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Media Statistics > Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Holy See (Vatican City): 5,559.175 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 2   Norfolk Island: 1,375.339 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 3   Monaco: 1,046.154 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 4   Bermuda: 904.389 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 5   San Marino: 734.266 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 6   Man, Isle of: 708.247 per 1,000 people  1999 Time series
# 7   Guernsey: 691.421 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 8   Switzerland: 661.843 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 9   Virgin Islands: 659.565 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 10   Germany: 652.298 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 11   Canada: 645.033 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 12   Greenland: 634.093 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 13   Taiwan: 626.146 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 14   Iceland: 618.353 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 15   Sweden: 609.672 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 16   France: 586.467 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 17   Montenegro: 583.003 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 18   Greece: 581.621 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 19   Liechtenstein: 575.54 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 20   Hong Kong: 555.125 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 21   United Kingdom: 554.197 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 22   United States: 541.941 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 23   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 532.087 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 25   Andorra: 517.947 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 26   Luxembourg: 516.844 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 27   Denmark: 516.448 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 28   Ireland: 513.983 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 29   Barbados: 500.453 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 30   Malta: 492.933 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 31   Korea, South: 487.412 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 32   Australia: 477.631 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 33   Faroe Islands: 476.19 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 34   Netherlands Antilles: 460.827 per 1,000 people  2001 Time series
# 35   Spain: 459.427 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 36   Italy: 459.101 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 37   Belgium: 449.182 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 38   Antigua and Barbuda: 448.499 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 39   Netherlands: 442.591 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 40   Bahamas, The: 434.804 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 41   Norway: 429.566 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 42   Israel: 426.932 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 43   Slovenia: 426.578 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 44   New Zealand: 414.503 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 45   Austria: 411.474 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 46   Singapore: 408.301 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 47   Croatia: 406.159 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 48   Japan: 402.029 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 49   Guam: 399.919 per 1,000 people  2003 Time series
# 50   Macau: 389.535 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 51   Portugal: 388.9 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 52   Aruba: 382.411 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 53   Belarus: 377.594 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 54   Estonia: 376.545 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 55   Iran: 364.463 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 56   Costa Rica: 347.615 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 57   Finland: 332.159 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 58   Hungary: 326.533 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 59   Saint Lucia: 321.115 per 1,000 people  2002 Time series
# 60   Bulgaria: 314.085 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 61   United Arab Emirates: 311.655 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 62   Russia: 308.357 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 63   Trinidad and Tobago: 306.452 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 64   Serbia and Montenegro: 294.869 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 65   Dominica: 293.825 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 66   Mauritius: 285.057 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 67   Latvia: 284.98 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 68   Czech Republic: 282.627 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 69   Uruguay: 278.911 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 70   Ukraine: 277.711 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 71   Seychelles: 277.184 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 72   China: 276.43 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 73   New Caledonia: 271.241 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 74   Poland: 268.34 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 75   Puerto Rico: 265.334 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 76   Bahrain: 262.567 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 77   Qatar: 261.676 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 78   Turkey: 258.76 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 79   Grenada: 256.13 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 80   Moldova: 249.972 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 81   Gaza Strip: 236.373 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 82   Argentina: 235.721 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 83   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 233.953 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 84   Macedonia, Republic of: 225.496 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 85   Lithuania: 223.581 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 86   Kazakhstan: 211.777 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 87   Brunei: 211.439 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 88   Slovakia: 211.29 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 89   Chile: 207.495 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 90   Brazil: 207.357 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 91   French Polynesia: 206.311 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 92   Armenia: 200.818 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 93   Kuwait: 198.889 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 94   Venezuela: 195.285 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 95   Romania: 193.032 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 96   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 192.977 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 97   American Samoa: 182.456 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 98   Mexico: 181.728 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 99   Suriname: 180.483 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 100   Tonga: 179.608 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 101   Colombia: 178.821 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 102   Syria: 178.724 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 103   Malaysia: 175.253 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 104   Lebanon: 168.039 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 105   El Salvador: 155.439 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 106   Azerbaijan: 154.429 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 107   Panama: 151.719 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 108   Guyana: 146.562 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 109   Saudi Arabia: 144.777 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 110   West Bank: 140.895 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 111   Egypt: 139.777 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 112   Cape Verde: 138.141 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 113   Ecuador: 131.219 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 114   Sri Lanka: 131.031 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 115   Jamaica: 128.391 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 116   Vietnam: 126.668 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 117   Tunisia: 123.879 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 118   Fiji: 117.996 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 119   Georgia: 117.09 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 120   Belize: 115.155 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 121   Albania: 112.983 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 122   Thailand: 107.948 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 123   South Africa: 105.505 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 124   Samoa: 105.415 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 125   Guatemala: 105.019 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 126   Turkmenistan: 101.084 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 127   Honduras: 97.023 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 128   Dominican Republic: 96.842 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 129   Jordan: 96.726 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 130   Peru: 93.218 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 131   Algeria: 92.04 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 132   Cuba: 91.539 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 133   Kyrgyzstan: 91.235 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 134   Maldives: 89.965 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 135   Oman: 83.653 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 136   Libya: 80.969 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 137   Micronesia, Federated States of: 80.659 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 138   Botswana: 77.878 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 139   Tuvalu: 77.346 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 140   Indonesia: 75.963 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 141   Bolivia: 74.371 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 142   Marshall Islands: 73.508 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 143   Morocco: 70.918 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 144   Uzbekistan: 68.52 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 145   Paraguay: 68.045 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 146   Namibia: 67.199 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 147   Mongolia: 61.478 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 148   Iraq: 59.329 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 149   Korea, North: 50.64 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 150   Kiribati: 47.517 per 1,000 people  2002 Time series
# 151   Nicaragua: 47.224 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 152   India: 45.451 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 153   Gambia, The: 45.251 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 154   Yemen: 44.758 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 155   Philippines: 42.948 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 156   Tajikistan: 42.777 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 157   Vanuatu: 41.515 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 158   Côte d'Ivoire: 40.525 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 159   Swaziland: 39.071 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 160   São Tomé and Príncipe: 38.581 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 161   Pakistan: 32.956 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 162   Comoros: 31.127 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 163   Lesotho: 29.682 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 164   Zimbabwe: 27.983 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 165   Nepal: 26.517 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 166   Pitcairn Islands: 21.739 per 1,000 people  2004 Time series
# 167   Senegal: 21.49 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 168   Equatorial Guinea: 19.86 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 169   Gabon: 18.215 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 170   Haiti: 17.347 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 171   Ghana: 16.419 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 172   Solomon Islands: 15.535 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 173   Laos: 14.535 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 174   Benin: 13.654 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 175   Djibouti: 13.618 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 176   Togo: 13.027 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 177   Malawi: 12.879 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 178   Bhutan: 12.844 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 179   Nigeria: 11.701 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 180   Ethiopia: 11.503 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 181   Mauritania: 11.066 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 182   East Timor: 11.06 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 183   Somalia: 10.966 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 184   Papua New Guinea: 10.352 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 185   Burma: 9.974 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 186   Afghanistan: 9.355 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 187   Sudan: 8.766 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 188   Eritrea: 8.263 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 189   Zambia: 7.998 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 190   Bangladesh: 7.89 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 191   Cameroon: 7.834 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 192   Kenya: 7.173 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 193   Mali: 7.086 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 194   Burkina Faso: 6.978 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 195   Madagascar: 6.885 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 196   Angola: 5.991 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 197   Uganda: 5.363 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 198   Sierra Leone: 4.906 per 1,000 people  2002 Time series
# 199   Burundi: 4.468 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 200   Tanzania: 4.294 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 201   Congo, Republic of the: 3.976 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 202   Mozambique: 3.326 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 203   Guinea-Bissau: 3.123 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 204   Central African Republic: 2.93 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 205   Guinea: 2.921 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 206   Cambodia: 2.679 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 207   Rwanda: 2.332 per 1,000 people  2007 Time series
# 208   Liberia: 2.152 per 1,000 people  2002 Time series
# 209   Niger: 1.72 per 1,000 people  2005 Time series
# 210   Chad: 1.302 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
# 211   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 0.163 per 1,000 people  2006 Time series
Weighted average: 246.4 per 1,000 people  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 520.841 per 1,000 people  



DEFINITION: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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