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Rank 	 Country 	 Telephones - main lines in use 	 Date of Information
1 	 World 	      1,263,367,600 	 2005
2 	 China 	       365,400,000 	 2007
3 	 European Union 	       238,000,000 	 2005
4 	 United States 	       163,200,000 	 2007
5 	 Germany 	        53,750,000 	 2007
6 	 Japan 	        51,232,000 	 2007
7 	 Russia 	        43,900,000 	 2006
8 	 Brazil 	        39,400,000 	 2007
9 	 India 	        38,760,000 	 2008
10 	 France 	        35,533,000 	 2007
11 	 United Kingdom 	        33,682,000 	 2007
12 	 Italy 	        26,890,000 	 2006
13 	 Korea, South 	        23,905,000 	 2007
14 	 Iran 	        23,835,000 	 2007
15 	 Canada 	        21,000,000 	 2006
16 	 Mexico 	        19,754,000 	 2007
17 	 Spain 	        18,583,000 	 2007
18 	 Turkey 	        18,413,000 	 2007
19 	 Indonesia 	        17,828,000 	 2007
20 	 Taiwan 	        14,313,000 	 2007
21 	 Ukraine 	        12,858,000 	 2007
22 	 Egypt 	        11,229,000 	 2007
23 	 Vietnam 	        10,800,000 	 2007
24 	 Poland 	        10,336,000 	 2007
25 	 Australia 	         9,760,000 	 2007
26 	 Argentina 	         9,500,000 	 2007
27 	 Colombia 	         7,936,000 	 2007
28 	 Netherlands 	         7,334,000 	 2007
29 	 Thailand 	         7,024,000 	 2007
30 	 Greece 	         6,227,000 	 2007
31 	 Sweden 	         5,506,000 	 2007
32 	 Venezuela 	         5,082,000 	 2007
33 	 Switzerland 	         5,000,000 	 2007
34 	 Belgium 	         4,668,000 	 2007
35 	 South Africa 	         4,642,000 	 2007
36 	 Pakistan 	         4,546,000 	 2008
37 	 Malaysia 	         4,350,000 	 2007
38 	 Romania 	         4,300,000 	 2007
39 	 Portugal 	         4,139,000 	 2007
40 	 Saudi Arabia 	         3,996,000 	 2007
41 	 Hong Kong 	         3,875,000 	 2007
42 	 Belarus 	         3,672,000 	 2007
43 	 Philippines 	         3,633,000 	 2006
44 	 Syria 	         3,452,000 	 2007
45 	 Chile 	         3,379,000 	 2007
46 	 Austria 	         3,374,000 	 2007
47 	 Hungary 	         3,251,000 	 2007
48 	 Kazakhstan 	         3,237,000 	 2007
49 	 Algeria 	         3,068,000 	 2007
50 	 Israel 	         3,005,000 	 2006
51 	 Serbia 	         2,993,000 	 2007
52 	 Czech Republic 	         2,888,000 	 2006
53 	 Denmark 	         2,824,000 	 2007
54 	 Sri Lanka 	         2,742,000 	 2007
55 	 Peru 	         2,673,000 	 2007
56 	 Morocco 	         2,394,000 	 2007
57 	 Bulgaria 	         2,300,000 	 2007
58 	 Ireland 	         2,112,000 	 2007
59 	 Norway 	         1,988,000 	 2007
60 	 Singapore 	         1,859,000 	 2007
61 	 Croatia 	         1,825,000 	 2007
62 	 Ecuador 	         1,805,000 	 2007
63 	 Uzbekistan 	         1,793,000 	 2005
64 	 Finland 	         1,740,000 	 2007
65 	 New Zealand 	         1,706,000 	 2007
66 	 Nigeria 	         1,580,000 	 2007
67 	 Iraq 	         1,547,000 	 2005
68 	 Costa Rica 	         1,437,000 	 2007
69 	 United Arab Emirates 	         1,385,000 	 2007
70 	 Guatemala 	         1,355,000 	 2006
71 	 Tunisia 	         1,273,000 	 2007
72 	 Azerbaijan 	         1,254,000 	 2007
73 	 Bangladesh 	         1,187,000 	 2007
74 	 Korea, North 	         1,180,000 	 2007
75 	 Slovakia 	         1,151,000 	 2007
76 	 El Salvador 	         1,080,000 	 2007
77 	 Moldova 	         1,080,000 	 2007
78 	 Bosnia and Herzegovina 	         1,065,000 	 2007
79 	 Cuba 	         1,043,000 	 2007
80 	 Puerto Rico 	         1,038,000 	 2005
81 	 Yemen 	          968,300 	 2006
82 	 Uruguay 	          965,200 	 2007
83 	 Dominican Republic 	          907,000 	 2007
84 	 Ethiopia 	          880,100 	 2007
85 	 Slovenia 	          857,100 	 2007
86 	 Libya 	          852,300 	 2005
87 	 Lithuania 	          799,400 	 2007
88 	 Nepal 	          766,400 	 2007
89 	 Cote d'Ivoire 	          730,000 	 2007
90 	 Honduras 	          713,600 	 2006
91 	 Lebanon 	          681,400 	 2006
92 	 Bolivia 	          678,200 	 2007
93 	 Latvia 	          644,000 	 2007
94 	 Armenia 	          603,900 	 2006
95 	 Jordan 	          585,500 	 2007
96 	 Georgia 	          544,000 	 2007
97 	 Kuwait 	          517,000 	 2006
98 	 Burma 	          503,900 	 2005
99 	 Estonia 	          495,500 	 2007
100 	 Panama 	          491,900 	 2007
101 	 Kyrgyzstan 	          482,100 	 2007
102 	 Macedonia 	          463,600 	 2007
103 	 Paraguay 	          453,800 	 2007
104 	 Turkmenistan 	          398,100 	 2005
105 	 Ghana 	          376,500 	 2007
106 	 Cyprus 	          376,000 	 
107 	 Mauritius 	          357,300 	 2006
108 	 Albania 	          353,600 	 2005
109 	 Montenegro 	          353,300 	 2006
110 	 Gaza Strip 	          350,400 	 2007
111 	 West Bank 	          350,400 	 2007
112 	 Sudan 	          345,200 	 2007
113 	 Zimbabwe 	          344,500 	 2007
114 	 Jamaica 	          342,000 	 2006
115 	 Trinidad and Tobago 	          323,800 	 2007
116 	 Tajikistan 	          280,200 	 2005
117 	 Afghanistan 	          280,000 	 2005
118 	 Senegal 	          269,100 	 2007
119 	 Oman 	          268,100 	 2007
120 	 Kenya 	          264,800 	 2007
121 	 Luxembourg 	          248,200 	 2007
122 	 Nicaragua 	          247,900 	 2006
123 	 Qatar 	          237,400 	 2007
124 	 Malta 	          198,100 	 2007
125 	 Bahrain 	          194,200 	 2006
126 	 Iceland 	          186,700 	 2007
127 	 Macau 	          177,851 	 2008
128 	 Malawi 	          175,200 	 2007
129 	 Tanzania 	          165,013 	 2008
130 	 Uganda 	          162,300 	 2007
131 	 Mongolia 	          158,900 	 2006
132 	 Haiti 	          150,000 	 2006
133 	 Namibia 	          138,100 	 2007
134 	 Botswana 	          136,900 	 2006
135 	 Barbados 	          134,900 	 2005
136 	 Madagascar 	          133,900 	 2007
137 	 Bahamas, The 	          132,900 	 2007
138 	 Cameroon 	          130,700 	 2006
139 	 Benin 	          110,300 	 2007
140 	 Guyana 	          110,100 	 2005
141 	 Fiji 	          108,400 	 2007
142 	 Kosovo 	          106,300 	 2006
143 	 Somalia 	          100,000 	 2007
144 	 Angola 	           98,200 	 2006
145 	 Laos 	           94,800 	 2007
146 	 Burkina Faso 	           94,800 	 2006
147 	 Zambia 	           91,800 	 2007
148 	 Mali 	           85,000 	 2007
149 	 Togo 	           82,100 	 2006
150 	 Suriname 	           81,500 	 2006
151 	 Netherlands Antilles 	           81,000 	 2001
152 	 Brunei 	           79,200 	 2007
153 	 Gambia, The 	           76,400 	 2007
154 	 Jersey 	           73,900 	 2001
155 	 Virgin Islands 	           71,700 	 2005
156 	 Cape Verde 	           71,600 	 2006
157 	 Mozambique 	           67,000 	 2006
158 	 Guam 	           65,500 	 2003
159 	 New Caledonia 	           60,200 	 2007
160 	 Papua New Guinea 	           60,000 	 2007
161 	 Bermuda 	           57,700 	 2006
162 	 French Polynesia 	           53,600 	 2006
163 	 Lesotho 	           53,100 	 2006
164 	 Saint Lucia 	           51,100 	 2002
165 	 Isle of Man 	           51,000 	 1999
166 	 Guernsey 	           45,100 	 2005
167 	 Swaziland 	           44,000 	 2006
168 	 Aruba 	           38,700 	 2006
169 	 Cayman Islands 	           38,000 	 2002
170 	 Antigua and Barbuda 	           37,500 	 2006
171 	 Eritrea 	           37,500 	 2006
172 	 Cambodia 	           37,500 	 2007
173 	 Andorra 	           37,200 	 2007
174 	 Greenland 	           36,000 	 2006
175 	 Burundi 	           35,000 	 2006
176 	 Mauritania 	           34,900 	 2006
177 	 Monaco 	           34,000 	 2005
178 	 Belize 	           33,900 	 2007
179 	 Maldives 	           33,200 	 2007
180 	 Bhutan 	           29,900 	 2007
181 	 Grenada 	           27,700 	 2006
182 	 Gabon 	           26,500 	 2007
183 	 Guinea 	           26,300 	 2005
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 	 Rwanda 	           23,100 	 2007
189 	 Faroe Islands 	           23,000 	 2006
190 	 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 	           22,800 	 2007
191 	 Seychelles 	           22,700 	 2007
192 	 Northern Mariana Islands 	           21,000 	 2000
193 	 San Marino 	           21,000 	 2006
194 	 Tonga 	           21,000 	 2007
195 	 Dominica 	           21,000 	 2004
196 	 Liechtenstein 	           20,000 	 2005
197 	 Samoa 	           19,500 	 2005
198 	 Comoros 	           19,100 	 2006
199 	 Congo, Republic of the 	           15,900 	 2005
200 	 Chad 	           13,000 	 2006
201 	 Central African Republic 	           12,000 	 2006
202 	 British Virgin Islands 	           11,700 	 2002
203 	 Djibouti 	           10,800 	 2005
204 	 American Samoa 	           10,400 	 2004
205 	 Equatorial Guinea 	           10,000 	 2005
206 	 Mayotte 	           10,000 	 2002
207 	 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 	            9,700 	 2006
208 	 Vanuatu 	            8,800 	 2007
209 	 Micronesia, Federated States of 	            8,700 	 2007
210 	 Sao Tome and Principe 	            7,700 	 2007
211 	 Solomon Islands 	            7,600 	 2006
212 	 Liberia 	            6,900 	 2002
213 	 Palau 	            6,700 	 2002
214 	 Anguilla 	            6,200 	 2002
215 	 Cook Islands 	            6,200 	 2002
216 	 Turks and Caicos Islands 	            5,700 	 2002
217 	 Holy See (Vatican City) 	            5,120 	 2005
218 	 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 	            4,800 	 2002
219 	 Guinea-Bissau 	            4,600 	 2007
220 	 Kiribati 	            4,500 	 2002
221 	 Marshall Islands 	            4,500 	 2004
222 	 Norfolk Island 	            2,532 	 2004
223 	 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 	            2,400 	 2002
224 	 Timor-Leste 	            2,400 	 2006
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 	             900 	 2005
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 18 December, 2008
