| Rank | Country | Telephones - main lines in use | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 285,115,000 |  |
| 2 | United States | 151,000,000 | |
| 3 | Germany | 45,600,000 | |
| 4 | Russia | 44,959,000 | |
| 5 | Brazil | 43,026,000 | |
| 6 | Japan | 40,419,000 | |
| 7 | Indonesia | 37,960,000 | |
| 8 | France | 36,154,000 | |
| 9 | India | 35,090,000 | |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 33,320,000 | |
| 11 | Korea, South | 28,543,000 | |
| 12 | Iran | 26,849,000 | |
| 13 | Italy | 21,600,000 | |
| 14 | Spain | 19,904,000 | |
| 15 | Mexico | 19,892,000 | |
| 16 | Canada | 16,438,000 | |
| 17 | Taiwan | 16,433,000 | |
| 18 | Vietnam | 16,400,000 | |
| 19 | Turkey | 16,202,000 | |
| 20 | Ukraine | 12,941,000 | |
| 21 | Australia | 10,540,000 | |
| 22 | Argentina | 10,140,000 | |
| 23 | Egypt | 9,618,000 | |
| 24 | Poland | 9,451,000 | |
| 25 | Netherlands | 7,169,000 | |
| 26 | Colombia | 7,127,000 | |
| 27 | Venezuela | 7,083,000 | |
| 28 | Thailand | 7,009,000 | |
| 29 | Philippines | 6,783,000 | |
| 30 | Greece | 5,203,000 | |
| 31 | Sweden | 5,014,000 | |
| 32 | Belgium | 4,631,000 | |
| 33 | Malaysia | 4,573,000 | |
| 34 | Romania | 4,500,000 | |
| 35 | Portugal | 4,485,000 | |
| 36 | Switzerland | 4,378,000 | |
| 37 | Hong Kong | 4,345,000 | |
| 38 | South Africa | 4,225,000 | |
| 39 | Belarus | 4,208,000 | |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 4,166,000 | |
| 41 | Syria | 4,069,000 | |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 4,011,000 | |
| 43 | Morocco | 3,749,000 | |
| 44 | Sri Lanka | 3,579,000 | |
| 45 | Pakistan | 3,419,000 | |
| 46 | Austria | 3,388,000 | |
| 47 | Chile | 3,366,000 | |
| 48 | Israel | 3,276,000 | |
| 49 | Peru | 3,160,000 | |
| 50 | Serbia | 3,110,000 | |
| 51 | Algeria | 3,059,000 | |
| 52 | Hungary | 2,977,000 | |
| 53 | Denmark | 2,515,000 | |
| 54 | Bulgaria | 2,311,000 | |
| 55 | Ecuador | 2,211,000 | |
| 56 | Czech Republic | 2,202,000 | |
| 57 | Ireland | 2,078,000 | |
| 58 | Singapore | 1,984,000 | |
| 59 | New Zealand | 1,870,000 | |
| 60 | Uzbekistan | 1,864,000 | |
| 61 | Croatia | 1,761,000 | |
| 62 | Norway | 1,702,000 | |
| 63 | Azerbaijan | 1,684,000 | |
| 64 | Bangladesh | 1,600,000 | |
| 65 | Iraq | 1,600,000 | |
| 66 | Guatemala | 1,499,000 | |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 1,491,000 | |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 1,480,000 | |
| 69 | Tunisia | 1,290,000 | |
| 70 | Finland | 1,250,000 | |
| 71 | Libya | 1,228,000 | |
| 72 | Cuba | 1,193,000 | |
| 73 | Korea, North | 1,180,000 | |
| 74 | Moldova | 1,161,000 | |
| 75 | Slovakia | 1,099,000 | |
| 76 | Nigeria | 1,050,000 | |
| 77 | Yemen | 1,046,000 | |
| 78 | Dominican Republic | 1,044,000 | |
| 79 | El Salvador | 1,000,000 | |
| 80 | Uruguay | 962,200 | |
| 81 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 955,900 | |
| 82 | Slovenia | 913,600 | |
| 83 | Ethiopia | 908,900 | |
| 84 | Puerto Rico | 891,900 | |
| 85 | Lebanon | 887,800 | |
| 86 | Bolivia | 879,800 | |
| 87 | Nepal | 841,700 | |
| 88 | Lithuania | 733,700 | |
| 89 | Honduras | 669,500 | |
| 90 | Cameroon | 669,000 | |
| 91 | Georgia | 597,000 | |
| 92 | Armenia | 577,500 | |
| 93 | Kuwait | 566,300 | |
| 94 | Panama | 553,100 | |
| 95 | Latvia | 532,100 | |
| 96 | Cambodia | 530,000 | |
| 97 | Burma | 521,100 | |
| 98 | Turkmenistan | 520,000 | |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 502,200 | |
| 100 | Jordan | 485,000 | |
| 101 | Estonia | 482,200 | |
| 102 | Kenya | 460,100 | |
| 103 | Macedonia | 413,100 | |
| 104 | Paraguay | 405,000 | |
| 105 | Mauritius | 387,700 | |
| 106 | Zimbabwe | 379,000 | |
| 107 | Sudan | 374,700 | |
| 108 | Tajikistan | 367,700 | |
| 109 | Senegal | 341,900 | |
| 110 | Albania | 338,800 | |
| 111 | Gaza Strip | 337,000 | |
| 112 | West Bank | 337,000 | |
| 113 | Uganda | 327,100 | |
| 114 | Angola | 303,200 | |
| 115 | Qatar | 298,100 | |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 293,300 | |
| 117 | Oman | 283,900 | |
| 118 | Ghana | 277,900 | |
| 119 | Bahrain | 276,500 | |
| 120 | Luxembourg | 272,400 | |
| 121 | Cote d'Ivoire | 268,200 | |
| 122 | Jamaica | 263,100 | |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 258,000 | |
| 124 | Malta | 247,300 | |
| 125 | Togo | 213,800 | |
| 126 | Iceland | 204,000 | |
| 127 | Mongolia | 193,200 | |
| 128 | Tanzania | 174,500 | |
| 129 | Madagascar | 172,200 | |
| 130 | Montenegro | 169,500 | |
| 131 | Macau | 167,500 | |
| 132 | Malawi | 160,100 | |
| 133 | Benin | 152,700 | |
| 134 | Namibia | 152,000 | |
| 135 | Guyana | 149,900 | |
| 136 | Botswana | 149,600 | |
| 137 | Burkina Faso | 141,500 | |
| 138 | Barbados | 140,700 | |
| 139 | Fiji | 137,000 | |
| 140 | Bahamas, The | 133,000 | |
| 141 | Papua New Guinea | 121,200 | |
| 142 | Mali | 114,400 | |
| 143 | Kosovo | 106,300 | |
| 144 | Laos | 103,100 | |
| 145 | Somalia | 100,000 | |
| 146 | Zambia | 90,100 | |
| 147 | Mozambique | 88,100 | |
| 148 | Suriname | 85,000 | |
| 149 | Niger | 83,600 | |
| 150 | Brunei | 79,800 | |
| 151 | Virgin Islands | 75,800 | |
| 152 | Cape Verde | 74,500 | |
| 153 | Jersey | 73,800 | |
| 154 | New Caledonia | 72,200 | |
| 155 | Mauritania | 71,600 | |
| 156 | Guam | 65,500 | |
| 157 | Bermuda | 57,800 | |
| 158 | French Polynesia | 54,900 |  |
| 159 | Eritrea | 54,200 | |
| 160 | Isle of Man | 51,000 | |
| 161 | Haiti | 50,000 | |
| 162 | Gambia, The | 48,800 | |
| 163 | Maldives | 48,000 | |
| 164 | Guernsey | 45,100 | |
| 165 | Swaziland | 44,000 | |
| 166 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 42,000 | |
| 167 | Saint Lucia | 41,100 | |
| 168 | Rwanda | 39,700 | |
| 169 | Lesotho | 38,800 | |
| 170 | Andorra | 38,400 | |
| 171 | Cayman Islands | 37,200 | |
| 172 | Antigua and Barbuda | 35,500 | |
| 173 | Samoa | 35,300 | |
| 174 | Aruba | 35,000 | |
| 175 | Monaco | 34,100 | |
| 176 | Burundi | 32,600 | |
| 177 | Chad | 31,200 | |
| 178 | Tonga | 31,000 | |
| 179 | Gabon | 30,400 | |
| 180 | Belize | 28,800 | |
| 181 | Grenada | 28,400 | |
| 182 | Bhutan | 27,500 | |
| 183 | British Virgin Islands | 26,800 | |
| 184 | Northern Mariana Islands | 25,500 | |
| 185 | Gibraltar | 24,000 | |
| 186 | Comoros | 23,600 | |
| 187 | Seychelles | 22,000 | |
| 188 | Greenland | 21,800 | |
| 189 | San Marino | 21,700 | |
| 190 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21,700 | |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20,600 | |
| 192 | Faroe Islands | 20,200 | |
| 193 | Liechtenstein | 19,600 | |
| 194 | Djibouti | 18,400 | |
| 195 | Guinea | 18,000 | |
| 196 | Dominica | 15,500 | |
| 197 | Sierra Leone | 14,000 | |
| 198 | Equatorial Guinea | 13,500 | |
| 199 | Afghanistan | 13,500 | |
| 200 | American Samoa | 10,400 | |
| 201 | Congo, Republic of the | 10,000 | |
| 202 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 8,500 | |
| 203 | Solomon Islands | 8,400 | |
| 204 | Sao Tome and Principe | 7,700 | |
| 205 | Cook Islands | 7,200 | |
| 206 | Palau | 7,000 | |
| 207 | Anguilla | 6,200 | |
| 208 | Liberia | 5,900 | |
| 209 | Sint Maarten | 5,153 | |
| 210 | Holy See (Vatican City) | 5,120 | |
| 211 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,000 | |
| 212 | Vanuatu | 5,000 | |
| 213 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,800 | |
| 214 | Marshall Islands | 4,400 | |
| 215 | Kiribati | 4,100 | |
| 216 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3,700 | |
| 217 | Wallis and Futuna | 3,100 | |
| 218 | Saint Helena | 3,000 | |
| 219 | Montserrat | 2,600 | |
| 220 | Norfolk Island | 2,532 | |
| 221 | East Timor | 2,400 | |
| 222 | Central African Republic | 2,300 | |
| 223 | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 2,000 | |
| 224 | Nauru | 1,900 | |
| 225 | Tuvalu | 1,600 | |
| 226 | Niue | 1,200 | |
| 227 | Tokelau | 300 | |
| 228 | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 287 | |
| 229 | Pitcairn Islands | 1 | |
Definition: This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use.
Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012
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