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STAT Iran United States HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 28.76 million
Ranked 12th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Iran

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 376.3
Ranked 46th.
442.8
Ranked 28th. 18% more than Iran

International calling code 98
Ranked 36th. 98 times more than United States
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Ranked 32nd.
Landlines 27.77 million
Ranked 12th.
114 million
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Iran
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 37.63
Ranked 39th.
44.41
Ranked 23th. 18% more than Iran

Mobile phone > Mobile phones 96.17 million
Ranked 13th.
327.58 million
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Iran
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 58.16 million
Ranked 24th.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Iran

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 760.98
Ranked 141st.
965.4
Ranked 113th. 27% more than Iran

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Asia (States and territories with country calling codes); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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