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Rank 	 Country 	 Telephones - main lines in use 	 Date of Information
1 	 World 	       843,923,500 	 2003
2 	 China 	       263,000,000 	 2003
3 	 European Union 	       238,763,162 	 2002
4 	 United States 	       181,599,900 	 2003
5 	 Japan 	        71,149,000 	 2002
6 	 Germany 	        54,350,000 	 2003
7 	 India 	        48,917,000 	 2003
8 	 Brazil 	        38,810,000 	 2002
9 	 Russia 	        35,500,000 	 2002
10 	 United Kingdom 	        34,898,000 	 2002
11 	 France 	        33,905,400 	 2003
12 	 Italy 	        26,596,000 	 2003
13 	 Korea, South 	        22,877,000 	 2003
14 	 Canada 	        19,950,900 	 2003
15 	 Turkey 	        18,916,700 	 2003
16 	 Spain 	        17,567,500 	 2003
17 	 Mexico 	        15,958,700 	 2003
18 	 Iran 	        14,571,100 	 2003
19 	 Taiwan 	        13,355,000 	 2003
20 	 Poland 	        12,300,000 	 2003
21 	 Ukraine 	        10,833,300 	 2002
22 	 Australia 	        10,815,000 	 2003
23 	 Netherlands 	        10,004,000 	 2002
24 	 Egypt 	         9,600,000 	 2005
25 	 Colombia 	         8,768,100 	 2003
26 	 Argentina 	         8,009,400 	 2002
27 	 Indonesia 	         7,750,000 	 2002
28 	 Thailand 	         6,617,400 	 2003
29 	 Sweden 	         6,579,200 	 2002
30 	 Switzerland 	         5,419,000 	 2002
31 	 Greece 	         5,205,100 	 2003
32 	 Belgium 	         5,120,400 	 2002
33 	 South Africa 	         4,844,000 	 2002
34 	 Malaysia 	         4,571,600 	 2003
35 	 Vietnam 	         4,402,000 	 2003
36 	 Romania 	         4,300,000 	 2003
37 	 Portugal 	         4,278,800 	 2003
38 	 Pakistan 	         3,982,800 	 2003
39 	 Austria 	         3,881,000 	 2003
40 	 Hong Kong 	         3,801,300 	 2003
41 	 Hungary 	         3,666,400 	 2002
42 	 Czech Republic 	         3,626,000 	 2003
43 	 Denmark 	         3,610,100 	 2003
44 	 Saudi Arabia 	         3,502,600 	 2003
45 	 Chile 	         3,467,000 	 2002
46 	 Norway 	         3,343,000 	 2002
47 	 Philippines 	         3,310,900 	 2002
48 	 Belarus 	         3,071,300 	 2003
49 	 Israel 	         3,006,000 	 2002
50 	 Bulgaria 	         2,868,200 	 2002
51 	 Venezuela 	         2,841,800 	 2002
52 	 Serbia and Montenegro 	         2,611,700 	 2003
53 	 Finland 	         2,548,000 	 2003
54 	 Algeria 	         2,199,600 	 2003
55 	 Syria 	         2,099,300 	 2002
56 	 Kazakhstan 	         2,081,900 	 2002
57 	 Ireland 	         1,955,000 	 2003
58 	 Singapore 	         1,896,100 	 2004
59 	 Peru 	         1,839,200 	 2003
60 	 Croatia 	         1,825,000 	 2002
61 	 New Zealand 	         1,765,000 	 2002
62 	 Uzbekistan 	         1,717,100 	 2003
63 	 Ecuador 	         1,549,000 	 2003
64 	 Puerto Rico 	         1,329,500 	 2002
65 	 Slovakia 	         1,294,700 	 2003
66 	 Morocco 	         1,219,200 	 2003
67 	 Tunisia 	         1,163,800 	 2003
68 	 United Arab Emirates 	         1,135,800 	 2003
69 	 Costa Rica 	         1,132,000 	 2002
70 	 Korea, North 	         1,100,000 	 2001
71 	 Uruguay 	          946,500 	 2002
72 	 Bosnia and Herzegovina 	          938,000 	 2003
73 	 Azerbaijan 	          923,800 	 2002
74 	 Dominican Republic 	          901,800 	 2003
75 	 Sudan 	          900,000 	 2003
76 	 Sri Lanka 	          881,400 	 2002
77 	 Nigeria 	          853,100 	 2003
78 	 Guatemala 	          846,000 	 2002
79 	 Lithuania 	          824,200 	 2003
80 	 Slovenia 	          812,300 	 2003
81 	 El Salvador 	          752,600 	 2003
82 	 Libya 	          750,000 	 2003
83 	 Bangladesh 	          740,000 	 2003
84 	 Moldova 	          706,900 	 2002
85 	 Lebanon 	          678,800 	 2002
86 	 Iraq 	          675,000 	 2003
87 	 Latvia 	          653,900 	 2003
88 	 Georgia 	          650,500 	 2003
89 	 Jordan 	          622,600 	 2003
90 	 Bolivia 	          600,100 	 2003
91 	 Cuba 	          574,400 	 2002
92 	 Armenia 	          562,600 	 2003
93 	 Macedonia 	          560,000 	 2002
94 	 Yemen 	          542,200 	 2002
95 	 Kuwait 	          486,900 	 2003
96 	 Estonia 	          475,000 	 2002
97 	 Jamaica 	          444,400 	 2002
98 	 Ethiopia 	          435,000 	 2003
99 	 Cyprus 	          427,400 	 
100 	 Kyrgyzstan 	          394,800 	 2002
101 	 Panama 	          386,900 	 2002
102 	 Turkmenistan 	          374,000 	 2002
103 	 Nepal 	          371,800 	 2003
104 	 Burma 	          357,300 	 2003
105 	 Luxembourg 	          355,400 	 2002
106 	 Mauritius 	          348,200 	 2003
107 	 Kenya 	          328,400 	 2003
108 	 Cote d'Ivoire 	          328,000 	 2003
109 	 Trinidad and Tobago 	          325,100 	 2002
110 	 Honduras 	          322,500 	 2002
111 	 Ghana 	          302,300 	 2003
112 	 West Bank 	          301,600 	 2002
113 	 Zimbabwe 	          300,900 	 2003
114 	 Reunion 	          300,000 	 2001
115 	 Paraguay 	          273,200 	 2002
116 	 Albania 	          255,000 	 2003
117 	 Tajikistan 	          242,100 	 2003
118 	 Oman 	          233,900 	 2002
119 	 Senegal 	          228,800 	 2003
120 	 Guadeloupe 	          210,000 	 2001
121 	 Malta 	          208,300 	 2003
122 	 Iceland 	          190,700 	 2003
123 	 Bahrain 	          185,800 	 2003
124 	 Qatar 	          184,500 	 2003
125 	 Macau 	          174,600 	 2003
126 	 Martinique 	          172,000 	 2001
127 	 Nicaragua 	          171,600 	 2002
128 	 Tanzania 	          149,100 	 2003
129 	 Botswana 	          142,400 	 2002
130 	 Mongolia 	          142,300 	 2004
131 	 Barbados 	          134,000 	 2003
132 	 Bahamas, The 	          131,700 	 2003
133 	 Haiti 	          130,000 	 2002
134 	 Namibia 	          127,400 	 2003
135 	 Cameroon 	          110,900 	 2002
136 	 Fiji 	          102,000 	 2003
137 	 Somalia 	          100,000 	 2002 est.
138 	 Angola 	           96,300 	 2003
139 	 Gaza Strip 	           95,729 	 1997
140 	 Brunei 	           90,000 	 2002
141 	 Zambia 	           88,400 	 2003
142 	 Cyprus 	           86,228 	 
143 	 Malawi 	           85,000 	 2003
144 	 Guam 	           84,134 	 2001
145 	 Mozambique 	           83,700 	 2002
146 	 Netherlands Antilles 	           81,000 	 2001
147 	 Guyana 	           80,400 	 2002
148 	 Suriname 	           79,800 	 2003
149 	 Jersey 	           73,900 	 2001
150 	 Cape Verde 	           71,700 	 2003
151 	 Virgin Islands 	           69,400 	 2002
152 	 Benin 	           66,500 	 2003
153 	 Burkina Faso 	           65,400 	 2003
154 	 Papua New Guinea 	           62,000 	 2002
155 	 Laos 	           61,900 	 2002
156 	 Uganda 	           61,000 	 2003
157 	 Togo 	           60,600 	 2003
158 	 Madagascar 	           59,600 	 2003
159 	 Mali 	           56,600 	 2002
160 	 Bermuda 	           56,000 	 2002
161 	 Guernsey 	           55,000 	 2001
162 	 French Polynesia 	           52,500 	 2002
163 	 New Caledonia 	           52,000 	 2002
164 	 Saint Lucia 	           51,100 	 2002
165 	 French Guiana 	           51,000 	 2001
166 	 Man, Isle of 	           51,000 	 1999
167 	 Swaziland 	           46,200 	 2003
168 	 Gambia, The 	           38,400 	 2002
169 	 Gabon 	           38,400 	 2003
170 	 Eritrea 	           38,100 	 2003
171 	 Antigua and Barbuda 	           38,000 	 2002
172 	 Cayman Islands 	           38,000 	 2002
173 	 Aruba 	           37,100 	 2002
174 	 Cambodia 	           35,400 	 2002
175 	 Andorra 	           35,000 	 2001
176 	 Monaco 	           33,700 	 2002
177 	 Grenada 	           33,500 	 2002
178 	 Belize 	           33,300 	 2003
179 	 Afghanistan 	           33,100 	 2002
180 	 Mauritania 	           31,500 	 2002
181 	 Maldives 	           28,700 	 2002
182 	 Lesotho 	           28,600 	 2002
183 	 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 	           27,300 	 2002
184 	 Guinea 	           26,200 	 2003
185 	 Greenland 	           26,000 	 2001
186 	 Bhutan 	           25,200 	 2003
187 	 Gibraltar 	           24,512 	 2002
188 	 Sierra Leone 	           24,000 	 2002
189 	 Burundi 	           23,900 	 2003
190 	 Dominica 	           23,700 	 2002
191 	 Saint Kitts and Nevis 	           23,500 	 2002
192 	 Rwanda 	           23,200 	 2002
193 	 Faroe Islands 	           23,000 	 2002
194 	 Niger 	           22,400 	 2002
195 	 Seychelles 	           21,700 	 2002
196 	 Northern Mariana Islands 	           21,000 	 2000
197 	 San Marino 	           20,600 	 2002
198 	 Liechtenstein 	           19,900 	 2002
199 	 American Samoa 	           15,000 	 2001
200 	 Comoros 	           13,200 	 2003
201 	 Chad 	           11,800 	 2002
202 	 Samoa 	           11,800 	 2002
203 	 British Virgin Islands 	           11,700 	 2002
204 	 Tonga 	           11,200 	 2002
205 	 Guinea-Bissau 	           10,600 	 2003
206 	 Micronesia, Federated States of 	           10,100 	 2001
207 	 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 	           10,000 	 2002
208 	 Mayotte 	           10,000 	 2001
209 	 Equatorial Guinea 	            9,600 	 2003
210 	 Djibouti 	            9,500 	 2003
211 	 Central African Republic 	            9,000 	 2002
212 	 Congo, Republic of the 	            7,000 	 2003
213 	 Sao Tome and Principe 	            7,000 	 2003
214 	 Liberia 	            7,000 	 2001
215 	 Palau 	            6,700 	 2002
216 	 Solomon Islands 	            6,600 	 2002
217 	 Vanuatu 	            6,500 	 2003
218 	 Anguilla 	            6,200 	 2002
219 	 Cook Islands 	            6,200 	 2002
220 	 Turks and Caicos Islands 	            5,700 	 2002
221 	 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 	            4,800 	 2002
222 	 Kiribati 	            4,500 	 2002
223 	 Marshall Islands 	            4,500 	 2003
224 	 Norfolk Island 	            2,532 	 2004
225 	 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 	            2,400 	 2002
226 	 Saint Helena 	            2,200 	 2002
227 	 Nauru 	            1,900 	 2002
228 	 Wallis and Futuna 	            1,900 	 2002
229 	 Niue 	            1,100 	 2002
230 	 Tuvalu 	             700 	 2002
231 	 Tokelau 	             300 	 2002
232 	 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 	             287 	 1992
233 	 Pitcairn Islands 	               1 	 2004
234 	 Antarctica 	               0 	 2001

 This file was last updated on 20 October, 2005
