: |
440,100
|
|
| #100 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
438,200
|
|
| #101 |
Mauritius: |
359,000
|
|
| #102 |
West Bank: |
349,000
|
|
| #103 |
Gaza Strip: |
349,000
|
|
| #104 |
Jamaica: |
342,000
|
|
| #105 |
Zimbabwe: |
328,000
|
|
| #106 |
Trinidad and Tobago: |
323,500
|
|
| #107 |
Ghana: |
321,500
|
|
| #108 |
Paraguay: |
320,300
|
|
| #109 |
Kenya: |
281,800
|
|
| #110 |
Afghanistan: |
280,000
|
|
| #111 |
Senegal: |
266,600
|
|
| #112 |
Oman: |
265,200
|
|
| #113 |
Côte d'Ivoire: |
257,900
|
|
| #114 |
Albania: |
255,000
|
|
| #115 |
Tajikistan: |
245,200
|
|
| #116 |
Luxembourg: |
244,500
|
|
| #117 |
Nicaragua: |
220,900
|
|
| #118 |
Qatar: |
205,400
|
|
| #119 |
Malta: |
202,100
|
|
| #120 |
Bahrain: |
196,500
|
|
| #121 |
Iceland: |
193,900
|
|
| #122 |
Macau: |
174,400
|
|
| #123 |
Mongolia: |
156,000
|
|
| #124 |
Tanzania: |
148,400
|
|
| #125 |
Haiti: |
140,000
|
|
| #126 |
Bahamas, The: |
139,900
|
|
| #127 |
Barbados: |
134,900
|
|
| #128 |
Botswana: |
132,000
|
|
| #129 |
Namibia: |
127,900
|
|
| #130 |
Guyana: |
110,100
|
|
| #131 |
Malawi: |
102,700
|
|
| #132 |
Fiji: |
102,000
|
|
| #133 |
Uganda: |
100,800
|
|
| #134 |
Somalia: |
100,000
|
|
| #135 |
Cameroon: |
99,400
|
|
| #136 |
Burkina Faso: |
97,400
|
|
| #137 |
Zambia: |
94,700
|
|
| #138 |
Angola: |
94,300
|
|
| #139 |
Laos: |
90,067
|
|
| #140 |
Brunei: |
90,000
|
|
| #141 |
Guam: |
84,134
|
|
| #142 |
Suriname: |
81,100
|
|
| #143 |
Netherlands Antilles: |
81,000
|
|
| #144 |
Benin: |
76,300
|
|
| #145 |
Mali: |
75,000
|
|
| #146 |
Jersey: |
73,900
|
|
| #147 |
Cape Verde: |
71,400
|
|
| #148 |
Virgin Islands: |
70,900
|
|
| #149 |
Mozambique: |
69,700
|
|
| #150 |
Madagascar: |
66,900
|
|
| #151 |
Papua New Guinea: |
62,000
|
|
| #152 |
Togo: |
58,600
|
|
| #153 |
Bermuda: |
56,000
|
|
| #154 |
New Caledonia: |
55,300
|
|
| #155 |
Guernsey: |
55,100
|
|
| #156 |
French Polynesia: |
53,400
|
|
| #157 |
Saint Lucia: |
51,100
|
|
| #158 |
Man, Isle of: |
51,000
|
|
| #159 |
Lesotho: |
48,000
|
|
| #160 |
Gambia, The: |
44,000
|
|
| #161 |
Mauritania: |
41,000
|
|
| #162 |
Gabon: |
39,100
|
|
| #163 |
Antigua and Barbuda: |
38,000
|
|
| #164 |
Cayman Islands: |
38,000
|
|
| #165 |
Eritrea: |
37,700
|
|
| #166 |
Aruba: |
37,100
|
|
| #167 |
Cambodia: |
36,400
|
|
| #168 |
Andorra: |
35,400
|
|
| #169 |
Swaziland: |
35,000
|
|
| #170 |
Monaco: |
33,700
|
|
| #171 |
Belize: |
33,300
|
|
| #172 |
Bhutan: |
32,700
|
|
| #173 |
Grenada: |
32,700
|
|
| #174 |
Maldives: |
32,181
|
|
| #175 |
Burundi: |
27,700
|
|
| #176 |
Guinea: |
26,200
|
|
| #177 |
Greenland: |
25,300
|
|
| #178 |
Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
25,000
|
|
| #179 |
Gibraltar: |
24,512
|
|
| #180 |
Niger: |
24,000
|
|
|