DEFINITION
Media Statistics > Telephone mainlines (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
(top to bottom)
Date
#1 Bermuda
894.956
per 1,000 people 2002 ...
#2 Cayman Islands
883.721
per 1,000 people 2001 ...
#3 San Marino
741.214
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#4 Sweden
716.971
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#5 Switzerland
688.844
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#6 Germany
667.472
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#7 Iceland
653.25
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#8 Virgin Islands
651.694
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#9 Denmark
618.593
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#10 United States
605.972
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#11 France
586.467
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#12 Liechtenstein
574.129
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#13 Greece
567.673
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#14 Canada
565.849
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#15 Australia
563.727
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#16 Cyprus
554.276
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#17 Hong Kong
546.488
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#18 Andorra
535.408
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#19 Luxembourg
535.351
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#20 Saint Kitts and Nevis
532.087
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#21 United Kingdom
527.94
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#22 Guam
506.496
per 1,000 people 2001 ...
#23 Malta
500.907
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#24 Barbados
500.371
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#25 Korea, South
491.679
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#26 Ireland
488.808
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#27 Antigua and Barbuda
466.8
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#28 Netherlands
465.691
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#29 Netherlands Antilles
460.827
per 1,000 people 2001 ...
#30 Belgium
460.699
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#31 Norway
460.493
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#32 Japan
460.031
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#33 Austria
450.002
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#34 Greenland
447.527
per 1,000 people 2002 ...
#35 Bahamas, The
438.998
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#36 Italy
427.406
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#37 Croatia
425.242
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#38 Singapore
424.801
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#39 Israel
424.099
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#40 Spain
422.184
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#41 New Zealand
421.82
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#42 Faroe Islands
418.979
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#43 Slovenia
408.08
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#44 Finland
404.11
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#45 Portugal
401.355
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#46 Macau
378.973
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#47 Aruba
375.071
per 1,000 people 2001 ...
#48 Belarus
335.967
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#49 Hungary
332.714
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#50 Serbia and Montenegro
332.156
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#51 Estonia
328.389
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#52 Saint Lucia
321.247
per 1,000 people 2002 ...
#53 Costa Rica
320.876
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#54 Bulgaria
320.864
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#55 Latvia
317.757
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#56 Czech Republic
314.375
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#57 Grenada
309.274
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#58 Poland
309.262
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#59 Dominica
293.308
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#60 Uruguay
290.483
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#61 Mauritius
288.759
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#62 Puerto Rico
285.459
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#63 Russia
280.197
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#64 Iran
278.174
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#65 Lebanon
276.782
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#66 United Arab Emirates
272.848
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#67 Northern Mariana Islands
272.597
per 1,000 people 2000 ...
#68 Bahrain
270.452
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#69 China
268.634
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#70 Turkey
263.349
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#71 Macedonia, Republic of
262.128
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#72 Ukraine
255.938
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#73 Seychelles
253.319
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#74 Qatar
252.676
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#75 Bosnia and Herzegovina
247.975
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#76 Trinidad and Tobago
247.83
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#77 New Caledonia
235.884
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#78 Lithuania
234.634
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#79 Brazil
230.447
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#80 Argentina
227.113
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#81 Brunei
224.413
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#82 Slovakia
222.21
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#83 Moldova
220.983
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#84 Chile
210.854
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#85 French Polynesia
208.061
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#86 Romania
202.955
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#87 Kuwait
201.264
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#88 Armenia
192.489
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#89 Vietnam
190.63
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#90 Mexico
189.273
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#91 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
189.037
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#92 American Samoa
181.649
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#93 Suriname
180.43
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#94 Malaysia
172.247
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#95 Colombia
168.394
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#96 Kazakhstan
166.524
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#97 Saudi Arabia
164.367
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#98 Syria
152.449
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#99 Georgia
151.225
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#100 Guyana
146.61
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#101 El Salvador
141.18
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#102 Cape Verde
140.906
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#103 Egypt
140.426
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#104 Panama
136.2
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#105 Venezuela
135.662
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#106 Libya
133.247
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#107 Azerbaijan
130.114
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#108 Jamaica
128.838
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#109 Ecuador
128.624
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#110 Tunisia
125.384
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#111 Fiji
122.376
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#112 Jordan
119.217
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#113 Belize
114.058
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#114 Micronesia, Federated States of
112.674
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#115 Tonga
110.676
per 1,000 people 2002 ...
#116 Thailand
109.519
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#117 Oman
103.326
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#118 South Africa
100.857
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#119 Dominican Republic
100.76
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#120 Guatemala
99.068
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#121 Maldives
98.105
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#122 Albania
88.233
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#123 Kyrgyzstan
85.187
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#124 Peru
80.467
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#125 Turkmenistan
80.059
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#126 Algeria
78.286
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#127 Marshall Islands
75.608
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#128 Cuba
75.419
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#129 Botswana
74.81
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#130 Samoa
72.861
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#131 Bolivia
70.387
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#132 Honduras
68.616
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#133 Uzbekistan
67.158
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#134 Namibia
63.673
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#135 Sri Lanka
63.387
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#136 Mongolia
61.098
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#137 Mayotte
60.241
per 1,000 people 2002 ...
#138 Indonesia
57.909
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#139 Paraguay
54.3
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#140 Bhutan
51.378
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#141 Kiribati
47.242
per 1,000 people 2002 ...
#142 São Tomé and Príncipe
46.089
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#143 India
45.451
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#144 Morocco
44.456
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#145 Korea, North
44.004
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#146 Nicaragua
42.893
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#147 Philippines
40.543
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#148 Yemen
39.26
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#149 Tajikistan
38.553
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#150 Pakistan
33.88
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#151 Vanuatu
32.6
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#152 Swaziland
30.983
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#153 Gambia, The
29.003
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#154 Gabon
28.275
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#155 Comoros
28.209
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#156 Iraq
27.709
per 1,000 people 1999 ...
#157 Lesotho
26.724
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#158 Zimbabwe
25.212
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#159 Senegal
22.869
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#160 Equatorial Guinea
19.86
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#161 Sudan
18.491
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#162 Haiti
16.653
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#163 Nepal
16.535
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#164 Solomon Islands
15.504
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#165 Ghana
14.54
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#166 Côte d'Ivoire
14.432
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#167 Djibouti
13.591
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#168 Mauritania
13.361
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#169 Laos
12.711
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#170 Somalia
12.154
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#171 Papua New Guinea
10.742
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#172 Togo
9.542
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#173 Burma
9.425
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#174 Nigeria
9.3
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#175 Benin
9.038
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#176 Eritrea
8.568
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#177 Ethiopia
8.566
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#178 Kenya
8.225
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#179 Zambia
8.113
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#180 Malawi
7.973
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#181 Bangladesh
7.545
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#182 Burkina Faso
7.363
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#183 Guinea-Bissau
7.068
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#184 Cameroon
6.2
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#185 Angola
5.914
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#186 Mali
5.548
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#187 Sierra Leone
4.906
per 1,000 people 2002 ...
#188 Tanzania
3.943
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#189 Burundi
3.81
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#190 Madagascar
3.596
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#191 Mozambique
3.587
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#192 Congo, Republic of the
3.559
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#193 Uganda
3.497
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#194 Guinea
2.847
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#195 Cambodia
2.687
per 1,000 people 2003 ...
#196 Rwanda
2.586
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#197 Afghanistan
2.499
per 1,000 people 1989 ...
#198 Central African Republic
2.477
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#199 Liberia
2.152
per 1,000 people 2002 ...
#200 Niger
1.716
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
#201 Chad
1.376
per 1,000 people 2004 ...
#202 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
0.184
per 1,000 people 2005 ...
Weighted average:
211.3
per 1,000 people
DEFINITION: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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