Telephone subscribers (most recent) by country

Rank	Countries	Amount	Date
# 1	China:	743,861,000	2005
# 2	United States:	360,347,000	2004
# 3	Russia:	160,100,000	2005
# 4	Japan:	153,525,000	2005
# 5	India:	139,750,000	2005
# 6	Germany:	134,246,000	2005
# 7	Brazil:	107,987,200	2004
# 8	United Kingdom:	97,296,000	2005
# 9	Italy:	97,249,000	2005
# 10	France:	83,758,400	2005
# 11	Mexico:	66,974,130	2005
# 12	Turkey:	62,587,190	2005
# 13	Korea, South:	62,087,540	2005
# 14	Indonesia:	59,682,220	2005
# 15	Spain:	59,649,910	2005
# 16	Poland:	40,969,500	2005
# 17	South Africa:	38,688,960	2005
# 18	Philippines:	38,146,250	2005
# 19	Canada:	34,876,350	2005
# 20	Thailand:	34,190,270	2004
# 21	Argentina:	30,900,000	2005
# 22	Australia:	29,880,000	2005
# 23	Colombia:	29,528,800	2005
# 24	Iran:	26,208,210	2005
# 25	Ukraine:	25,876,960	2004
# 26	Vietnam:	25,438,200	2005
# 27	Egypt:	24,025,750	2005
# 28	Malaysia:	23,911,000	2005
# 29	Netherlands:	23,434,000	2005
# 30	Nigeria:	19,810,260	2005
# 31	Pakistan:	18,048,750	2005
# 32	Romania:	17,744,940	2005
# 33	Saudi Arabia:	17,100,000	2005
# 34	Greece:	16,346,080	2005
# 35	Algeria:	16,233,360	2005
# 36	Sweden:	16,222,000	2004
# 37	Venezuela:	16,101,220	2005
# 38	Portugal:	15,681,750	2005
# 39	Czech Republic:	14,993,220	2005
# 40	Chile:	14,005,460	2005
# 41	Belgium:	13,932,710	2004
# 42	Morocco:	13,733,960	2005
# 43	Hungary:	12,676,100	2005
# 44	Hong Kong:	12,487,960	2005
# 45	Switzerland:	11,970,000	2005
# 46	Austria:	11,865,000	2005
# 47	Israel:	10,693,300	2005
# 48	Bangladesh:	10,070,000	2005
# 49	Denmark:	8,819,630	2005
# 50	Bulgaria:	8,728,178	2005
# 51	Ecuador:	7,947,828	2005
# 52	Peru:	7,833,885	2005
# 53	Serbia and Montenegro:	7,415,048	2004
# 54	Belarus:	7,382,269	2005
# 55	Finland:	7,351,000	2005
# 56	Tunisia:	6,938,205	2005
# 57	Norway:	6,883,450	2005
# 58	Ireland:	6,243,000	2005
# 59	Singapore:	6,229,000	2005
# 60	Syria:	5,853,139	2005
# 61	United Arab Emirates:	5,771,340	2005
# 62	Guatemala:	5,758,227	2005
# 63	Slovakia:	5,737,418	2005
# 64	New Zealand:	5,259,000	2005
# 65	Kazakhstan:	5,258,940	2004
# 66	Lithuania:	5,154,557	2005
# 67	Kenya:	4,893,734	2005
# 68	Croatia:	4,873,400	2005
# 69	Sri Lanka:	4,605,768	2005
# 70	Dominican Republic:	4,519,541	2005
# 71	Puerto Rico:	3,793,894	2004
# 72	El Salvador:	3,383,208	2005
# 73	Azerbaijan:	3,333,400	2005
# 74	Ghana:	3,163,970	2005
# 75	Bolivia:	3,067,693	2005
# 76	Jamaica:	3,042,000	2005
# 77	Kuwait:	2,890,106	2005
# 78	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	2,756,579	2005
# 79	Latvia:	2,602,602	2005
# 80	Slovenia:	2,575,597	2005
# 81	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	2,563,224	2005
# 82	Sudan:	2,497,940	2005
# 83	Costa Rica:	2,489,538	2005
# 84	Jordan:	2,261,921	2004
# 85	Paraguay:	2,207,294	2005
# 86	Uruguay:	2,160,923	2005
# 87	Tanzania:	2,090,360	2004
# 88	Uzbekistan:	2,037,883	2003
# 89	Moldova:	2,019,200	2005
# 90	Senegal:	1,996,718	2005
# 91	Lebanon:	1,980,000	2005
# 92	Côte d'Ivoire:	1,932,264	2004
# 93	Estonia:	1,887,345	2005
# 94	Yemen:	1,870,136	2004
# 95	Macedonia, Republic of:	1,794,513	2005
# 96	Panama:	1,792,053	2005
# 97	Honduras:	1,775,821	2005
# 98	Cameroon:	1,636,033	2004
# 99	Uganda:	1,625,902	2005
# 100	Iraq:	1,608,240	2004
# 101	Oman:	1,598,462	2005
# 102	Albania:	1,534,147	2004
# 103	Georgia:	1,523,830	2004
# 104	Nicaragua:	1,340,248	2005
# 105	Afghanistan:	1,300,000	2005
# 106	Angola:	1,188,395	2005
# 107	Cyprus:	1,138,872	2005
# 108	Trinidad and Tobago:	1,123,477	2005
# 109	Mauritius:	1,072,300	2005
# 110	Zambia:	1,041,223	2005
# 111	Zimbabwe:	1,027,000	2005
# 112	Ethiopia:	1,020,977	2005
# 113	Cuba:	984,407	2005
# 114	Kyrgyzstan:	979,810	2005
# 115	Luxembourg:	964,450	2005
# 116	Botswana:	955,104	2005
# 117	Bahrain:	945,218	2005
# 118	Mali:	944,576	2005
# 119	Qatar:	922,149	2005
# 120	Korea, North:	916,000	2002
# 121	Libya:	877,000	2003
# 122	Benin:	826,267	2005
# 123	Mauritania:	786,615	2005
# 124	Armenia:	785,799	2004
# 125	Mozambique:	777,676	2004
# 126	Laos:	713,505	2005
# 127	Mongolia:	713,252	2005
# 128	Macau:	707,147	2005
# 129	Nepal:	697,459	2005
# 130	Gabon:	688,935	2005
# 131	Burkina Faso:	669,600	2005
# 132	Burma:	659,603	2005
# 133	Somalia:	600,000	2005
# 134	Madagascar:	571,560	2005
# 135	Haiti:	540,000	2004
# 136	Cambodia:	534,747	2003
# 137	Malawi:	532,029	2005
# 138	Malta:	526,096	2005
# 139	Togo:	502,269	2005
# 140	Iceland:	497,853	2005
# 141	Namibia:	414,030	2004
# 142	Congo, Republic of the:	397,473	2004
# 143	Guyana:	391,504	2005
# 144	Turkmenistan:	385,287	2003
# 145	Barbados:	341,068	2005
# 146	Bahamas, The:	325,943	2004
# 147	Niger:	323,853	2005
# 148	Brunei:	316,790	2005
# 149	Suriname:	313,841	2005
# 150	Lesotho:	293,016	2005
# 151	Tajikistan:	292,809	2003
# 152	Gambia, The:	291,478	2005
# 153	Swaziland:	235,042	2005
# 154	Fiji:	211,905	2003
# 155	New Caledonia:	189,575	2005
# 156	Maldives:	185,689	2005
# 157	Guinea:	181,100	2004
# 158	Rwanda:	161,700	2004
# 159	Cape Verde:	153,133	2005
# 160	French Polynesia:	140,389	2005
# 161	Chad:	136,000	2004
# 162	Virgin Islands:	135,088	2004
# 163	Burundi:	128,304	2004
# 164	Belize:	126,371	2005
# 165	Guam:	112,600	2001
# 166	Central African Republic:	110,000	2005
# 167	Netherlands Antilles:	109,000	1999
# 168	Equatorial Guinea:	106,900	2005
# 169	Andorra:	100,004	2005
# 170	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:	93,125	2005
# 171	Antigua and Barbuda:	92,000	2004
# 172	Sierra Leone:	91,000	2002
# 173	Aruba:	90,132	2001
# 174	Bermuda:	86,000	2002
# 175	Papua New Guinea:	84,000	2004
# 176	Seychelles:	78,407	2005
# 177	Eritrea:	78,150	2005
# 178	Grenada:	76,018	2004
# 179	Bhutan:	70,551	2005
# 180	Saint Lucia:	65,434	2002
# 181	Dominica:	62,801	2004
# 182	Cayman Islands:	55,000	2001
# 183	Djibouti:	54,832	2005
# 184	Liechtenstein:	47,454	2005
# 185	Greenland:	45,254	2002
# 186	San Marino:	37,839	2004
# 187	Saint Kitts and Nevis:	35,000	2004
# 188	Comoros:	33,004	2005
# 189	Mayotte:	30,300	2002
# 190	Micronesia, Federated States of:	26,543	2005
# 191	Samoa:	23,787	2003
# 192	Vanuatu:	17,263	2004
# 193	São Tomé and Príncipe:	14,795	2004
# 194	Tonga:	14,555	2002
# 195	Solomon Islands:	13,407	2005
# 196	American Samoa:	12,604	2004
# 197	Guinea-Bissau:	11,833	2003
# 198	Liberia:	8,800	2001
# 199	Marshall Islands:	5,059	2003
# 200	Kiribati:	4,969	2002
	Total:	3,348,981,689
	Weighted average:	16,744,908.4

DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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