| Field Listing :: Telephones - main lines in use |
| This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use. | |
| Country Comparison to the World |
Country |
Telephones - main lines in use |
|---|
| Afghanistan | 140,000 (2010) |
| Albania | 331,500 (2010) |
| Algeria | 2.923 million (2010) |
| American Samoa | 10,400 (2010) |
| Andorra | 38,200 (2010) |
| Angola | 303,200 (2010) |
| Anguilla | 6,300 (2010) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 41,700 (2010) |
| Argentina | 10 million (2010) |
| Armenia | 589,900 (2010) |
| Aruba | 35,000 (2010) |
| Australia | 8.66 million (2010) |
| Austria | 3.245 million (2010) |
| Azerbaijan | 1.5 million (2010) |
| Bahamas, The | 129,300 (2010) |
| Bahrain | 228,000 (2010) |
| Bangladesh | 900,000 (2010) |
| Barbados | 137,500 (2010) |
| Belarus | 4.139 million (2010) |
| Belgium | 4.64 million (2010) |
| Belize | 30,300 (2010) |
| Benin | 133,400 (2010) |
| Bermuda | 57,800 (2010) |
| Bhutan | 26,300 (2010) |
| Bolivia | 848,200 (2010) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 998,600 (2010) |
| Botswana | 137,400 (2010) |
| Brazil | 42.141 million (2010) |
| British Indian Ocean Territory | NA |
| British Virgin Islands | 20,100 (2010) |
| Brunei | 79,900 (2010) |
| Bulgaria | 2.2 million (2010) |
| Burkina Faso | 144,000 (2010) |
| Burma | 604,700 (2010) |
| Burundi | 32,600 (2010) |
| Cambodia | 358,800 (2010) |
| Cameroon | 496,500 (2010) |
| Canada | 17.021 million (2010) |
| Cape Verde | 72,000 (2010) |
| Cayman Islands | 37,400 (2010) |
| Central African Republic | 12,000 (2010) |
| Chad | 51,200 (2010) |
| Chile | 3.458 million (2010) |
| China | 294.383 million (2010) |
| Christmas Island | NA |
| Cocos (Keeling) Islands | 287 (1992) |
| Colombia | 6.809 million (2010) |
| Comoros | 21,000 (2010) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 42,000 (2010) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 9,800 (2010) |
| Cook Islands | 7,200 (2010) |
| Costa Rica | 1.482 million (2010) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 223,200 (2010) |
| Croatia | 1.866 million (2010) |
| Cuba | 1.164 million (2010) |
| Curacao | NA |
| Cyprus | area under government control: 414,700 (2010); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002) |
| Czech Republic | 2.198 million (2010) |
| Denmark | 2.623 million (2010) |
| Djibouti | 18,500 (2010) |
| Dominica | 15,500 (2010) |
| Dominican Republic | 1.01 million (2010) |
| Ecuador | 2.086 million (2010) |
| Egypt | 9.618 million (2010) |
| El Salvador | 1 million (2010) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 13,500 (2010) |
| Eritrea | 54,200 (2010) |
| Estonia | 482,200 (2010) |
| Ethiopia | 908,900 (2010) |
| European Union | 238 million (2005) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 2,000 (2010) |
| Faroe Islands | 20,200 (2010) |
| Fiji | 137,000 (2010) |
| Finland | 1.25 million (2010) |
| France | 36.154 million; 35.2 million (metropolitan France) (2010) |
| French Polynesia | 54,900 (2010) |
| Gabon | 30,400 (2010) |
| Gambia, The | 48,800 (2010) |
| Gaza Strip | 337,000 (includes West Bank) (2010) |
| Georgia | 597,000 (2010) |
| Germany | 45.6 million (2010) |
| Ghana | 277,900 (2010) |
| Gibraltar | 24,000 (2010) |
| Greece | 5.203 million (2010) |
| Greenland | 21,800 (2010) |
| Grenada | 28,400 (2010) |
| Guam | 65,500 (2010) |
| Guatemala | 1.499 million (2010) |
| Guernsey | 45,100 (2010) |
| Guinea | 18,000 (2010) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 5,000 (2010) |
| Guyana | 149,900 (2010) |
| Haiti | 50,000 (2010) |
| Holy See (Vatican City) | 5,120 (2005) |
| Honduras | 669,500 (2010) |
| Hong Kong | 4.345 million (2010) |
| Hungary | 2.977 million (2010) |
| Iceland | 204,000 (2010) |
| India | 35.09 million (2010) |
| Indonesia | 37.96 million (2010) |
| Iran | 26.849 million (2010) |
| Iraq | 1.6 million (2010) |
| Ireland | 2.078 million (2010) |
| Isle of Man | 51,000 (1999) |
| Israel | 3.276 million (2010) |
| Italy | 21.6 million (2010) |
| Jamaica | 263,100 (2010) |
| Japan | 40.419 million (2009) |
| Jersey | 73,800 (2010) |
| Jordan | 485,000 (2010) |
| Kazakhstan | 4.011 million (2010) |
| Kenya | 460,100 (2010) |
| Kiribati | 4,100 (2010) |
| Korea, North | 1.18 million (2008) |
| Korea, South | 28.543 million (2010) |
| Kosovo | 106,300 (2006) |
| Kuwait | 566,300 (2010) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 502,200 (2010) |
| Laos | 103,100 (2010) |
| Latvia | 532,100 (2010) |
| Lebanon | 887,800 (2010) |
| Lesotho | 38,800 (2010) |
| Liberia | 5,900 (2010) |
| Libya | 1.228 million (2010) |
| Liechtenstein | 19,600 (2010) |
| Lithuania | 733,700 (2010) |
| Luxembourg | 272,400 (2010) |
| Macau | 167,500 (2011) |
| Macedonia | 413,100 (2010) |
| Madagascar | 172,200 (2010) |
| Malawi | 160,100 (2010) |
| Malaysia | 4.573 million (2010) |
| Maldives | 48,000 (2010) |
| Mali | 114,400 (2010) |
| Malta | 247,300 (2010) |
| Marshall Islands | 4,400 (2010) |
| Mauritania | 71,600 (2010) |
| Mauritius | 387,700 (2010) |
| Mexico | 19.892 million (2010) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 8,500 (2010) |
| Moldova | 1.161 million (2010) |
| Monaco | 34,100 (2010) |
| Mongolia | 193,200 (2010) |
| Montenegro | 169,500 (2010) |
| Montserrat | 2,600 (2010) |
| Morocco | 3.749 million (2010) |
| Mozambique | 88,100 (2010) |
| Namibia | 152,000 (2010) |
| Nauru | 1,900 (2009) |
| Nepal | 841,700 (2010) |
| Netherlands | 7.169 million (2010) |
| New Caledonia | 72,200 (2010) |
| New Zealand | 1.87 million (2010) |
| Nicaragua | 258,000 (2010) |
| Niger | 83,600 (2010) |
| Nigeria | 1.05 million (2010) |
| Niue | 1,200 (2010) |
| Norfolk Island | 2,532 (2004) |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 25,500 (2010) |
| Norway | 1.702 million (2010) |
| Oman | 283,900 (2010) |
| Pakistan | 3.419 million (2010) |
| Palau | 7,000 (2010) |
| Panama | 553,100 (2010) |
| Papua New Guinea | 121,200 (2010) |
| Paraguay | 405,000 (2010) |
| Peru | 3.16 million (2010) |
| Philippines | 6.783 million (2010) |
| Pitcairn Islands | 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (2004) |
| Poland | 9.451 million (2010) |
| Portugal | 4.485 million (2010) |
| Puerto Rico | 891,900 (2010) |
| Qatar | 298,100 (2010) |
| Romania | 4.5 million (2010) |
| Russia | 44.959 million (2010) |
| Rwanda | 39,700 (2010) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 3,000 (2010) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20,600 (2010) |
| Saint Lucia | 41,100 (2010) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,800 (2010) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 21,700 (2010) |
| Samoa | 35,300 (2010) |
| San Marino | 21,700 (2010) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 7,700 (2010) |
| Saudi Arabia | 4.166 million (2010) |
| Senegal | 341,900 (2010) |
| Serbia | 3.11 million (2010) |
| Seychelles | 22,000 (2010) |
| Sierra Leone | 14,000 (2010) |
| Singapore | 1.984 million (2010) |
| Sint Maarten | 5,153 (2001) |
| Slovakia | 1.099 million (2010) |
| Slovenia | 913,600 (2010) |
| Solomon Islands | 8,400 (2010) |
| Somalia | 100,000 (2010) |
| South Africa | 4.225 million (2010) |
| Spain | 19.904 million (2010) |
| Sri Lanka | 3.579 million (2010) |
| Sudan | 374,700 (2010) |
| Suriname | 85,000 (2010) |
| Svalbard | NA |
| Swaziland | 44,000 (2010) |
| Sweden | 5.014 million (2010) |
| Switzerland | 4.488 million (2010) |
| Syria | 4.069 million (2010) |
| Taiwan | 16.433 million (2010) |
| Tajikistan | 367,700 (2010) |
| Tanzania | 174,500 (2010) |
| Thailand | 7.009 million (2010) |
| Timor-Leste | 2,400 (2010) |
| Togo | 213,800 (2010) |
| Tokelau | 300 (2010) |
| Tonga | 31,000 (2010) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 293,300 (2010) |
| Tunisia | 1.29 million (2010) |
| Turkey | 16.202 million (2010) |
| Turkmenistan | 520,000 (2010) |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 3,700 (2010) |
| Tuvalu | 1,600 (2010) |
| Uganda | 327,100 (2010) |
| Ukraine | 12.941 million (2010) |
| United Arab Emirates | 1.48 million (2010) |
| United Kingdom | 33.32 million (2010) |
| United States | 151 million (2010) |
| Uruguay | 962,200 (2010) |
| Uzbekistan | 1.864 million (2010) |
| Vanuatu | 5,000 (2010) |
| Venezuela | 7.083 million (2010) |
| Vietnam | 16.4 million (2010) |
| Virgin Islands | 75,800 (2010) |
| Wallis and Futuna | 3,100 (2010) |
| West Bank | 337,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2010) |
| Western Sahara | NA (2010) |
| World | 1.175 billion (2010) |
| Yemen | 1.046 million (2010) |
| Zambia | 90,100 (2010) |
| Zimbabwe | 379,000 (2010) |