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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) (1978) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Sweden :
555.22
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Sweden
# 2
Switzerland :
422.44
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Switzerland
# 3
Denmark :
402.654
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Denmark
# 4
United States :
397.291
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in United States
# 5
Canada :
385.713
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Canada
# 6
Bermuda :
382.463
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Bermuda
# 7
New Zealand :
349.935
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in New Zealand
# 8
Iceland :
346.875
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Iceland
# 9
Luxembourg :
336.738
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Luxembourg
# 10
Finland :
328.424
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Finland
# 11
Japan :
323.887
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Japan
# 12
Netherlands :
306.979
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Netherlands
# 13
United Kingdom :
291.182
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in United Kingdom
# 14
Australia :
290.148
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Australia
# 15
Norway :
259.768
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Norway
# 16
Austria :
249.57
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Austria
# 17
Hong Kong :
231.903
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Hong Kong
# 18
France :
225.007
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in France
# 19
Germany :
221.623
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Germany
# 20
Belgium :
221.567
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Belgium
# 21
Greece :
214.773
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Greece
# 22
Netherlands Antilles :
205.206
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Netherlands Antilles
# 23
Italy :
204.007
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Italy
# 24
Israel :
198.049
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Israel
# 25
Singapore :
176.464
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Singapore
# 26
Spain :
168.171
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Spain
# 27
Bahamas, The :
145.134
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Bahamas, The
# 28
Greenland :
144.573
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Greenland
# 29
Latvia :
139.99
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Latvia
# 30
Barbados :
131.269
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Barbados
# 31
Ireland :
124.321
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Ireland
# 32
Guam :
121.017
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Guam
# 33
Malta :
120.756
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Malta
# 34
Estonia :
116.483
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Estonia
# 35
Puerto Rico :
108.71
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Puerto Rico
# 36
Cyprus :
105.744
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Cyprus
# 37
Kuwait :
103.424
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Kuwait
# 38
Lithuania :
99.903
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Lithuania
# 39
Portugal :
94.61
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Portugal
# 40
Slovakia :
90.75
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Slovakia
# 41
Qatar :
90.555
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Qatar
# 42
Armenia :
90.242
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Armenia
# 43
United Arab Emirates :
86.567
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in United Arab Emirates
# 44
New Caledonia :
81.424
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in New Caledonia
# 45
Uruguay :
70.979
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Uruguay
# 46
Bahrain :
70.291
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Bahrain
# 47
French Polynesia :
70.277
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in French Polynesia
# 48
Ukraine :
68.436
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Ukraine
# 49
Croatia :
66.392
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Croatia
# 50
Belarus :
66.289
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Belarus
# 51
Argentina :
63.369
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Argentina
# 52
Russia :
61.287
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Russia
# 53
Panama :
59.562
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Panama
# 54
Romania :
59.483
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Romania
# 55
Serbia and Montenegro :
56.451
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Serbia and Montenegro
# 56
Costa Rica :
55.438
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Costa Rica
# 57
Georgia :
53.954
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Georgia
# 58
South Africa :
53.044
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in South Africa
# 59
Korea, South :
50.833
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Korea, South
# 60
Poland :
50.271
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Poland
# 61
Hungary :
49.939
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Hungary
# 62
Moldova :
48.764
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Moldova
# 63
Azerbaijan :
48.521
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Azerbaijan
# 64
Venezuela :
46.519
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Venezuela
# 65
Brunei :
45.469
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Brunei
# 66
Dominica :
43.52
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Dominica
# 67
Trinidad and Tobago :
41.959
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Trinidad and Tobago
# 68
Kazakhstan :
40.473
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Kazakhstan
# 69
Seychelles :
39.39
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Seychelles
# 70
Suriname :
37.347
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Suriname
# 71
Colombia :
37.29
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Colombia
# 72
Saint Lucia :
37.267
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Saint Lucia
# 73
Mexico :
36.031
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Mexico
# 74
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
36.009
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 75
Turkmenistan :
33.052
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Turkmenistan
# 76
Uzbekistan :
33.006
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Uzbekistan
# 77
Kyrgyzstan :
32.907
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Kyrgyzstan
# 78
Fiji :
32.239
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Fiji
# 79
Brazil :
32.056
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Brazil
# 80
Chile :
31.761
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Chile
# 81
Namibia :
28.451
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Namibia
# 82
Tajikistan :
26.727
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Tajikistan
# 83
Ecuador :
26.57
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Ecuador
# 84
Belize :
25.937
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Belize
# 85
Jamaica :
25.717
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Jamaica
# 86
Iran :
23.275
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Iran
# 87
Turkey :
23.162
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Turkey
# 88
Saudi Arabia :
23.049
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Saudi Arabia
# 89
Jordan :
22.022
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Jordan
# 90
Mauritius :
21.297
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Mauritius
# 91
Malaysia :
20.648
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Malaysia
# 92
Cuba :
20.608
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Cuba
# 93
Syria :
20.23
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Syria
# 94
Peru :
17.011
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Peru
# 95
El Salvador :
14.491
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in El Salvador
# 96
Tunisia :
14.414
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Tunisia
# 97
Paraguay :
13.743
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Paraguay
# 98
Zimbabwe :
13.279
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Zimbabwe
# 99
Algeria :
11.745
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Algeria
# 100
Guatemala :
11.115
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Guatemala
# 101
Vanuatu :
11.103
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Vanuatu
# 102
Nicaragua :
10.521
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Nicaragua
# 103
Oman :
10.407
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Oman
# 104
Albania :
9.64
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Albania
# 105
Egypt :
8.924
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Egypt
# 106
Philippines :
8.131
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Philippines
# 107
Morocco :
8.08
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Morocco
# 108
Swaziland :
7.354
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Swaziland
# 109
Papua New Guinea :
6.71
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Papua New Guinea
# 110
São Tomé and Príncipe :
6.709
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 111
Thailand :
6.67
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Thailand
# 112
Djibouti :
6.481
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Djibouti
# 113
Honduras :
6.048
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Honduras
# 114
Botswana :
6.021
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Botswana
# 115
Maldives :
5.696
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Maldives
# 116
Tonga :
5.38
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Tonga
# 117
Zambia :
5.28
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Zambia
# 118
Kenya :
4.324
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Kenya
# 119
Congo, Republic of the :
4.095
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Congo, Republic of the
# 120
Côte d'Ivoire :
4.025
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Côte d'Ivoire
# 121
Angola :
3.391
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Angola
# 122
Pakistan :
3.334
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Pakistan
# 123
Ghana :
3.275
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Ghana
# 124
Sri Lanka :
3.221
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Sri Lanka
# 125
Gambia, The :
2.943
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Gambia, The
# 126
India :
2.843
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in India
# 127
Senegal :
2.751
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Senegal
# 128
Mozambique :
2.558
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Mozambique
# 129
Sudan :
2.349
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Sudan
# 130
Togo :
2.131
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Togo
# 131
Lesotho :
2.109
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Lesotho
# 132
Malawi :
2.033
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Malawi
# 133
Benin :
2.015
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Benin
# 134
China :
2.013
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in China
# 135
Tanzania :
1.995
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Tanzania
# 136
Indonesia :
1.935
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Indonesia
# 137
Uganda :
1.913
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Uganda
# 138
Cameroon :
1.835
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Cameroon
# 139
Laos :
1.822
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Laos
# 140
Bhutan :
1.687
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Bhutan
# 141
Mauritania :
1.676
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Mauritania
# 142
Afghanistan :
1.674
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Afghanistan
# 143
Ethiopia :
1.661
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Ethiopia
# 144
Central African Republic :
1.157
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Central African Republic
# 145
Bangladesh :
1.097
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Bangladesh
# 146
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.961
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 147
Niger :
0.891
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Niger
# 148
Burma :
0.843
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Burma
# 149
Burkina Faso :
0.633
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Burkina Faso
# 150
Nepal :
0.628
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Nepal
# 151
Mali :
0.599
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Mali
# 152
Rwanda :
0.554
per 1,000 people
1978
Media in Rwanda
Weighted average:
79.3
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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CITATION
"Telephone mainlines (per capita) (1978) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/med_tel_mai_percap-media-telephone-mainlines-per-capita&date=1978
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