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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) (1998) by country
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Rank
Countries
Amount
Date
# 1
Bermuda :
867.2
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Bermuda
# 2
Sweden :
721.774
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Sweden
# 3
Switzerland :
686.92
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Switzerland
# 4
Denmark :
659.471
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Denmark
# 5
United States :
651.975
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in United States
# 6
Canada :
637.862
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Canada
# 7
Iceland :
633.843
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Iceland
# 8
Virgin Islands :
601.826
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Virgin Islands
# 9
Luxembourg :
597.775
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Luxembourg
# 10
Cyprus :
595.994
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Cyprus
# 11
Netherlands :
594.789
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Netherlands
# 12
France :
583.904
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in France
# 13
Hong Kong :
569.89
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Hong Kong
# 14
Germany :
567.114
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Germany
# 15
United Kingdom :
560.265
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in United Kingdom
# 16
Norway :
558.439
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Norway
# 17
Finland :
551.426
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Finland
# 18
Greece :
510.893
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Greece
# 19
Australia :
509.861
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Australia
# 20
Austria :
502.101
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Austria
# 21
Malta :
497.527
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Malta
# 22
Guam :
496.52
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Guam
# 23
Japan :
493.737
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Japan
# 24
Belgium :
475.988
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Belgium
# 25
New Zealand :
474.181
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in New Zealand
# 26
Israel :
470.106
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Israel
# 27
Antigua and Barbuda :
460.143
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Antigua and Barbuda
# 28
Saint Kitts and Nevis :
457.712
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Saint Kitts and Nevis
# 29
Italy :
456.61
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Italy
# 30
Singapore :
453.199
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Singapore
# 31
Greenland :
445.062
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Greenland
# 32
Ireland :
439.818
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Ireland
# 33
Netherlands Antilles :
436.025
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Netherlands Antilles
# 34
Korea, South :
434
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Korea, South
# 35
Barbados :
427.22
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Barbados
# 36
Spain :
410.074
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Spain
# 37
Portugal :
406.447
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Portugal
# 38
Macau :
401.797
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Macau
# 39
Slovenia :
364.776
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Slovenia
# 40
Czech Republic :
363.432
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Czech Republic
# 41
Bahamas, The :
361.689
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Bahamas, The
# 42
Estonia :
359.657
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Estonia
# 43
Croatia :
346.215
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Croatia
# 44
Puerto Rico :
335.475
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Puerto Rico
# 45
Bulgaria :
334.018
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Bulgaria
# 46
Hungary :
333.412
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Hungary
# 47
United Arab Emirates :
322.944
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in United Arab Emirates
# 48
Lithuania :
313.047
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Lithuania
# 49
Latvia :
308.007
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Latvia
# 50
Slovakia :
285.546
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Slovakia
# 51
Dominica :
279.499
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Dominica
# 52
Grenada :
274.565
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Grenada
# 53
Qatar :
268.661
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Qatar
# 54
Saint Lucia :
265.696
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Saint Lucia
# 55
Turkey :
257.946
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Turkey
# 56
Uruguay :
251.545
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Uruguay
# 57
Belarus :
247.279
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Belarus
# 58
Bahrain :
246.254
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Bahrain
# 59
Brunei :
244.535
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Brunei
# 60
New Caledonia :
240.288
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in New Caledonia
# 61
Seychelles :
237.805
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Seychelles
# 62
French Polynesia :
232.91
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in French Polynesia
# 63
Poland :
227.909
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Poland
# 64
Macedonia, Republic of :
220.364
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Macedonia, Republic of
# 65
Serbia and Montenegro :
218.376
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Serbia and Montenegro
# 66
Mauritius :
211.447
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Mauritius
# 67
Kuwait :
210.798
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Kuwait
# 68
Trinidad and Tobago :
206.935
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Trinidad and Tobago
# 69
Chile :
202.726
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Chile
# 70
Malaysia :
199.638
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Malaysia
# 71
Russia :
199.089
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Russia
# 72
Costa Rica :
198.088
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Costa Rica
# 73
Argentina :
196.54
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Argentina
# 74
Ukraine :
193.407
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Ukraine
# 75
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
183.36
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 76
Jamaica :
181.018
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Jamaica
# 77
Armenia :
178.456
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Armenia
# 78
Romania :
159.934
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Romania
# 79
Suriname :
157.957
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Suriname
# 80
Colombia :
157.91
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Colombia
# 81
Moldova :
154.507
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Moldova
# 82
Lebanon :
153.774
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Lebanon
# 83
Panama :
147.609
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Panama
# 84
Belize :
136.214
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Belize
# 85
Georgia :
130.223
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Georgia
# 86
South Africa :
121.133
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in South Africa
# 87
Iran :
118.917
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Iran
# 88
Brazil :
118.396
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Brazil
# 89
Kazakhstan :
117.799
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Kazakhstan
# 90
Jordan :
111.123
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Jordan
# 91
Venezuela :
110.721
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Venezuela
# 92
Saudi Arabia :
108.836
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Saudi Arabia
# 93
Mexico :
104.218
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Mexico
# 94
Libya :
98.017
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Libya
# 95
Fiji :
96.849
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Fiji
# 96
Oman :
93.427
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Oman
# 97
Cape Verde :
92.954
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Cape Verde
# 98
Syria :
92.498
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Syria
# 99
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
92.081
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 100
Dominican Republic :
91.364
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Dominican Republic
# 101
Azerbaijan :
85.96
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Azerbaijan
# 102
Tonga :
85.948
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Tonga
# 103
Micronesia, Federated States of :
84.701
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Micronesia, Federated States of
# 104
Thailand :
83.608
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Thailand
# 105
Ecuador :
82.89
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Ecuador
# 106
Guyana :
81.057
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Guyana
# 107
Turkmenistan :
80.641
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Turkmenistan
# 108
Tunisia :
80.591
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Tunisia
# 109
Kyrgyzstan :
76.804
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Kyrgyzstan
# 110
Marshall Islands :
73.511
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Marshall Islands
# 111
Maldives :
72.741
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Maldives
# 112
China :
70.391
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in China
# 113
El Salvador :
64.068
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in El Salvador
# 114
Uzbekistan :
63.893
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Uzbekistan
# 115
Peru :
61.926
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Peru
# 116
Egypt :
61.313
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Egypt
# 117
Botswana :
59.61
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Botswana
# 118
Namibia :
58.625
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Namibia
# 119
Bolivia :
56.692
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Bolivia
# 120
Paraguay :
50.854
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Paraguay
# 121
Morocco :
50.321
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Morocco
# 122
Algeria :
49.869
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Algeria
# 123
Samoa :
48.803
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Samoa
# 124
Guatemala :
48.478
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Guatemala
# 125
Mongolia :
43.866
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Mongolia
# 126
Honduras :
40.871
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Honduras
# 127
Albania :
37.683
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Albania
# 128
Tajikistan :
36.776
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Tajikistan
# 129
Cuba :
35.134
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Cuba
# 130
Philippines :
34.216
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Philippines
# 131
Kiribati :
32.581
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Kiribati
# 132
São Tomé and Príncipe :
31.972
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 133
Gabon :
31.854
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Gabon
# 134
Nicaragua :
29.725
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Nicaragua
# 135
Swaziland :
29.276
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Swaziland
# 136
Vanuatu :
28.102
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Vanuatu
# 137
Sri Lanka :
27.886
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Sri Lanka
# 138
Indonesia :
27.738
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Indonesia
# 139
Iraq :
27.414
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Iraq
# 140
Korea, North :
23.229
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Korea, North
# 141
Vietnam :
22.786
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Vietnam
# 142
India :
21.985
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in India
# 143
Gambia, The :
20.748
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Gambia, The
# 144
Pakistan :
20.223
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Pakistan
# 145
Solomon Islands :
19.968
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Solomon Islands
# 146
Bhutan :
19.734
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Bhutan
# 147
Zimbabwe :
19.169
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Zimbabwe
# 148
Yemen :
14.796
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Yemen
# 149
Senegal :
14.178
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Senegal
# 150
Equatorial Guinea :
13.037
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Equatorial Guinea
# 151
Comoros :
12.02
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Comoros
# 152
Lesotho :
11.957
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Lesotho
# 153
Djibouti :
11.836
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Djibouti
# 154
Papua New Guinea :
11.265
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Papua New Guinea
# 155
Côte d'Ivoire :
10.626
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Côte d'Ivoire
# 156
Kenya :
9.827
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Kenya
# 157
Nepal :
8.933
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Nepal
# 158
Haiti :
8.427
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Haiti
# 159
Zambia :
7.572
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Zambia
# 160
Eritrea :
7.338
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Eritrea
# 161
Ghana :
7.019
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Ghana
# 162
Congo, Republic of the :
6.828
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Congo, Republic of the
# 163
Cameroon :
6.592
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Cameroon
# 164
Togo :
6.269
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Togo
# 165
Guinea-Bissau :
6.253
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Guinea-Bissau
# 166
Mauritania :
6.02
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Mauritania
# 167
Laos :
5.666
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Laos
# 168
Benin :
5.654
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Benin
# 169
Sudan :
5.15
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Sudan
# 170
Angola :
4.935
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Angola
# 171
Burma :
4.932
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Burma
# 172
Mozambique :
4.396
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Mozambique
# 173
Sierra Leone :
4.068
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Sierra Leone
# 174
Burkina Faso :
3.866
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Burkina Faso
# 175
Tanzania :
3.775
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Tanzania
# 176
Nigeria :
3.706
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Nigeria
# 177
Somalia :
3.473
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Somalia
# 178
Malawi :
3.429
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Malawi
# 179
Bangladesh :
3.33
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Bangladesh
# 180
Madagascar :
3.091
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Madagascar
# 181
Burundi :
2.829
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Burundi
# 182
Ethiopia :
2.679
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Ethiopia
# 183
Central African Republic :
2.624
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Central African Republic
# 184
Uganda :
2.491
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Uganda
# 185
Mali :
2.459
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Mali
# 186
Liberia :
2.404
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Liberia
# 187
Cambodia :
1.986
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Cambodia
# 188
Guinea :
1.928
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Guinea
# 189
Niger :
1.647
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Niger
# 190
Rwanda :
1.582
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Rwanda
# 191
Chad :
1.121
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Chad
# 192
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
0.195
per 1,000 people
1998
Media in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Weighted average:
186.1
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) (1998) by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/med_tel_mai_percap-media-telephone-mainlines-per-capita&date=1998
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