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Media Statistics > Telephones > Main lines in use (most recent) by country

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   China  28.7%
   United States  12.8%
   Germany  4.2%
   Japan  4%
   India  3.9%
   Russia  3.4%
   Brazil  3.1%
   France  2.8%
   United Kingdom  2.6%
   Italy  2.1%
   Korea, South  1.9%
   Iran  1.9%
   Canada  1.6%
   Mexico  1.6%
   Spain  1.5%
   Turkey  1.4%
   Indonesia  1.4%
   Taiwan  1.1%
   Ukraine  1%
   Egypt  0.9%


Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   China: 365,400,000  2007 Time series
# 3   United States: 163,200,000  2007 Time series
# 4   Germany: 53,750,000  2007 Time series
# 5   Japan: 51,232,000  2007 Time series
# 6   India: 49,750,000  2005 Time series
# 7   Russia: 43,900,000  2006 Time series
# 8   Brazil: 39,400,000  2007 Time series
# 9   France: 35,700,000  2005 Time series
# 10   United Kingdom: 33,682,000  2007 Time series
# 11   Italy: 26,890,000  2006 Time series
# 12   Korea, South: 23,905,000  2007 Time series
# 13   Iran: 23,835,000  2007 Time series
# 14   Canada: 21,000,000  2006 Time series
# 15   Mexico: 19,754,000  2007 Time series
# 16   Spain: 18,583,000  2007 Time series
# 17   Turkey: 18,413,000  2007 Time series
# 18   Indonesia: 17,828,000  2007 Time series
# 19   Taiwan: 14,313,000  2007 Time series
# 20   Ukraine: 12,858,000  2007 Time series
# 21   Egypt: 11,229,000  2007 Time series
# 22   Vietnam: 10,800,000  2007 Time series
# 23   Poland: 10,336,000  2007 Time series
# 24   Australia: 9,760,000  2007 Time series
# 25   Argentina: 9,500,000  2007 Time series
# 26   Colombia: 7,936,000  2007 Time series
# 27   Netherlands: 7,334,000  2007 Time series
# 28   Thailand: 7,024,000  2007 Time series
# 29   Greece: 6,227,000  2007 Time series
# 30   Sweden: 5,506,000  2007 Time series
# 31   Pakistan: 5,240,000  2006 Time series
# 32   Venezuela: 5,082,000  2007 Time series
# 33   Switzerland: 5,000,000  2007 Time series
# 34   Belgium: 4,668,000  2007 Time series
# 35   South Africa: 4,642,000  2007 Time series
# 36   Malaysia: 4,350,000  2007 Time series
# 37   Romania: 4,300,000  2007 Time series
# 38   Portugal: 4,139,000  2007 Time series
# 39   Saudi Arabia: 3,996,000  2007 Time series
# 40   Hong Kong: 3,875,000  2007 Time series
# 41   Belarus: 3,672,000  2007 Time series
# 42   Philippines: 3,633,000  2006 Time series
# 43   Syria: 3,452,000  2007 Time series
# 44   Chile: 3,379,000  2007 Time series
# 45   Austria: 3,374,000  2007 Time series
# 46   Hungary: 3,251,000  2007 Time series
# 47   Kazakhstan: 3,237,000  2007 Time series
# 48   Algeria: 3,068,000  2007 Time series
# 49   Israel: 3,005,000  2006 Time series
# 50   Serbia and Montenegro: 2,993,000  2007 Time series
# 51   Czech Republic: 2,888,000  2006 Time series
# 52   Denmark: 2,824,000  2007 Time series
# 53   Sri Lanka: 2,742,000  2007 Time series
# 54   Peru: 2,673,000  2007 Time series
# 55   Morocco: 2,394,000  2007 Time series
# 56   Bulgaria: 2,300,000  2007 Time series
# 57   Ireland: 2,112,000  2007 Time series
# 58   Norway: 1,988,000  2007 Time series
# 59   Singapore: 1,859,000  2007 Time series
# 60   Croatia: 1,825,000  2007 Time series
# 61   Ecuador: 1,805,000  2007 Time series
# 62   Uzbekistan: 1,793,000  2005 Time series
# 63   Finland: 1,740,000  2007 Time series
# 64   New Zealand: 1,706,000  2007 Time series
# 65   Nigeria: 1,580,000  2007 Time series
# 66   Iraq: 1,547,000  2005 Time series
# 67   Costa Rica: 1,437,000  2007 Time series
# 68   United Arab Emirates: 1,385,000  2007 Time series
# 69   Guatemala: 1,355,000  2006 Time series
# 70   Tunisia: 1,273,000  2007 Time series
# 71   Azerbaijan: 1,254,000  2007 Time series
# 72   Bangladesh: 1,187,000  2007 Time series
# 73   Korea, North: 1,180,000  2007 Time series
# 74   Slovakia: 1,151,000  2007 Time series
= 75   Moldova: 1,080,000  2007 Time series
= 75   El Salvador: 1,080,000  2007 Time series
# 77   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1,065,000  2007 Time series
# 78   Cuba: 1,043,000  2007 Time series
# 79   Puerto Rico: 1,038,000  2005 Time series
# 80   Yemen: 968,300  2006 Time series
# 81   Uruguay: 965,200  2007 Time series
# 82   Dominican Republic: 907,000  2007 Time series
# 83   Ethiopia: 880,100  2007 Time series
# 84   Slovenia: 857,100  2007 Time series
# 85   Lithuania: 799,400  2007 Time series
# 86   Nepal: 766,400  2007 Time series
# 87   Côte d'Ivoire: 730,000  2007 Time series
# 88   Honduras: 713,600  2006 Time series
# 89   Lebanon: 681,400  2006 Time series
# 90   Bolivia: 678,200  2007 Time series
# 91   Latvia: 644,000  2007 Time series
# 92   Armenia: 603,900  2006 Time series
# 93   Jordan: 585,500  2007 Time series
# 94   Georgia: 544,000  2007 Time series
# 95   Kuwait: 517,000  2006 Time series
# 96   Burma: 503,900  2005 Time series
# 97   Estonia: 495,500  2007 Time series
# 98   Turkmenistan: 495,000  2006 Time series
# 99   Panama: 491,900  2007 Time series
# 100   Libya: 483,000  2006 Time series
# 101   Kyrgyzstan: 482,100  2007 Time series
# 102   Macedonia, Republic of: 463,600  2007 Time series
# 103   Paraguay: 453,800  2007 Time series
# 104   Ghana: 376,500  2007 Time series
# 105   Mauritius: 357,300  2006 Time series
# 106   Albania: 353,600  2005 Time series
# 107   Montenegro: 353,300  2006 Time series
= 108   Gaza Strip: 350,400  2007 Time series
= 108   West Bank: 350,400  2007 Time series
# 110   Sudan: 345,200  2007 Time series
# 111   Zimbabwe: 344,500  2007 Time series
# 112   Jamaica: 342,000  2006 Time series
# 113   Trinidad and Tobago: 323,800  2007 Time series
# 114   Réunion: 300,000  2001 Time series
# 115   Tajikistan: 280,200  2005 Time series
# 116   Afghanistan: 280,000  2005 Time series
# 117   Senegal: 269,100  2007 Time series
# 118   Oman: 268,100  2007 Time series
# 119   Kenya: 264,800  2007 Time series
# 120   Luxembourg: 248,200  2007 Time series
# 121   Nicaragua: 247,900  2006 Time series
# 122   Qatar: 237,400  2007 Time series
# 123   Guadeloupe: 210,000  2001 Time series
# 124   Malta: 198,100  2007 Time series
# 125   Bahrain: 194,200  2006 Time series
# 126   Iceland: 186,700  2007 Time series
# 127   Macau: 178,013  2007 Time series
# 128   Malawi: 175,200  2007 Time series
# 129   Martinique: 172,000  2001 Time series
# 130   Tanzania: 169,135  2007 Time series
# 131   Uganda: 162,300  2007 Time series
# 132   Mongolia: 158,900  2006 Time series
# 133   Haiti: 150,000  2006 Time series
# 134   Namibia: 138,100  2007 Time series
# 135   Botswana: 136,900  2006 Time series
# 136   Barbados: 134,900  2005 Time series
# 137   Madagascar: 133,900  2007 Time series
# 138   Bahamas, The: 132,900  2007 Time series
# 139   Cameroon: 130,700  2006 Time series
# 140   Benin: 110,300  2007 Time series
# 141   Guyana: 110,100  2005 Time series
# 142   Fiji: 108,400  2007 Time series
# 143   Somalia: 100,000  2007 Time series
# 144   Angola: 98,200  2006 Time series
= 145   Laos: 94,800  2007 Time series
= 145   Burkina Faso: 94,800  2006 Time series
# 147   Zambia: 91,800  2007 Time series
# 148   Mali: 85,000  2007 Time series
# 149   Togo: 82,100  2006 Time series
# 150   Suriname: 81,500  2006 Time series
# 151   Netherlands Antilles: 81,000  2001 Time series
# 152   Brunei: 79,200  2007 Time series
# 153   Gambia, The: 76,400  2007 Time series
# 154   Jersey: 73,900  2001 Time series
# 155   Virgin Islands: 71,700  2005 Time series
# 156   Cape Verde: 71,600  2006 Time series
# 157   Mozambique: 67,000  2006 Time series
# 158   Guam: 65,500  2003 Time series
# 159   New Caledonia: 60,200  2007 Time series
# 160   Papua New Guinea: 60,000  2007 Time series
# 161   Bermuda: 57,700  2006 Time series
# 162   French Polynesia: 53,600  2006 Time series
# 163   Lesotho: 53,100  2006 Time series
# 164   Saint Lucia: 51,100  2002 Time series
= 165   French Guiana: 51,000  2001 Time series
= 165   Man, Isle of: 51,000  1999 Time series
# 167   Guernsey: 45,100  2005 Time series
# 168   Swaziland: 44,000  2006 Time series
# 169   Aruba: 38,700  2006 Time series
# 170   Cayman Islands: 38,000  2002 Time series
= 171   Antigua and Barbuda: 37,500  2006 Time series
= 171   Eritrea: 37,500  2006 Time series
= 171   Cambodia: 37,500  2007 Time series
# 174   Andorra: 37,200  2007 Time series
# 175   Greenland: 36,000  2006 Time series
# 176   Burundi: 35,000  2006 Time series
# 177   Mauritania: 34,900  2006 Time series
# 178   Monaco: 34,000  2005 Time series
# 179   Belize: 33,900  2007 Time series
# 180   Maldives: 33,200  2007 Time series
# 181   Bhutan: 29,900  2007 Time series
# 182   Grenada: 27,700  2006 Time series
# 183   Gabon: 26,500  2007 Time series
# 184   Guinea: 26,300  2005 Time series
# 185   Saint Kitts and Nevis: 25,000  2004 Time series
# 186   Gibraltar: 24,512  2002 Time series
= 187   Niger: 24,000  2005 Time series
= 187   Sierra Leone: 24,000  2002 Time series
# 189   Rwanda: 23,100  2007 Time series
# 190   Faroe Islands: 23,000  2006 Time series
# 191   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 22,800  2007 Time series
# 192   Seychelles: 22,700  2007 Time series
= 193   San Marino: 21,000  2006 Time series
= 193   Dominica: 21,000  2004 Time series
= 193   Northern Mariana Islands: 21,000  2000 Time series
= 193   Tonga: 21,000  2007 Time series
# 197   Liechtenstein: 20,000  2005 Time series
# 198   Samoa: 19,500  2005 Time series
# 199   Comoros: 19,100  2006 Time series
# 200   Congo, Republic of the: 15,900  2005 Time series
# 201   Chad: 13,000  2006 Time series
= 202   Central African Republic: 12,000  2006 Time series
= 202   East Timor: 12,000  2007 Time series
# 204   British Virgin Islands: 11,700  2002 Time series
# 205   Djibouti: 10,800  2005 Time series
# 206   American Samoa: 10,400  2004 Time series
= 207   Equatorial Guinea: 10,000  2005 Time series
= 207   Mayotte: 10,000  2002 Time series
# 209   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 9,700  2006 Time series
# 210   Vanuatu: 8,800  2007 Time series
# 211   Micronesia, Federated States of: 8,700  2007 Time series
# 212   São Tomé and Príncipe: 7,700  2007 Time series
# 213   Solomon Islands: 7,600  2006 Time series
# 214   Liberia: 6,900  2002 Time series
# 215   Palau: 6,700  2002 Time series
= 216   Cook Islands: 6,200  2002 Time series
= 216   Anguilla: 6,200  2002 Time series
# 218   Turks and Caicos Islands: 5,700  2002 Time series
# 219   Holy See (Vatican City): 5,120  2005 Time series
# 220   Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 4,800  2002 Time series
# 221   Guinea-Bissau: 4,600  2007 Time series
= 222   Kiribati: 4,500  2002 Time series
= 222   Marshall Islands: 4,500  2004 Time series
# 224   Montserrat: 4,000  1997 Time series
# 225   Norfolk Island: 2,532  2004 Time series
# 226   Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas): 2,400  2002 Time series
# 227   Saint Helena: 2,200  2002 Time series
= 228   Nauru: 1,900  2002 Time series
= 228   Wallis and Futuna: 1,900  2002 Time series
# 230   Niue: 1,100  2002 Time series
# 231   Tuvalu: 900  2005 Time series
# 232   Tokelau: 300  2002 Time series
# 233   Pitcairn Islands: 1  2004 Time series
Total: 1,274,335,913  
Weighted average: 5,445,880.0  

Historical countries, unions or other regions:
European Union 238,000,000  
Antarctica 0  



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

SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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