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Rank 	 Country 	 Telephones - main lines in use 	 Date of Information
1 	 World 	      1,263,367,600 	 2005
2 	 China 	       368,000,000 	 2006
3 	 European Union 	       238,000,000 	 2005
4 	 United States 	       172,000,000 	 2006
5 	 Japan 	        55,155,000 	 2006
6 	 Germany 	        54,200,000 	 2006
7 	 India 	        49,750,000 	 2005
8 	 Russia 	        40,100,000 	 2005
9 	 Brazil 	        38,800,000 	 2006
10 	 France 	        34,630,000 	 2006
11 	 France 	        33,897,000 	 2006
12 	 United Kingdom 	        33,602,000 	 2006
13 	 Korea, South 	        26,866,000 	 2006
14 	 Italy 	        25,049,000 	 2005
15 	 Iran 	        21,981,000 	 2006
16 	 Canada 	        20,780,000 	 2005
17 	 Mexico 	        19,861,000 	 2006
18 	 Turkey 	        18,978,000 	 2005
19 	 Spain 	        18,385,000 	 2006
20 	 Vietnam 	        15,845,000 	 2005
21 	 Indonesia 	        14,821,000 	 2006
22 	 Taiwan 	        14,497,000 	 2006
23 	 Ukraine 	        12,341,000 	 2006
24 	 Poland 	        11,475,000 	 2006
25 	 Egypt 	        10,808,000 	 2006
26 	 Australia 	         9,940,000 	 2006
27 	 Argentina 	         9,460,000 	 2006
28 	 Colombia 	         7,865,000 	 2006
29 	 Netherlands 	         7,600,000 	 2005
30 	 Thailand 	         7,073,000 	 2006
31 	 Sweden 	         6,379,000 	 2005
32 	 Greece 	         6,185,000 	 2006
33 	 Pakistan 	         5,240,000 	 2006
34 	 Switzerland 	         5,040,000 	 2006
35 	 South Africa 	         4,729,000 	 2005
36 	 Belgium 	         4,719,000 	 2006
37 	 Saudi Arabia 	         4,500,000 	 2006
38 	 Malaysia 	         4,342,000 	 2006
39 	 Portugal 	         4,231,000 	 2006
40 	 Romania 	         4,231,000 	 2006
41 	 Venezuela 	         4,217,000 	 2006
42 	 Hong Kong 	         3,850,000 	 2006
43 	 Philippines 	         3,633,000 	 2006
44 	 Austria 	         3,564,000 	 2006
45 	 Belarus 	         3,368,000 	 2006
46 	 Hungary 	         3,350,000 	 2006
47 	 Chile 	         3,326,000 	 2006
48 	 Syria 	         3,243,000 	 2006
49 	 Czech Republic 	         3,217,300 	 2005
50 	 Denmark 	         3,098,000 	 2006
51 	 Israel 	         3,005,000 	 2006
52 	 Kazakhstan 	         2,928,000 	 2006
53 	 Algeria 	         2,841,000 	 2006
54 	 Serbia 	         2,719,000 	 2006
55 	 Bulgaria 	         2,399,000 	 2006
56 	 Peru 	         2,332,000 	 2006
57 	 Ireland 	         2,097,000 	 2006
58 	 Sri Lanka 	         2,087,000 	 2007
59 	 Norway 	         2,055,000 	 2006
60 	 Finland 	         1,920,000 	 2006
61 	 Singapore 	         1,854,000 	 2006
62 	 Croatia 	         1,832,000 	 2006
63 	 Uzbekistan 	         1,793,000 	 2005
64 	 Ecuador 	         1,754,000 	 2006
65 	 New Zealand 	         1,729,000 	 2005
66 	 Nigeria 	         1,688,000 	 2006
67 	 Iraq 	         1,547,000 	 2005
68 	 Guatemala 	         1,355,000 	 2006
69 	 Costa Rica 	         1,351,000 	 2006
70 	 United Arab Emirates 	         1,310,000 	 2006
71 	 Tunisia 	         1,268,000 	 2006
72 	 Morocco 	         1,266,000 	 2006
73 	 Azerbaijan 	         1,189,000 	 2006
74 	 Slovakia 	         1,167,000 	 2006
75 	 Bangladesh 	         1,134,000 	 2006
76 	 Puerto Rico 	         1,038,000 	 2005
77 	 El Salvador 	         1,037,000 	 2006
78 	 Moldova 	         1,018,000 	 2006
79 	 Bosnia and Herzegovina 	          989,000 	 2006
80 	 Uruguay 	          987,000 	 2006
81 	 Korea, North 	          980,000 	 2003
82 	 Cuba 	          972,900 	 2006
83 	 Yemen 	          968,400 	 2006
84 	 Dominican Republic 	          897,000 	 2006
85 	 Slovenia 	          837,500 	 2006
86 	 Lithuania 	          792,400 	 2006
87 	 Ethiopia 	          725,000 	 2006
88 	 Honduras 	          708,400 	 2006
89 	 Lebanon 	          681,400 	 2006
90 	 Latvia 	          657,400 	 2006
91 	 Bolivia 	          646,300 	 2005
92 	 Sudan 	          636,900 	 2006
93 	 Jordan 	          614,000 	 2006
94 	 Nepal 	          595,800 	 2006
95 	 Armenia 	          594,400 	 2005
96 	 Georgia 	          553,100 	 2006
97 	 Estonia 	          541,900 	 2006
98 	 Kuwait 	          510,300 	 2005
99 	 Burma 	          503,900 	 2005
100 	 Turkmenistan 	          495,000 	 2006
101 	 Macedonia 	          490,900 	 2006
102 	 Libya 	          483,000 	 2006
103 	 Kyrgyzstan 	          440,400 	 2005
104 	 Panama 	          432,900 	 2006
105 	 Cyprus 	          408,300 	 
106 	 Mauritius 	          357,300 	 2006
107 	 Ghana 	          356,400 	 2006
108 	 Albania 	          353,600 	 2005
109 	 Montenegro 	          353,300 	 2006
110 	 Gaza Strip 	          349,000 	 2005
111 	 West Bank 	          349,000 	 2005
112 	 Zimbabwe 	          331,700 	 2006
113 	 Paraguay 	          331,100 	 2006
114 	 Trinidad and Tobago 	          325,500 	 2006
115 	 Jamaica 	          319,000 	 2005
116 	 Kenya 	          293,400 	 2006
117 	 Senegal 	          282,600 	 2006
118 	 Tajikistan 	          280,200 	 2005
119 	 Afghanistan 	          280,000 	 2005
120 	 Oman 	          278,300 	 2006
121 	 Cote d'Ivoire 	          260,900 	 2006
122 	 Nicaragua 	          247,900 	 2006
123 	 Luxembourg 	          246,700 	 2006
124 	 Qatar 	          228,300 	 2006
125 	 Malta 	          202,300 	 2006
126 	 Iceland 	          193,700 	 2006
127 	 Bahrain 	          193,300 	 2006
128 	 Macau 	          176,700 	 2006
129 	 Tanzania 	          169,135 	 2007
130 	 Mongolia 	          156,000 	 2005
131 	 Haiti 	          145,300 	 2005
132 	 Namibia 	          138,900 	 2005
133 	 Botswana 	          136,900 	 2006
134 	 Barbados 	          134,900 	 2005
135 	 Bahamas, The 	          133,100 	 2005
136 	 Madagascar 	          129,800 	 2006
137 	 Fiji 	          112,500 	 2005
138 	 Guyana 	          110,100 	 2005
139 	 Uganda 	          108,100 	 2006
140 	 Malawi 	          102,700 	 2005
141 	 Cameroon 	          100,300 	 2005
142 	 Somalia 	          100,000 	 2005
143 	 Angola 	           98,200 	 2006
144 	 Burkina Faso 	           94,800 	 2006
145 	 Zambia 	           94,700 	 2005
146 	 Laos 	           90,067 	 2006
147 	 Mali 	           82,500 	 2006
148 	 Togo 	           82,100 	 2006
149 	 Suriname 	           81,500 	 2006
150 	 Netherlands Antilles 	           81,000 	 2001
151 	 Brunei 	           80,200 	 2006
152 	 Guam 	           80,000 	 2001
153 	 Benin 	           76,300 	 2005
154 	 Jersey 	           73,900 	 2001
155 	 Virgin Islands 	           71,700 	 2005
156 	 Cape Verde 	           71,600 	 2006
157 	 Mozambique 	           67,000 	 2006
158 	 Papua New Guinea 	           63,700 	 2005
159 	 Bermuda 	           57,700 	 2006
160 	 New Caledonia 	           55,300 	 2005
161 	 French Polynesia 	           53,600 	 2006
162 	 Gambia, The 	           52,900 	 2006
163 	 Saint Lucia 	           51,100 	 2002
164 	 Isle of Man 	           51,000 	 1999
165 	 Lesotho 	           48,000 	 2005
166 	 Guernsey 	           45,100 	 2005
167 	 Swaziland 	           44,000 	 2006
168 	 Antigua and Barbuda 	           40,000 	 2006
169 	 Aruba 	           38,300 	 2005
170 	 Cayman Islands 	           38,000 	 2002
171 	 Eritrea 	           37,700 	 2006
172 	 Gabon 	           36,500 	 2006
173 	 Andorra 	           35,400 	 2005
174 	 Mauritania 	           34,900 	 2006
175 	 Monaco 	           34,000 	 2005
176 	 Belize 	           33,900 	 2006
177 	 Cambodia 	           32,800 	 2006
178 	 Maldives 	           32,500 	 2006
179 	 Bhutan 	           31,500 	 2006
180 	 Burundi 	           31,100 	 2005
181 	 Grenada 	           27,700 	 2006
182 	 Guinea 	           26,300 	 2005
183 	 Greenland 	           25,300 	 2002
184 	 Saint Kitts and Nevis 	           25,000 	 2004
185 	 Gibraltar 	           24,512 	 2002
186 	 Niger 	           24,000 	 2005
187 	 Sierra Leone 	           24,000 	 2002
188 	 Faroe Islands 	           23,000 	 2006
189 	 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 	           22,600 	 2006
190 	 Rwanda 	           22,000 	 2005
191 	 Northern Mariana Islands 	           21,000 	 2000
192 	 Dominica 	           21,000 	 2004
193 	 San Marino 	           21,000 	 2006
194 	 Seychelles 	           20,700 	 2006
195 	 Liechtenstein 	           20,000 	 2005
196 	 Samoa 	           19,500 	 2005
197 	 Comoros 	           16,900 	 2005
198 	 Congo, Republic of the 	           15,900 	 2005
199 	 Tonga 	           13,700 	 2005
200 	 Chad 	           13,000 	 2006
201 	 Micronesia, Federated States of 	           12,400 	 2005
202 	 British Virgin Islands 	           11,700 	 2002
203 	 Djibouti 	           10,800 	 2005
204 	 American Samoa 	           10,400 	 2004
205 	 Guinea-Bissau 	           10,200 	 2005
206 	 Central African Republic 	           10,000 	 2005
207 	 Equatorial Guinea 	           10,000 	 2005
208 	 Mayotte 	           10,000 	 2002
209 	 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 	            9,700 	 2006
210 	 Solomon Islands 	            7,400 	 2005
211 	 Sao Tome and Principe 	            7,100 	 2005
212 	 Vanuatu 	            7,000 	 2005
213 	 Liberia 	            6,900 	 2002
214 	 Palau 	            6,700 	 2002
215 	 Anguilla 	            6,200 	 2002
216 	 Cook Islands 	            6,200 	 2002
217 	 Turks and Caicos Islands 	            5,700 	 2002
218 	 Holy See (Vatican City) 	            5,120 	 2005
219 	 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 	            4,800 	 2002
220 	 Kiribati 	            4,500 	 2002
221 	 Marshall Islands 	            4,500 	 2004
222 	 Norfolk Island 	            2,532 	 2004
223 	 Timor-Leste 	            2,500 	 2006
224 	 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 	            2,400 	 2002
225 	 Saint Helena 	            2,200 	 2002
226 	 Nauru 	            1,900 	 2002
227 	 Wallis and Futuna 	            1,900 	 2002
228 	 Niue 	            1,100 	 2002 est.
229 	 Tuvalu 	             700 	 2002
230 	 Tokelau 	             300 	 2002
231 	 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 	             287 	 1992
232 	 Pitcairn Islands 	               1 	 2004
233 	 Antarctica 	               0 	 2001

 This file was last updated on 13 December, 2007
