NationMaster - Telephones > Main lines in use (most recent) by country

	China	26.6%
	United States	20.3%
	Japan	4.5%
	Germany	4.2%
	India	3.8%
	Brazil	3.2%
	Russia	3%
	United Kingdom	2.5%
	Italy	1.9%
	Korea, South	1.8%
	Mexico	1.5%
	Iran	1.4%
	Turkey	1.4%
	Spain	1.4%
	Canada	1.4%
	Vietnam	1.2%
	Taiwan	1%
	Indonesia	1%
	Ukraine	0.9%
	Poland	0.9%

Rank	Countries	Amount (top to bottom)
#1	China:	350,433,000
#2	United States:	268,000,000
#3	Japan:	58,780,000
#4	Germany:	55,046,000
#5	India:	49,750,000
#6	Brazil:	42,382,000
#7	Russia:	40,100,000
#8	United Kingdom:	32,943,000
#9	Italy:	25,049,000
#10	Korea, South:	23,745,000
#11	Mexico:	19,512,000
#12	Iran:	18,986,000
#13	Turkey:	18,978,000
#14	Spain:	18,322,000
#15	Canada:	18,276,000
#16	Vietnam:	15,845,000
#17	Taiwan:	13,615,000
#18	Indonesia:	12,772,000
#19	Ukraine:	12,142,000
#20	Poland:	11,803,000
#21	Australia:	11,460,000
#22	Egypt:	10,396,000
#23	Argentina:	8,800,000
#24	Colombia:	7,678,800
#25	Netherlands:	7,600,000
#26	Thailand:	7,035,000
#27	Sweden:	6,447,000
#28	Greece:	6,303,000
#29	Pakistan:	5,162,798
#30	Switzerland:	5,123,000
#31	Belgium:	4,801,000
#32	South Africa:	4,729,000
#33	Saudi Arabia:	4,500,000
#34	Romania:	4,391,000
#35	Malaysia:	4,366,000
#36	Portugal:	4,234,000
#37	Hong Kong:	3,795,000
#38	Austria:	3,705,000
#39	Venezuela:	3,605,000
#40	Philippines:	3,438,000
#41	Chile:	3,436,000
#42	Hungary:	3,356,000
#43	Denmark:	3,350,000
#44	Belarus:	3,284,300
#45	Czech Republic:	3,217,300
#46	Israel:	2,936,000
#47	Syria:	2,903,000
#48	Serbia and Montenegro:	2,685,000
#49	Algeria:	2,572,000
#50	Kazakhstan:	2,500,000
#51	Bulgaria:	2,483,000
#52	Peru:	2,250,000
#53	Norway:	2,129,000
#54	Finland:	2,120,000
#55	Ireland:	2,033,000
#56	Croatia:	1,890,000
#57	Singapore:	1,848,000
#58	New Zealand:	1,800,000
#59	Uzbekistan:	1,717,000
#60	Ecuador:	1,701,000
#61	Iraq:	1,547,000
#62	Sri Lanka:	1,510,000
#63	Costa Rica:	1,388,000
#64	Morocco:	1,341,000
#65	Tunisia:	1,258,000
#66	United Arab Emirates:	1,237,000
#67	Nigeria:	1,223,000
#68	Slovakia:	1,197,000
#69	Guatemala:	1,132,000
#70	Puerto Rico:	1,112,000
#71	Azerbaijan:	1,091,000
#72	Bangladesh:	1,070,000
#73	Uruguay:	1,000,000
#74	Lebanon:	990,000
#75	Korea, North:	980,000
#76	El Salvador:	971,500
#77	Bosnia and Herzegovina:	968,900
#78	Moldova:	929,400
#79	Yemen:	900,000
#80	Dominican Republic:	894,500
#81	Cuba:	849,900
#82	Slovenia:	816,400
#83	Lithuania:	801,100
#84	Libya:	750,000
#85	Latvia:	731,000
#86	Georgia:	683,200
#87	Sudan:	670,000
#88	Bolivia:	646,300
#89	Jordan:	628,200
#90	Ethiopia:	610,300
#91	Armenia:	600,000
#92	Macedonia, Republic of:	533,200
#93	Kuwait:	510,300
#94	Turkmenistan:	495,000
#95	Honduras:	494,400
#96	Burma:	476,200
#97	Nepal:	448,600
#98	Estonia:	442,000
#99	Panama:	440,100
#100	Kyrgyzstan:	438,200
#101	Mauritius:	359,000
#102	Gaza Strip:	349,000
#103	West Bank:	349,000
#104	Jamaica:	342,000
#105	Zimbabwe:	328,000
#106	Trinidad and Tobago:	323,500
#107	Ghana:	321,500
#108	Paraguay:	320,300
#109	Kenya:	281,800
#110	Afghanistan:	280,000
#111	Senegal:	266,600
#112	Oman:	265,200
#113	Côte d'Ivoire:	257,900
#114	Albania:	255,000
#115	Tajikistan:	245,200
#116	Luxembourg:	244,500
#117	Nicaragua:	220,900
#118	Qatar:	205,400
#119	Malta:	202,100
#120	Bahrain:	196,500
#121	Iceland:	193,900
#122	Macau:	174,400
#123	Mongolia:	156,000
#124	Tanzania:	148,400
#125	Haiti:	140,000
#126	Bahamas, The:	139,900
#127	Barbados:	134,900
#128	Botswana:	132,000
#129	Namibia:	127,900
#130	Guyana:	110,100
#131	Malawi:	102,700
#132	Fiji:	102,000
#133	Uganda:	100,800
#134	Somalia:	100,000
#135	Cameroon:	99,400
#136	Burkina Faso:	97,400
#137	Zambia:	94,700
#138	Angola:	94,300
#139	Laos:	90,067
#140	Brunei:	90,000
#141	Guam:	84,134
#142	Suriname:	81,100
#143	Netherlands Antilles:	81,000
#144	Benin:	76,300
#145	Mali:	75,000
#146	Jersey:	73,900
#147	Cape Verde:	71,400
#148	Virgin Islands:	70,900
#149	Mozambique:	69,700
#150	Madagascar:	66,900
#151	Papua New Guinea:	62,000
#152	Togo:	58,600
#153	Bermuda:	56,000
#154	New Caledonia:	55,300
#155	Guernsey:	55,100
#156	French Polynesia:	53,400
#157	Saint Lucia:	51,100
#158	Man, Isle of:	51,000
#159	Lesotho:	48,000
#160	Gambia, The:	44,000
#161	Mauritania:	41,000
#162	Gabon:	39,100
#163	Antigua and Barbuda:	38,000
#164	Cayman Islands:	38,000
#165	Eritrea:	37,700
#166	Aruba:	37,100
#167	Cambodia:	36,400
#168	Andorra:	35,400
#169	Swaziland:	35,000
#170	Monaco:	33,700
#171	Belize:	33,300
#172	Grenada:	32,700
#173	Bhutan:	32,700
#174	Maldives:	32,181
#175	Burundi:	27,700
#176	Guinea:	26,200
#177	Greenland:	25,300
#178	Saint Kitts and Nevis:	25,000
#179	Gibraltar:	24,512
#180	Niger:	24,000
#181	Sierra Leone:	24,000
#182	Faroe Islands:	23,800
#183	Rwanda:	23,000
#184	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:	22,500
#185	Seychelles:	21,400
#186	Dominica:	21,000
#187	Northern Mariana Islands:	21,000
#188	San Marino:	20,600
#189	Liechtenstein:	19,900
#190	Comoros:	16,900
#191	American Samoa:	15,000
#192	Congo, Republic of the:	13,800
#193	Samoa:	13,300
#194	Chad:	13,000
#195	Micronesia, Federated States of:	12,400
#196	British Virgin Islands:	11,700
#197	Tonga:	11,200
#198	Djibouti:	11,100
#199	Congo, Democratic Republic of the:	10,600
#200	Guinea-Bissau:	10,600
#201	Central African Republic:	10,000
#202	Equatorial Guinea:	10,000
#203	Mayotte:	10,000
#204	Solomon Islands:	7,400
#205	São Tomé and Príncipe:	7,000
#206	Liberia:	6,900
#207	Vanuatu:	6,800
#208	Palau:	6,700
#209	Anguilla:	6,200
#210	Cook Islands:	6,200
#211	Turks and Caicos Islands:	5,700
#212	Marshall Islands:	5,510
#213	Holy See (Vatican City):	5,120
#214	Saint Pierre and Miquelon:	4,800
#215	Kiribati:	4,500
#216	Norfolk Island:	2,532
#217	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas):	2,400
#218	Saint Helena:	2,200
#219	Nauru:	1,900
#220	Wallis and Futuna:	1,900
#221	Niue:	1,100
#222	Tuvalu:	700
#223	Tokelau:	300
#224	Cocos (Keeling) Islands:	287
	Total:	1,319,498,941
	Weighted average:	5,864,439.7
Historical countries, unions or other regions:
Antarctica		0

DEFINITION: The total number of main telephone lines in use.

SOURCE: CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007

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