Country Comparison > Telephones - main lines in use

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

See also: Telephones - main lines in use map

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