FACTOID # 8: A three-minute local phone call in Ecuador costs 60 U.S. cents, 60 times as much as in Ukraine, Macedonia, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, or Uzbekistan.
 
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Media Statistics > Telephone mainlines (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   China: 350,433,000   2005 Time series
# 2   United States: 177,947,000   2004 Time series
# 3   Japan: 58,780,000   2005 Time series
# 4   Germany: 55,046,000   2005 Time series
# 5   India: 49,750,000   2005 Time series
# 6   Brazil: 42,382,160   2004 Time series
# 7   Russia: 40,100,000   2005 Time series
# 8   France: 35,700,000   2005 Time series
# 9   United Kingdom: 31,796,000   2005 Time series
# 10   Italy: 25,049,000   2005 Time series
# 11   Korea, South: 23,745,210   2005 Time series
# 12   Mexico: 19,512,020   2005 Time series
# 13   Iran: 18,985,670   2005 Time series
# 14   Turkey: 18,978,220   2005 Time series
# 15   Spain: 18,322,000   2005 Time series
# 16   Canada: 18,276,350   2005 Time series
# 17   Vietnam: 15,845,000   2005 Time series
# 18   Indonesia: 12,772,250   2005 Time series
# 19   Ukraine: 12,141,960   2004 Time series
# 20   Poland: 11,803,110   2005 Time series
# 21   Australia: 11,460,000   2005 Time series
# 22   Egypt: 10,396,150   2005 Time series
# 23   Argentina: 8,800,000   2005 Time series
# 24   Colombia: 7,678,804   2005 Time series
# 25   Netherlands: 7,600,000   2005 Time series
# 26   Thailand: 7,034,677   2005 Time series
# 27   Sweden: 6,447,000   2004 Time series
# 28   Greece: 6,303,443   2005 Time series
# 29   Pakistan: 5,277,546   2005 Time series
# 30   Switzerland: 5,123,000   2005 Time series
# 31   Belgium: 4,801,000   2004 Time series
# 32   South Africa: 4,729,000   2005 Time series
# 33   Romania: 4,390,805   2005 Time series
# 34   Malaysia: 4,366,000   2005 Time series
# 35   Portugal: 4,234,075   2005 Time series
# 36   Saudi Arabia: 3,800,000   2005 Time series
# 37   Hong Kong: 3,794,592   2005 Time series
# 38   Austria: 3,705,000   2005 Time series
# 39   Venezuela: 3,605,502   2005 Time series
# 40   Chile: 3,435,888   2005 Time series
# 41   Philippines: 3,367,252   2005 Time series
# 42   Hungary: 3,356,098   2005 Time series
# 43   Denmark: 3,350,285   2005 Time series
# 44   Belarus: 3,284,272   2005 Time series
# 45   Czech Republic: 3,217,340   2005 Time series
# 46   Israel: 2,936,295   2005 Time series
# 47   Syria: 2,903,139   2005 Time series
# 48   Serbia and Montenegro: 2,685,419   2004 Time series
# 49   Algeria: 2,572,000   2005 Time series
# 50   Kazakhstan: 2,500,000   2004 Time series
# 51   Bulgaria: 2,483,485   2005 Time series
# 52   Peru: 2,250,529   2005 Time series
# 53   Norway: 2,128,997   2005 Time series
# 54   Finland: 2,120,000   2005 Time series
# 55   Ireland: 2,033,000   2005 Time series
# 56   Croatia: 1,889,500   2005 Time series
# 57   Singapore: 1,844,400   2005 Time series
# 58   New Zealand: 1,729,000   2005 Time series
# 59   Uzbekistan: 1,717,068   2003 Time series
# 60   Ecuador: 1,701,496   2005 Time series
# 61   Costa Rica: 1,388,503   2005 Time series
# 62   Morocco: 1,341,156   2005 Time series
# 63   Tunisia: 1,257,479   2005 Time series
# 64   Guatemala: 1,248,160   2005 Time series
# 65   Sri Lanka: 1,243,993   2005 Time series
# 66   United Arab Emirates: 1,236,860   2005 Time series
# 67   Nigeria: 1,223,258   2005 Time series
# 68   Slovakia: 1,197,044   2005 Time series
# 69   Puerto Rico: 1,111,894   2004 Time series
# 70   Azerbaijan: 1,091,400   2005 Time series
# 71   Bangladesh: 1,070,000   2005 Time series
# 72   Iraq: 1,034,240   2004 Time series
# 73   Uruguay: 1,006,001   2005 Time series
# 74   Lebanon: 990,000   2005 Time series
# 75   Korea, North: 980,000   2003 Time series
# 76   El Salvador: 971,455   2005 Time series
# 77   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 968,857   2005 Time series
# 78   Moldova: 929,400   2005 Time series
# 79   Dominican Republic: 896,252   2005 Time series
# 80   Cuba: 849,927   2005 Time series
# 81   Slovenia: 816,365   2005 Time series
# 82   Lithuania: 801,110   2005 Time series
# 83   Yemen: 798,136   2004 Time series
# 84   Libya: 750,000   2003 Time series
# 85   Latvia: 731,000   2005 Time series
# 86   Georgia: 683,230   2004 Time series
# 87   Sudan: 670,000   2005 Time series
# 88   Bolivia: 646,291   2005 Time series
# 89   Jordan: 637,811   2004 Time series
# 90   Ethiopia: 610,347   2005 Time series
# 91   Armenia: 582,490   2004 Time series
# 92   Macedonia, Republic of: 533,185   2005 Time series
# 93   Kuwait: 510,295   2005 Time series
# 94   Honduras: 494,359   2005 Time series
# 95   Burma: 476,169   2005 Time series
# 96   Nepal: 448,639   2005 Time series
# 97   Estonia: 442,045   2005 Time series
# 98   Panama: 440,129   2005 Time series
# 99   Kyrgyzstan: 438,158   2005 Time series
# 100   Cyprus: 420,030   2005 Time series
# 101   Turkmenistan: 376,100   2003 Time series
# 102   Mauritius: 359,000   2005 Time series
# 103   Jamaica: 342,000   2005 Time series
# 104   Zimbabwe: 328,000   2005 Time series
# 105   Trinidad and Tobago: 323,477   2005 Time series
# 106   Ghana: 321,526   2005 Time series
# 107   Paraguay: 320,294   2005 Time series
# 108   Kenya: 281,764   2005 Time series
# 109   Albania: 274,557   2004 Time series
# 110   Senegal: 266,612   2005 Time series
# 111   Oman: 265,237   2005 Time series
# 112   Côte d'Ivoire: 257,932   2004 Time series
# 113   Tajikistan: 245,192   2003 Time series
# 114   Luxembourg: 244,500   2005 Time series
# 115   Nicaragua: 220,869   2005 Time series
# 116   Qatar: 205,386   2005 Time series
# 117   Malta: 202,116   2005 Time series
# 118   Bahrain: 196,515   2005 Time series
# 119   Iceland: 193,852   2005 Time series
# 120   Macau: 174,389   2005 Time series
# 121   Mongolia: 156,045   2005 Time series
# 122   Tanzania: 148,360   2004 Time series
# 123   Haiti: 140,000   2004 Time series
# 124   Bahamas, The: 139,936   2004 Time series
# 125   Barbados: 134,878   2005 Time series
# 126   Botswana: 132,034   2005 Time series
# 127   Namibia: 127,935   2004 Time series
# 128   Guyana: 110,136   2005 Time series
# 129   Malawi: 102,724   2005 Time series
# 130   Fiji: 102,023   2003 Time series
# 131   Uganda: 100,777   2005 Time series
= 132   Somalia: 100,000   2005 Time series
= 132   Afghanistan: 100,000   2005 Time series
# 134   Cameroon: 99,439   2004 Time series
# 135   Burkina Faso: 97,400   2005 Time series
# 136   Zambia: 94,665   2005 Time series
# 137   Angola: 94,280   2005 Time series
# 138   Brunei: 83,890   2005 Time series
# 139   Suriname: 81,056   2005 Time series
# 140   Netherlands Antilles: 81,000   2001 Time series
# 141   Guam: 80,000   2001 Time series
# 142   Benin: 76,267   2005 Time series
# 143   Laos: 75,303   2005 Time series
# 144   Mali: 75,000   2005 Time series
# 145   Cape Verde: 71,412   2005 Time series
# 146   Virgin Islands: 70,888   2004 Time series
# 147   Mozambique: 69,676   2004 Time series
# 148   Madagascar: 66,900   2005 Time series
# 149   Papua New Guinea: 62,000   2004 Time series
# 150   Togo: 58,634   2005 Time series
# 151   Bermuda: 56,000   2002 Time series
# 152   New Caledonia: 55,310   2005 Time series
# 153   French Polynesia: 53,389   2005 Time series
# 154   Saint Lucia: 51,121   2002 Time series
# 155   Lesotho: 47,964   2005 Time series
# 156   Gambia, The: 44,000   2005 Time series
# 157   Mauritania: 41,000   2005 Time series
# 158   Gabon: 39,128   2005 Time series
= 159   Antigua and Barbuda: 38,000   2004 Time series
= 159   Cayman Islands: 38,000   2001 Time series
# 161   Eritrea: 37,712   2005 Time series
# 162   Aruba: 37,132   2001 Time series
# 163   Cambodia: 36,359   2003 Time series
# 164   Andorra: 35,444   2005 Time series
# 165   Swaziland: 35,042   2005 Time series
# 166   Belize: 33,282   2005 Time series
# 167   Bhutan: 32,709   2005 Time series
# 168   Grenada: 32,705   2004 Time series
# 169   Maldives: 32,296   2005 Time series
# 170   Burundi: 27,744   2004 Time series
# 171   Guinea: 26,200   2004 Time series
# 172   Greenland: 25,330   2002 Time series
# 173   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 25,000   2004 Time series
# 174   Sierra Leone: 24,000   2002 Time series
# 175   Niger: 23,954   2005 Time series
# 176   Rwanda: 22,972   2004 Time series
# 177   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 22,505   2005 Time series
# 178   Seychelles: 21,404   2005 Time series
# 179   Northern Mariana Islands: 20,990   2000 Time series
# 180   Dominica: 20,963   2004 Time series
# 181   San Marino: 20,754   2004 Time series
# 182   Faroe Islands: 20,111   2003 Time series
# 183   Liechtenstein: 19,951   2005 Time series
# 184   Comoros: 16,939   2005 Time series
# 185   Congo, Republic of the: 13,820   2004 Time series
# 186   Samoa: 13,287   2003 Time series
# 187   Chad: 13,000   2004 Time series
# 188   Micronesia, Federated States of: 12,449   2005 Time series
# 189   Tonga: 11,201   2002 Time series
# 190   Djibouti: 10,779   2005 Time series
# 191   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 10,579   2005 Time series
# 192   Guinea-Bissau: 10,558   2003 Time series
# 193   American Samoa: 10,354   2004 Time series
= 194   Central African Republic: 10,000   2005 Time series
= 194   Equatorial Guinea: 10,000   2005 Time series
= 194   Mayotte: 10,000   2002 Time series
# 197   Solomon Islands: 7,407   2005 Time series
# 198   São Tomé and Príncipe: 7,050   2004 Time series
# 199   Liberia: 6,900   2002 Time series
# 200   Vanuatu: 6,759   2004 Time series
# 201   Kiribati: 4,474   2002 Time series
# 202   Marshall Islands: 4,461   2003 Time series
Total: 1,248,003,139   
Weighted average: 6,178,233.4   



DEFINITION: Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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