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DEFINITION:
Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Monaco | 1,184.04 | 2012 | ||
2 | Bermuda | 1,064.72 | 2012 | ||
3 | Cayman Islands | 649.5 | 2012 | ||
4 | Germany | 619.12 | 2012 | ||
5 | Hong Kong | 609.64 | 2012 | ||
6 | South Korea | 601.94 | 2012 | ||
7 | San Marino | 598.46 | 2012 | ||
8 | France | 598.05 | 2012 | ||
9 | Iceland | 590.37 | 2012 | ||
10 | Malta | 549.13 | 2012 | ||
11 | Switzerland | 547.95 | 2012 | ||
12 | Liechtenstein | 545.61 | 2012 | ||
13 | United Kingdom | 522.08 | 2012 | ||
14 | Canada | 516.33 | 2012 | ||
15 | Barbados | 508.44 | 2012 | ||
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 508.25 | 2012 | |||
16 | Japan | 503.86 | 2012 | ||
17 | Luxembourg | 501.84 | 2012 | ||
18 | Andorra | 497.7 | 2012 | ||
19 | Faeroe Islands | 484.79 | 2012 | ||
20 | Greece | 484.14 | 2012 | ||
21 | Belarus | 465.66 | 2012 | ||
22 | Australia | 461.61 | 2012 | ||
23 | Israel | 454.48 | 2012 | ||
24 | Sweden | 454.08 | 2012 | ||
25 | European Union | 449.05 | 2011 | ||
26 | United States | 442.8 | 2012 | ||
27 | Ireland | 437.53 | 2012 | ||
28 | Denmark | 434.9 | 2012 | ||
29 | Portugal | 432.99 | 2012 | ||
30 | Northern Mariana Islands | 431.48 | 2012 | ||
31 | New Zealand | 424.08 | 2012 | ||
Tourist destinations average (profile) | 424.02 | 2012 | |||
32 | Netherlands | 422.6 | 2012 | ||
33 | Aruba | 419.99 | 2012 | ||
High income OECD countries average (profile) | 417.77 | 2012 | |||
34 | Spain | 415.85 | 2012 | ||
35 | Belgium | 415.62 | 2012 | ||
36 | Serbia | 412.08 | 2012 | ||
37 | Guam | 411.52 | 2012 | ||
Eurozone average (profile) | 404.73 | 2012 | |||
38 | Slovenia | 400.73 | 2012 | ||
39 | Austria | 394.92 | 2012 | ||
40 | Antigua and Barbuda | 392.95 | 2012 | ||
41 | Croatia | 384.34 | 2012 | ||
Europe average (profile) | 378.42 | 2012 | |||
42 | Iran | 376.3 | 2012 | ||
European Union average (profile) | 374.58 | 2012 | |||
43 | Singapore | 374.5 | 2012 | ||
Non-religious countries average (profile) | 373.52 | 2012 | |||
44 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 373.25 | 2012 | ||
45 | The Bahamas | 368.32 | 2012 | ||
NATO countries average (profile) | 364.53 | 2012 | |||
46 | Italy | 355.49 | 2012 | ||
47 | Palau | 350.78 | 2012 | ||
48 | Moldova | 338.74 | 2012 | ||
49 | Estonia | 334.64 | 2012 | ||
50 | Greenland | 332.69 | 2012 | ||
51 | Cyprus | 330.56 | 2012 | ||
52 | Seychelles | 328.82 | 2012 | ||
53 | New Caledonia | 309.93 | 2012 | ||
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 309.36 | 2012 | |||
54 | Bulgaria | 308.37 | 2012 | ||
Cold countries average (profile) | 306.51 | 2012 | |||
55 | Russia | 298.9 | 2012 | ||
56 | Uruguay | 297.75 | 2012 | ||
57 | Hungary | 297.74 | 2012 | ||
58 | Norway | 292.02 | 2012 | ||
59 | Macau | 291.91 | 2012 | ||
60 | Tonga | 285.87 | 2012 | ||
61 | Georgia | 282.84 | 2012 | ||
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 281.96 | 2012 | |||
Eastern Europe average (profile) | 273.07 | 2012 | |||
62 | Mauritius | 270.32 | 2012 | ||
63 | Grenada | 270.19 | 2012 | ||
64 | Ukraine | 267.19 | 2012 | ||
65 | Montenegro | 262.45 | 2012 | ||
66 | Kazakhstan | 258.39 | 2012 | ||
67 | Venezuela | 255.33 | 2012 | ||
68 | Latvia | 247.35 | 2012 | ||
69 | Argentina | 243.31 | 2012 | ||
Christian countries average (profile) | 241.73 | 2012 | |||
Catholic countries average (profile) | 236.98 | 2012 | |||
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 230.31 | 2012 | |||
70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 229.12 | 2012 | ||
Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 227.61 | 2012 | |||
71 | Lithuania | 223.5 | 2012 | ||
72 | Brazil | 223.03 | 2012 | ||
73 | Bahrain | 220.05 | 2012 | ||
74 | Romania | 219.44 | 2012 | ||
75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 214.29 | 2012 | ||
76 | United Arab Emirates | 213.73 | 2012 | ||
77 | Puerto Rico | 212.77 | 2012 | ||
78 | Costa Rica | 211.76 | 2012 | ||
79 | China | 206.46 | 2012 | ||
80 | Saint Lucia | 203.69 | 2012 | ||
81 | Dominica | 203.38 | 2012 | ||
82 | French Polynesia | 200.87 | 2012 | ||
83 | Czech Republic | 199.72 | 2012 | ||
84 | Lebanon | 198.45 | 2012 | ||
85 | Syria | 197.48 | 2012 | ||
86 | Armenia | 196.77 | 2012 | ||
87 | Guyana | 193.88 | 2012 | ||
88 | Republic of Macedonia | 193.72 | 2012 | ||
89 | Chile | 187.56 | 2012 | ||
90 | Turkey | 187.3 | 2012 | ||
91 | Azerbaijan | 186.45 | 2012 | ||
Emerging markets average (profile) | 186.23 | 2012 | |||
92 | American Samoa | 181.4 | 2012 | ||
93 | Slovakia | 180.17 | 2012 | ||
94 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 177.18 | 2012 | ||
95 | Brunei | 172.07 | 2012 | ||
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 170.35 | 2012 | |||
96 | Saudi Arabia | 169.75 | 2012 | ||
97 | Sri Lanka | 169.69 | 2012 | ||
98 | Panama | 168.34 | 2012 | ||
99 | El Salvador | 168.16 | 2012 | ||
100 | Mexico | 167.3 | 2012 | ||
101 | Finland | 164.38 | 2012 | ||
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 163.1 | 2012 | |||
102 | Qatar | 159.47 | 2012 | ||
103 | Poland | 158.91 | 2012 | ||
104 | Malaysia | 156.94 | 2012 | ||
105 | Kuwait | 156.9 | 2012 | ||
106 | Suriname | 155.27 | 2012 | ||
107 | Indonesia | 153.86 | 2012 | ||
Landlocked countries average (profile) | 153.69 | 2012 | |||
Former British colonies average (profile) | 153.45 | 2012 | |||
108 | Ecuador | 149.02 | 2012 | ||
OPEC countries average (profile) | 147.4 | 2012 | |||
109 | Tuvalu | 147.06 | 2012 | ||
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 143.12 | 2012 | |||
110 | Cape Verde | 142.03 | 2012 | ||
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 137.66 | 2012 | |||
111 | Libya | 132.26 | 2012 | ||
112 | Colombia | 131.87 | 2012 | ||
Religious countries average (profile) | 126.53 | 2012 | |||
Hot countries average (profile) | 119.34 | 2012 | |||
113 | Guatemala | 115.62 | 2012 | ||
114 | Vietnam | 114.8 | 2012 | ||
115 | Peru | 114.16 | 2012 | ||
116 | Turkmenistan | 111.16 | 2012 | ||
117 | Samoa | 108.38 | 2005 | ||
118 | Cuba | 107.93 | 2012 | ||
119 | Egypt | 106.01 | 2012 | ||
120 | Marshall Islands | 105.81 | 2004 | ||
121 | Dominican Republic | 103.69 | 2012 | ||
122 | Tunisia | 102.58 | 2012 | ||
123 | Fiji | 101.08 | 2012 | ||
124 | Morocco | 100.83 | 2012 | ||
125 | Albania | 98.67 | 2012 | ||
126 | Jamaica | 97.51 | 2012 | ||
127 | Thailand | 95.7 | 2012 | ||
Muslim countries average (profile) | 93.5 | 2012 | |||
128 | Oman | 91.9 | 2012 | ||
129 | Kiribati | 89.3 | 2012 | ||
130 | Kyrgyzstan | 87.58 | 2012 | ||
131 | Bolivia | 83.9 | 2012 | ||
132 | Algeria | 83.21 | 2012 | ||
133 | Federated States of Micronesia | 81.24 | 2012 | ||
134 | Botswana | 80.09 | 2012 | ||
135 | South Africa | 78.75 | 2012 | ||
136 | Belize | 78.43 | 2012 | ||
137 | Honduras | 76.93 | 2012 | ||
138 | Namibia | 75.79 | 2012 | ||
South and Central Asia average (profile) | 72.43 | 2012 | |||
139 | Jordan | 68.76 | 2012 | ||
140 | Maldives | 68.37 | 2012 | ||
141 | Uzbekistan | 65.94 | 2012 | ||
142 | Mongolia | 63.19 | 2012 | ||
143 | Iraq | 57.43 | 2012 | ||
144 | Paraguay | 56.23 | 2012 | ||
145 | Nicaragua | 53.41 | 2012 | ||
146 | Tajikistan | 49.07 | 2012 | ||
147 | North Korea | 47.65 | 2012 | ||
148 | Yemen | 46.28 | 2012 | ||
149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 42.53 | 2012 | ||
Former French colonies average (profile) | 41.12 | 2012 | |||
150 | Philippines | 40.73 | 2012 | ||
151 | Swaziland | 39.52 | 2012 | ||
152 | Cambodia | 39.32 | 2012 | ||
153 | Bhutan | 36.4 | 2012 | ||
154 | The Gambia | 35.84 | 2012 | ||
155 | Cameroon | 33.98 | 2012 | ||
156 | Togo | 33.87 | 2012 | ||
157 | Comoros | 33.45 | 2012 | ||
158 | Pakistan | 32.39 | 2012 | ||
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 31.02 | 2012 | |||
159 | Nepal | 30.76 | 2012 | ||
160 | India | 25.13 | 2012 | ||
161 | Senegal | 24.64 | 2012 | ||
162 | Vanuatu | 23.46 | 2012 | ||
163 | Zimbabwe | 21.98 | 2012 | ||
164 | Lesotho | 21.01 | 2012 | ||
165 | Djibouti | 20.94 | 2012 | ||
166 | Equatorial Guinea | 20.19 | 2012 | ||
South Asia average (profile) | 20.12 | 2012 | |||
167 | Papua New Guinea | 19.39 | 2012 | ||
168 | Mauritania | 17.14 | 2012 | ||
169 | Laos | 16.85 | 2012 | ||
170 | Benin | 15.59 | 2012 | ||
171 | Solomon Islands | 14.67 | 2012 | ||
172 | Angola | 14.55 | 2012 | ||
173 | Malawi | 14.29 | 2012 | ||
174 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.51 | 2012 | ||
failed states average (profile) | 13.11 | 2012 | |||
175 | Sudan | 11.42 | 2012 | ||
176 | Ghana | 11.23 | 2012 | ||
177 | Burma | 10.53 | 2012 | ||
178 | Gabon | 10.41 | 2012 | ||
179 | Somalia | 9.81 | 2012 | ||
180 | Eritrea | 9.8 | 2012 | ||
181 | Ethiopia | 8.69 | 2012 | ||
182 | Uganda | 8.67 | 2012 | ||
183 | Burkina Faso | 8.59 | 2012 | ||
184 | Mali | 7.54 | 2012 | ||
185 | Madagascar | 6.45 | 2012 | ||
186 | Bangladesh | 6.22 | 2012 | ||
187 | Zambia | 5.86 | 2012 | ||
188 | Niger | 5.86 | 2012 | ||
189 | Kenya | 5.83 | 2012 | ||
190 | Haiti | 4.91 | 2012 | ||
191 | Rwanda | 3.87 | 2012 | ||
192 | Tanzania | 3.69 | 2012 | ||
193 | Mozambique | 3.5 | 2012 | ||
194 | Republic of the Congo | 3.44 | 2012 | ||
195 | Sierra Leone | 3.01 | 2012 | ||
196 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.01 | 2012 | ||
197 | East Timor | 2.48 | 2012 | ||
198 | Nigeria | 2.48 | 2012 | ||
199 | Chad | 2.4 | 2012 | ||
200 | Burundi | 1.77 | 2012 | ||
201 | Guinea | 1.57 | 2012 | ||
202 | Central African Republic | 1.25 | 2012 | ||
203 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.886 | 2012 | ||
204 | Afghanistan | 0.453 | 2012 | ||
205 | South Sudan | 0.0138 | 2012 | ||
206 | Liberia | 0.00239 | 2012 |