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  Rank Order - Telephones - main lines in use


Countries for which no information is available are not included in this list.
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 NA
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 NA
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 page was last updated on 28 July, 2005

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