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DEFINITION:
The total number of main telephone lines in use. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 974.83 | 2009 | ||
| 2 | Bermuda | 879.09 | 2009 | ||
| 3 | San Marino | 700.37 | 2009 | ||
| 4 | Cayman Islands | 700.14 | 2009 | ||
| 5 | Malta | 610.4 | 2009 | ||
| 6 | Hong Kong | 600.62 | 2009 | ||
| 7 | Switzerland | 600.48 | 2009 | ||
| 8 | Germany | 594.61 | 2009 | ||
| 9 | Iceland | 581.48 | 2009 | ||
| 10 | Sweden | 553.42 | 2009 | ||
| 11 | Luxembourg | 549.64 | 2009 | ||
| 12 | Liechtenstein | 546.71 | 2009 | ||
| 13 | Canada | 541.14 | 2009 | ||
| 14 | Greece | 525.58 | 2009 | ||
| 15 | United Kingdom | 519.6 | 2009 | ||
| 16 | Slovenia | 506.94 | 2009 | ||
| 17 | Barbados | 486.37 | 2009 | ||
| 18 | Andorra | 481.83 | 2009 | ||
| 19 | European Union | 478.81 | 2005 | ||
| 20 | Ireland | 466.48 | 2009 | ||
| 21 | United States | 459.63 | 2009 | ||
| 22 | Northern Mariana Islands | 454.07 | 2009 | ||
| 23 | Netherlands | 442.82 | 2009 | ||
| 24 | Spain | 436.89 | 2009 | ||
| 25 | Israel | 434.17 | 2009 | ||
| 26 | Antigua and Barbuda | 433.37 | 2009 | ||
| 27 | New Zealand | 433.29 | 2009 | ||
| 28 | Croatia | 419.73 | 2009 | ||
| 29 | Belarus | 417.48 | 2009 | ||
| 30 | Australia | 414.16 | 2009 | ||
| 31 | Guam | 412.93 | 2009 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 412.83 | 2009 | |||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 402.38 | 2009 | |||
| 32 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 396.28 | 2009 | ||
| 33 | Norway | 393.48 | 2009 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 392.76 | 2009 | |||
| 34 | South Korea | 392.2 | 2009 | ||
| 35 | Greenland | 390.6 | 2009 | ||
| 36 | Austria | 388.87 | 2009 | ||
| 37 | Portugal | 380.81 | 2009 | ||
| 38 | Aruba | 377.64 | 2009 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 374.53 | 2009 | |||
| Europe average (profile) | 374.45 | 2009 | |||
| 39 | Denmark | 373.34 | 2009 | ||
| 40 | Singapore | 371.32 | 2009 | ||
| 41 | Estonia | 367.69 | 2009 | ||
| 42 | The Bahamas | 363.9 | 2009 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 360.95 | 2009 | |||
| 43 | Italy | 353.86 | 2009 | ||
| 44 | Iran | 350.87 | 2009 | ||
| 45 | Palau | 349 | 2009 | ||
| 46 | Japan | 347.79 | 2009 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 345.26 | 2009 | |||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 331.9 | 2009 | |||
| 47 | Costa Rica | 324.46 | 2009 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 321.6 | 2009 | |||
| 48 | Moldova | 319.44 | 2009 | ||
| 49 | Macau | 315.93 | 2010 | ||
| 50 | Russia | 315.71 | 2009 | ||
| 51 | Hungary | 306.21 | 2009 | ||
| 52 | Tonga | 299.35 | 2009 | ||
| 53 | Mauritius | 297.33 | 2009 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 287.7 | 2009 | |||
| 54 | Latvia | 285.61 | 2009 | ||
| 55 | Bulgaria | 285.3 | 2009 | ||
| 56 | Uruguay | 283.71 | 2009 | ||
| 57 | Ukraine | 282.85 | 2009 | ||
| 58 | Grenada | 274.22 | 2009 | ||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 271.93 | 2009 | |||
| 59 | New Caledonia | 268.34 | 2009 | ||
| 60 | Finland | 267.85 | 2009 | ||
| 61 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 259.14 | 2009 | ||
| 62 | Seychelles | 253.16 | 2009 | ||
| 63 | Poland | 250.47 | 2009 | ||
| 64 | Romania | 247.34 | 2009 | ||
| 65 | Dominica | 246.49 | 2009 | ||
| 66 | Argentina | 243.96 | 2009 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 243.61 | 2009 | |||
| 67 | Venezuela | 240.25 | 2009 | ||
| 68 | Trinidad and Tobago | 238.03 | 2009 | ||
| 69 | China | 235.63 | 2009 | ||
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 234.02 | 2009 | ||
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 233.82 | 2009 | ||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 233.74 | 2009 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 233.51 | 2009 | |||
| 72 | Puerto Rico | 232.62 | 2009 | ||
| 73 | Turkey | 232.09 | 2009 | ||
| 74 | Lithuania | 223.81 | 2009 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 216.65 | 2009 | |||
| 75 | Brazil | 214.46 | 2009 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 212.63 | 2009 | |||
| 76 | Armenia | 212.25 | 2009 | ||
| 77 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 210.53 | 2009 | ||
| 78 | Chile | 210.4 | 2009 | ||
| 79 | French Polynesia | 204.59 | 2009 | ||
| 80 | Brunei | 204.11 | 2009 | ||
| 81 | Vietnam | 202.58 | 2009 | ||
| 82 | United Arab Emirates | 202.25 | 2009 | ||
| 83 | Bahrain | 200.08 | 2009 | ||
| 84 | Czech Republic | 199.48 | 2009 | ||
| 85 | Kuwait | 194.2 | 2009 | ||
| 86 | Slovakia | 188.61 | 2009 | ||
| 87 | American Samoa | 184.91 | 2009 | ||
| 88 | Libya | 184.6 | 2009 | ||
| 89 | Syria | 184.06 | 2009 | ||
| 90 | Qatar | 182.41 | 2009 | ||
| 91 | El Salvador | 177.73 | 2009 | ||
| 92 | Lebanon | 176.6 | 2009 | ||
| 93 | Tuvalu | 173.33 | 2009 | ||
| 94 | Samoa | 172.71 | 2009 | ||
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 170.58 | 2010 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 168.11 | 2009 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 167.41 | 2009 | |||
| 96 | Mexico | 166.85 | 2009 | ||
| 97 | Guyana | 166.44 | 2009 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 165.77 | 2009 | |||
| 98 | Colombia | 163.75 | 2009 | ||
| 99 | Suriname | 160.91 | 2009 | ||
| 100 | Fiji | 160.47 | 2009 | ||
| 101 | Maldives | 156.14 | 2009 | ||
| 102 | Azerbaijan | 156.14 | 2009 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 156.07 | 2009 | |||
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 155.66 | 2009 | ||
| 104 | Malaysia | 155.16 | 2009 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 153.32 | 2009 | |||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 149.36 | 2009 | |||
| 105 | Cape Verde | 148.65 | 2009 | ||
| 106 | Panama | 148.54 | 2009 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 148.02 | 2009 | |||
| 107 | Indonesia | 142.99 | 2009 | ||
| 108 | Georgia | 140.56 | 2009 | ||
| 109 | Ecuador | 135.81 | 2009 | ||
| 110 | Egypt | 134.33 | 2009 | ||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 122.76 | 2009 | |||
| 111 | Tunisia | 122.51 | 2009 | ||
| 112 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 122.33 | 2009 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 121.49 | 2009 | |||
| 113 | Albania | 115.19 | 2009 | ||
| 114 | Oman | 112.68 | 2009 | ||
| 115 | Morocco | 112.42 | 2009 | ||
| 116 | Jamaica | 112.15 | 2009 | ||
| 117 | Honduras | 111.11 | 2009 | ||
| 118 | Thailand | 105.98 | 2009 | ||
| 119 | Belize | 103.65 | 2009 | ||
| 120 | Cuba | 103.47 | 2009 | ||
| 121 | Peru | 102.47 | 2009 | ||
| 122 | Guatemala | 101.01 | 2009 | ||
| 123 | Dominican Republic | 97.67 | 2009 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 97.2 | 2009 | |||
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 96 | 2009 | ||
| 125 | Kyrgyzstan | 92.56 | 2009 | ||
| 126 | South Africa | 87.59 | 2009 | ||
| 127 | Jordan | 84.73 | 2009 | ||
| 128 | Marshall Islands | 84.06 | 2009 | ||
| 129 | Federated States of Micronesia | 83.67 | 2009 | ||
| 130 | Bolivia | 81.07 | 2009 | ||
| 131 | Botswana | 73.88 | 2009 | ||
| 132 | Philippines | 72.59 | 2010 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 71.94 | 2009 | |||
| 133 | Algeria | 70.8 | 2009 | ||
| 134 | Mongolia | 70.69 | 2009 | ||
| 135 | Uzbekistan | 66.88 | 2009 | ||
| 136 | Namibia | 66.29 | 2009 | ||
| 137 | Paraguay | 61.02 | 2009 | ||
| 138 | North Korea | 48.67 | 2008 | ||
| 139 | Sao Tome and Principe | 45.02 | 2009 | ||
| 140 | Yemen | 44.85 | 2009 | ||
| 141 | Nicaragua | 44.4 | 2009 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 44 | 2009 | |||
| 142 | Kiribati | 41.55 | 2009 | ||
| 143 | Tajikistan | 38.94 | 2009 | ||
| 144 | Comoros | 38.13 | 2009 | ||
| 145 | Swaziland | 37.49 | 2009 | ||
| 146 | Bhutan | 37.33 | 2009 | ||
| 147 | Iraq | 36.73 | 2009 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 32.05 | 2009 | |||
| 148 | Vanuatu | 31.19 | 2009 | ||
| 149 | Nepal | 30.91 | 2009 | ||
| 150 | The Gambia | 30.09 | 2009 | ||
| 151 | Zimbabwe | 29.88 | 2009 | ||
| 152 | India | 29.67 | 2010 | ||
| 153 | Togo | 29.08 | 2009 | ||
| 154 | Pakistan | 23.86 | 2009 | ||
| 155 | Senegal | 22.15 | 2009 | ||
| 156 | Mauritania | 21.19 | 2009 | ||
| 157 | Laos | 21.09 | 2009 | ||
| 158 | Djibouti | 20.44 | 2009 | ||
| 159 | Lesotho | 20.1 | 2009 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 19.01 | 2009 | |||
| 160 | Gabon | 17.44 | 2009 | ||
| 161 | Kenya | 16.68 | 2009 | ||
| 162 | Cameroon | 16.11 | 2009 | ||
| 163 | Angola | 16.02 | 2009 | ||
| 164 | Solomon Islands | 15.92 | 2009 | ||
| 165 | Burma | 15.75 | 2009 | ||
| 166 | Cote d'Ivoire | 15.17 | 2009 | ||
| 167 | Equatorial Guinea | 14.77 | 2009 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 13.76 | 2009 | |||
| 168 | Benin | 13.75 | 2009 | ||
| 169 | Malawi | 12.01 | 2009 | ||
| 170 | Ghana | 11.29 | 2009 | ||
| 171 | Haiti | 11.09 | 2009 | ||
| 172 | Burkina Faso | 11.06 | 2009 | ||
| 173 | Ethiopia | 10.79 | 2009 | ||
| 174 | Somalia | 10.66 | 2009 | ||
| 175 | Sudan | 10.63 | 2009 | ||
| 176 | Bangladesh | 10.18 | 2009 | ||
| 177 | Nigeria | 9.13 | 2009 | ||
| 178 | Papua New Guinea | 8.95 | 2009 | ||
| 179 | Madagascar | 8.84 | 2009 | ||
| 180 | Eritrea | 8.73 | 2009 | ||
| 181 | Uganda | 7.1 | 2009 | ||
| 182 | Zambia | 7.04 | 2009 | ||
| 183 | Mali | 5.97 | 2009 | ||
| 184 | Sierra Leone | 5.81 | 2009 | ||
| 185 | Afghanistan | 4.67 | 2009 | ||
| 186 | Niger | 4.25 | 2009 | ||
| 187 | Tanzania | 3.86 | 2010 | ||
| 188 | Cambodia | 3.83 | 2009 | ||
| 189 | Burundi | 3.53 | 2009 | ||
| 190 | Mozambique | 3.53 | 2009 | ||
| 191 | Rwanda | 3.18 | 2009 | ||
| 192 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.09 | 2009 | ||
| 193 | Central African Republic | 2.81 | 2009 | ||
| 194 | East Timor | 2.16 | 2009 | ||
| 195 | Guinea | 2.08 | 2009 | ||
| 196 | Chad | 1.14 | 2009 | ||
| 197 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.661 | 2009 | ||
| 198 | Liberia | 0.523 | 2009 | ||
| 199 | Belgium | 0.394 | 2009 | ||
| 200 | France | 0.000563 | 2009 |
