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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) (1979) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Sweden :
564.022
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Sweden
# 2
Switzerland :
433.79
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Switzerland
# 3
Denmark :
421.195
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Denmark
# 4
United States :
405.523
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in United States
# 5
Bermuda :
399.628
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Bermuda
# 6
Canada :
395.23
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Canada
# 7
Iceland :
357.08
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Iceland
# 8
New Zealand :
354.693
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in New Zealand
# 9
Luxembourg :
349.381
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Luxembourg
# 10
Finland :
345.435
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Finland
# 11
Japan :
333.227
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Japan
# 12
Netherlands :
328.024
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Netherlands
# 13
United Kingdom :
308.062
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in United Kingdom
# 14
Australia :
306.564
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Australia
# 15
Norway :
273.558
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Norway
# 16
Austria :
269.272
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Austria
# 17
France :
260.4
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in France
# 18
Germany :
242.203
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Germany
# 19
Hong Kong :
237.85
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Hong Kong
# 20
Belgium :
235.539
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Belgium
# 21
Greece :
225.811
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Greece
# 22
Italy :
216.13
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Italy
# 23
Netherlands Antilles :
214.985
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Netherlands Antilles
# 24
Guam :
210.798
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Guam
# 25
Israel :
207.739
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Israel
# 26
Singapore :
201.344
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Singapore
# 27
Spain :
180.5
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Spain
# 28
Greenland :
168.085
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Greenland
# 29
Latvia :
154.211
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Latvia
# 30
Bahamas, The :
141.529
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Bahamas, The
# 31
Barbados :
135.908
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Barbados
# 32
Ireland :
129.454
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Ireland
# 33
Estonia :
129.443
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Estonia
# 34
Malta :
128.968
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Malta
# 35
Puerto Rico :
119.125
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Puerto Rico
# 36
Cyprus :
119.033
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Cyprus
# 37
Czech Republic :
112.686
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Czech Republic
# 38
Lithuania :
107.342
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Lithuania
# 39
Kuwait :
107.26
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Kuwait
# 40
Qatar :
103.579
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Qatar
# 41
United Arab Emirates :
101.962
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in United Arab Emirates
# 42
Bahrain :
100.269
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Bahrain
# 43
Portugal :
97.257
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Portugal
# 44
Armenia :
95.252
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Armenia
# 45
Slovakia :
93.032
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Slovakia
# 46
Bulgaria :
91.208
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Bulgaria
# 47
New Caledonia :
85.989
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in New Caledonia
# 48
French Polynesia :
75.006
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in French Polynesia
# 49
Uruguay :
73.255
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Uruguay
# 50
Croatia :
72.55
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Croatia
# 51
Ukraine :
72.196
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Ukraine
# 52
Belarus :
70.524
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Belarus
# 53
Romania :
67.126
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Romania
# 54
Russia :
66.654
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Russia
# 55
Argentina :
64.93
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Argentina
# 56
Panama :
63.287
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Panama
# 57
Serbia and Montenegro :
61.765
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Serbia and Montenegro
# 58
Korea, South :
61.083
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Korea, South
# 59
Georgia :
58.567
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Georgia
# 60
Costa Rica :
58.526
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Costa Rica
# 61
South Africa :
55.975
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in South Africa
# 62
Azerbaijan :
52.675
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Azerbaijan
# 63
Poland :
52.529
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Poland
# 64
Moldova :
52.476
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Moldova
# 65
Hungary :
52.44
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Hungary
# 66
Brunei :
50.866
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Brunei
# 67
Venezuela :
47.937
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Venezuela
# 68
Seychelles :
44.816
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Seychelles
# 69
Kazakhstan :
42.097
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Kazakhstan
# 70
Trinidad and Tobago :
41.143
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Trinidad and Tobago
# 71
Suriname :
40.341
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Suriname
# 72
Saint Lucia :
40.316
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Saint Lucia
# 73
Mexico :
38.789
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Mexico
# 74
Colombia :
36.868
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Colombia
# 75
Kyrgyzstan :
36.476
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Kyrgyzstan
# 76
Brazil :
36.11
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Brazil
# 77
Turkmenistan :
35.822
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Turkmenistan
# 78
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
35.671
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 79
Uzbekistan :
35.385
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Uzbekistan
# 80
Fiji :
34.411
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Fiji
# 81
Chile :
31.868
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Chile
# 82
Saudi Arabia :
30.63
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Saudi Arabia
# 83
Namibia :
28.94
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Namibia
# 84
Tajikistan :
28.61
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Tajikistan
# 85
Ecuador :
28.027
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Ecuador
# 86
Belize :
27.089
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Belize
# 87
Jamaica :
25.162
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Jamaica
# 88
Turkey :
25.105
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Turkey
# 89
Jordan :
24.94
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Jordan
# 90
Malaysia :
24.202
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Malaysia
# 91
Mauritius :
23.603
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Mauritius
# 92
Iran :
22.568
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Iran
# 93
Syria :
22.066
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Syria
# 94
Cuba :
22.033
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Cuba
# 95
Peru :
16.997
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Peru
# 96
Tunisia :
16.088
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Tunisia
# 97
Paraguay :
15.194
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Paraguay
# 98
El Salvador :
14.86
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in El Salvador
# 99
Algeria :
14.303
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Algeria
# 100
Zimbabwe :
13.177
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Zimbabwe
# 101
Guatemala :
11.49
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Guatemala
# 102
Albania :
9.937
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Albania
# 103
Oman :
9.915
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Oman
# 104
Nicaragua :
9.854
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Nicaragua
# 105
Tonga :
9.573
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Tonga
# 106
Egypt :
9.147
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Egypt
# 107
Kiribati :
8.52
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Kiribati
# 108
Swaziland :
8.403
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Swaziland
# 109
Philippines :
8.301
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Philippines
# 110
Morocco :
8.145
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Morocco
# 111
Honduras :
7.803
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Honduras
# 112
Thailand :
7.317
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Thailand
# 113
Papua New Guinea :
7.21
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Papua New Guinea
# 114
Djibouti :
7.087
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Djibouti
# 115
Botswana :
6.312
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Botswana
# 116
Dominica :
5.502
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Dominica
# 117
Zambia :
5.233
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Zambia
# 118
Maldives :
5.209
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Maldives
# 119
Kenya :
4.446
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Kenya
# 120
Congo, Republic of the :
4.403
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Congo, Republic of the
# 121
Côte d'Ivoire :
4.106
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Côte d'Ivoire
# 122
Angola :
3.951
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Angola
# 123
Sri Lanka :
3.607
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Sri Lanka
# 124
Pakistan :
3.559
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Pakistan
# 125
Ghana :
3.302
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Ghana
# 126
Gambia, The :
3.135
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Gambia, The
# 127
India :
3
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in India
# 128
Senegal :
2.979
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Senegal
# 129
Bhutan :
2.682
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Bhutan
# 130
Mozambique :
2.603
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Mozambique
# 131
Lesotho :
2.451
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Lesotho
# 132
Sudan :
2.291
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Sudan
# 133
Malawi :
2.196
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Malawi
# 134
Indonesia :
2.183
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Indonesia
# 135
Benin :
2.139
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Benin
# 136
Tanzania :
2.114
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Tanzania
# 137
Togo :
2.111
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Togo
# 138
China :
2.098
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in China
# 139
Madagascar :
2.098
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Madagascar
# 140
Cameroon :
1.949
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Cameroon
# 141
Mauritania :
1.904
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Mauritania
# 142
Laos :
1.8
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Laos
# 143
Uganda :
1.698
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Uganda
# 144
Ethiopia :
1.667
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Ethiopia
# 145
Afghanistan :
1.662
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Afghanistan
# 146
Bangladesh :
1.109
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Bangladesh
# 147
Central African Republic :
1.052
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Central African Republic
# 148
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.932
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 149
Niger :
0.931
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Niger
# 150
Burma :
0.855
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Burma
# 151
Nepal :
0.688
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Nepal
# 152
Mali :
0.615
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Mali
# 153
Rwanda :
0.556
per 1,000 people
1979
Media in Rwanda
Weighted average:
85.0
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) (1979) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/med_tel_mai_percap-media-telephone-mainlines-per-capita&date=1979
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