DEFINITION
Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Media Statistics > Telephone mainlines (per capita) (most recent) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
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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