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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
 United States 181,599,900 2003
4
 Japan 71,149,000 2002
5
 Germany 54,350,000 2003
6
 India 48,917,000 2003
7
 Brazil 38,810,000 2002
8
 Russia 35,500,000 2002
9
 United Kingdom 34,898,000 2002
10
 France 33,905,400 2003
11
 Italy 26,596,000 2003
12
 Korea, South 22,877,000 2003
13
 Canada 19,950,900 2003
14
 Turkey 18,916,700 2003
15
 Spain 17,567,500 2003
16
 Mexico 15,958,700 2003
17
 Iran 14,571,100 2003
18
 Taiwan 13,355,000 2003
19
 Poland 12,300,000 2003
20
 Ukraine 10,833,300 2002
21
 Australia 10,815,000 2003
22
 Netherlands 10,004,000 2002
23
 Colombia 8,768,100 2003
24
 Egypt 8,735,700 2003
25
 Argentina 8,009,400 2002
26
 Indonesia 7,750,000 2002
27
 Thailand 6,600,000 2003
28
 Sweden 6,579,200 2002
29
 Switzerland 5,419,000 2002
30
 Greece 5,205,100 2003
31
 Belgium 5,120,400 2002
32
 South Africa 4,844,000 2002
33
 Malaysia 4,571,600 2003
34
 Vietnam 4,402,000 2003
35
 Romania 4,300,000 2003
36
 Portugal 4,278,800 2003
37
 Pakistan 3,982,800 2003
38
 Austria 3,881,000 2003
39
 Hong Kong 3,801,300 2003
40
 Hungary 3,666,400 2002
41
 Czech Republic 3,626,000 2003
42
 Denmark 3,610,100 2003
43
 Saudi Arabia 3,502,600 2003
44
 Chile 3,467,000 2002
45
 Norway 3,343,000 2002
46
 Philippines 3,310,900 2002
47
 Belarus 3,071,300 2003
48
 Israel 3,006,000 2002
49
 Bulgaria 2,868,200 2002
50
 Venezuela 2,841,800 2002
51
 Serbia and Montenegro 2,611,700 2003
52
 Finland 2,548,000 2003
53
 Algeria 2,199,600 2003
54
 Syria 2,099,300 2002
55
 Kazakhstan 2,081,900 2002
56
 Ireland 1,955,000 2003
57
 Singapore 1,896,100 2004
58
 Peru 1,839,200 2003
59
 Croatia 1,825,000 2002
60
 New Zealand 1,765,000 2002
61
 Uzbekistan 1,717,100 2003
62
 Ecuador 1,549,000 2003
63
 Puerto Rico 1,329,500 2002
64
 Slovakia 1,294,700 2003
65
 Morocco 1,219,200 2003
66
 Tunisia 1,163,800 2003
67
 United Arab Emirates 1,135,800 2003
68
 Costa Rica 1,132,000 2002
69
 Korea, North 1,100,000 2001
70
 Uruguay 946,500 2002
71
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 938,000 2003
72
 Azerbaijan 923,800 2002
73
 Dominican Republic 901,800 2003
74
 Sudan 900,000 2003
75
 Sri Lanka 881,400 2002
76
 Nigeria 853,100 2003
77
 Guatemala 846,000 2002
78
 Lithuania 824,200 2003
79
 Slovenia 812,300 2003
80
 El Salvador 752,600 2003
81
 Libya 750,000 2003
82
 Bangladesh 740,000 2003
83
 Moldova 706,900 2002
84
 Lebanon 678,800 2002
85
 Iraq 675,000 2003
86
 Latvia 653,900 2003
87
 Georgia 650,500 2003
88
 Jordan 622,600 2003
89
 Bolivia 600,100 2003
90
 Cuba 574,400 2002
91
 Armenia 562,600 2003
92
 Macedonia 560,000 2002
93
 Yemen 542,200 2002
94
 Kuwait 486,900 2003
95
 Estonia 475,000 2002
96
 Jamaica 444,400 2002
97
 Ethiopia 435,000 2003
98
 Cyprus 427,400 NA
99
 Kyrgyzstan 394,800 2002
100
 Panama 386,900 2002
101
 Turkmenistan 374,000 2002
102
 Nepal 371,800 2003
103
 Burma 357,300 2003
104
 Luxembourg 355,400 2002
105
 Mauritius 348,200 2003
106
 Kenya 328,400 2003
107
 Cote d'Ivoire 328,000 2003
108
 Trinidad and Tobago 325,100 2002
109
 Honduras 322,500 2002
110
 Ghana 302,300 2003
111
 West Bank 301,600 2002
112
 Zimbabwe 300,900 2003
113
 Reunion 300,000 2001
114
 Paraguay 273,200 2002
115
 Albania 255,000 2003
116
 Tajikistan 242,100 2003
117
 Oman 233,900 2002
118
 Senegal 228,800 2003
119
 Guadeloupe 210,000 2001
120
 Malta 208,300 2003
121
 Iceland 190,700 2003
122
 Bahrain 185,800 2003
123
 Qatar 184,500 2003
124
 Macau 174,600 2003
125
 Martinique 172,000 2001
126
 Nicaragua 171,600 2002
127
 Tanzania 149,100 2003
128
 Botswana 142,400 2002
129
 Barbados 134,000 2003
130
 Bahamas, The 131,700 2003
131
 Haiti 130,000 2002
132
 Mongolia 128,000 2002
133
 Namibia 127,400 2003
134
 Cameroon 110,900 2002
135
 Fiji 102,000 2003
136
 Somalia 100,000 2002
137
 Angola 96,300 2003
138
 Gaza Strip 95,729 1997
139
 Brunei 90,000 2002
140
 Zambia 88,400 2003
141
 Cyprus 86,228 NA
142
 Malawi 85,000 2003
143
 Guam 84,134 2001
144
 Mozambique 83,700 2002
145
 Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001
146
 Guyana 80,400 2002
147
 Suriname 79,800 2003
148
 Jersey 73,900 2001
149
 Cape Verde 71,700 2003
150
 Virgin Islands 69,400 2002
151
 Benin 66,500 2003
152
 Burkina Faso 65,400 2003
153
 Papua New Guinea 62,000 2002
154
 Laos 61,900 2002
155
 Uganda 61,000 2003
156
 Togo 60,600 2003
157
 Madagascar 59,600 2003
158
 Mali 56,600 2002
159
 Bermuda 56,000 2002
160
 Guernsey 55,000 2001
161
 French Polynesia 52,500 2002
162
 New Caledonia 52,000 2002
163
 Saint Lucia 51,100 2002
164
 French Guiana 51,000 2001
165
 Man, Isle of 51,000 1999
166
 Swaziland 46,200 2003
167
 Gambia, The 38,400 2002
168
 Gabon 38,400 2003
169
 Eritrea 38,100 2003
170
 Antigua and Barbuda 38,000 2002
171
 Cayman Islands 38,000 2002
172
 Aruba 37,100 2002
173
 Cambodia 35,400 2002
174
 Andorra 35,000 2001
175
 Monaco 33,700 2002
176
 Grenada 33,500 2002
177
 Belize 33,300 2003
178
 Afghanistan 33,100 2002
179
 Mauritania 31,500 2002
180
 Maldives 28,700 2002
181
 Lesotho 28,600 2002
182
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 27,300 2002
183
 Guinea 26,200 2003
184
 Greenland 26,000 2001
185
 Bhutan 25,200 2003
186
 Gibraltar 24,512 2002
187
 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002
188
 Burundi 23,900 2003
189
 Dominica 23,700 2002
190
 Saint Kitts and Nevis 23,500 2002
191
 Rwanda 23,200 2002
192
 Faroe Islands 23,000 2002
193
 Niger 22,400 2002
194
 Seychelles 21,700 2002
195
 Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000
196
 San Marino 20,600 2002
197
 Liechtenstein 19,900 2002
198
 American Samoa 15,000 2001
199
 Comoros 13,200 2003
200
 Chad 11,800 2002
201
 Samoa 11,800 2002
202
 British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002
203
 Tonga 11,200 2002
204
 Guinea-Bissau 10,600 2003
205
 Micronesia, Federated States of 10,100 2001
206
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,000 2002
207
 Mayotte 10,000 2001
208
 Equatorial Guinea 9,600 2003
209
 Djibouti 9,500 2003
210
 Central African Republic 9,000 2002
211
 Congo, Republic of the 7,000 2003
212
 Sao Tome and Principe 7,000 2003
213
 Liberia 7,000 2001
214
 Palau 6,700 2002
215
 Solomon Islands 6,600 2002
216
 Vanuatu 6,500 2003
217
 Anguilla 6,200 2002
218
 Cook Islands 6,200 2002
219
 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002
220
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002
221
 Kiribati 4,500 2002
222
 Marshall Islands 4,500 2003
223
 Norfolk Island 2,532 2004
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
229
 Tuvalu 700 2002
230
 Tokelau 300 2002
231
 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992
232
 Pitcairn Islands 1 2004
233
 Antarctica 0 2001

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