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
(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 ...