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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	13,500 (2011)


Albania	338,800 (2011)


Algeria	3.059 million (2011)


American Samoa	10,400 (2009)


Andorra	38,400 (2011)


Angola	303,200 (2011)


Anguilla	6,200 (2011)


Antigua and Barbuda	35,500 (2011)


Argentina	10.14 million (2011)


Armenia	577,500 (2011)


Aruba	35,000 (2010)


Australia	10.54 million (2011)


Austria	3.388 million (2011)


Azerbaijan	1.684 million (2011)


Bahamas, The	133,000 (2011)


Bahrain	276,500 (2011)


Bangladesh	1.6 million (2011)


Barbados	140,700 (2011)


Belarus	4.208 million (2011)


Belgium	4.631 million (2011)


Belize	28,800 (2011)


Benin	152,700 (2011)


Bermuda	57,800 (2010)


Bhutan	27,500 (2011)


Bolivia	879,800 (2011)


Bosnia and Herzegovina	955,900 (2011)


Botswana	149,600 (2011)


Brazil	43.026 million (2011)


British Indian Ocean Territory	NA


British Virgin Islands	26,800 (2010)


Brunei	79,800 (2011)


Bulgaria	2.311 million (2011)


Burkina Faso	141,500 (2011)


Burma	521,100 (2011)


Burundi	32,600 (2010)


Cambodia	530,000 (2011)


Cameroon	669,000 (2011)


Canada	16.438 million (2011)


Cape Verde	74,500 (2011)


Cayman Islands	37,200 (2011)


Central African Republic	2,300 (2011)


Chad	31,200 (2011)


Chile	3.366 million (2011)


China	285.115 million (2011)


Christmas Island	NA


Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287 (1992)


Colombia	7.127 million (2011)


Comoros	23,600 (2011)


Congo, Democratic Republic of the	42,000 (2011)


Congo, Republic of the	10,000 (2011)


Cook Islands	7,200 (2009)


Costa Rica	1.491 million (2011)


Cote d'Ivoire	268,200 (2011)


Croatia	1.761 million (2011)


Cuba	1.193 million (2011)


Curacao	NA


Cyprus	area under government control: 405,000 (2011); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)


Czech Republic	2.202 million (2011)


Denmark	2.515 million (2011)


Djibouti	18,400 (2011)


Dominica	15,500 (2010)


Dominican Republic	1.044 million (2011)


Ecuador	2.211 million (2011)


Egypt	8.714 million (2011)


El Salvador	950,000 (2011)


Equatorial Guinea	13,500 (2010)


Eritrea	58,000 (2011)


Estonia	470,500 (2011)


Ethiopia	829,000 (2011)


European Union	238 million (2005)


Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,000 (2010)


Faroe Islands	20,200 (2009)


Fiji	129,800 (2011)


Finland	1.25 million (2009)


France	35.3 million (2011)


French Polynesia	55,000 (2011)


Gabon	30,000 (2011)


Gambia, The	49,100 (2011)


Gaza Strip	337,000 (includes West Bank) (2010)


Georgia	1.342 million (2011)


Germany	51.8 million (2011)


Ghana	284,700 (2011)


Gibraltar	24,000 (2010)


Greece	5.685 million (2011)


Greenland	19,900 (2011)


Grenada	28,400 (2010)


Guam	65,500 (2010)


Guatemala	1.626 million (2011)


Guernsey	45,100 (2010)


Guinea	18,000 (2011)


Guinea-Bissau	5,000 (2010)


Guyana	152,600 (2011)


Haiti	50,000 (2010)


Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120 (2005)


Honduras	609,200 (2011)


Hong Kong	4.348 million (2011)


Hungary	2.933 million (2011)


Iceland	189,500 (2011)


India	32.685 million (2011)


Indonesia	38.618 million (2011)


Iran	27.767 million (2011)


Iraq	1.794 million (2011)


Ireland	2.047 million (2011)


Isle of Man	51,000 (1999)


Israel	3.5 million (2011)


Italy	21.06 million (2011)


Jamaica	272,100 (2011)


Japan	64.585 million (2011)


Jersey	73,800 (2010)


Jordan	465,400 (2011)


Kazakhstan	4.237 million (2011)


Kenya	283,500 (2011)


Kiribati	8,500 (2011)


Korea, North	1.18 million (2011)


Korea, South	29.468 million (2011)


Kosovo	106,300 (2006)


Kuwait	566,300 (2010)


Kyrgyzstan	480,000 (2011)


Laos	107,600 (2011)


Latvia	516,300 (2011)


Lebanon	900,000 (2011)


Lesotho	35,600 (2011)


Liberia	3,100 (2011)


Libya	1 million (2011)


Liechtenstein	19,600 (2011)


Lithuania	723,000 (2011)


Luxembourg	279,100 (2011)


Macau	165,500 (2011)


Macedonia	413,500 (2011)


Madagascar	138,100 (2011)


Malawi	173,500 (2011)


Malaysia	4.243 million (2011)


Maldives	24,100 (2011)


Mali	104,700 (2011)


Malta	229,300 (2011)


Marshall Islands	4,400 (2010)


Mauritania	72,300 (2011)


Mauritius	374,600 (2011)


Mexico	19.684 million (2011)


Micronesia, Federated States of	8,500 (2010)


Moldova	1.18 million (2011)


Monaco	34,200 (2011)


Mongolia	187,600 (2011)


Montenegro	169,500 (2010)


Montserrat	2,600 (2010)


Morocco	3.566 million (2011)


Mozambique	88,100 (2011)


Namibia	140,000 (2011)


Nauru	1,900 (2009)


Nepal	845,500 (2011)


Netherlands	7.135 million (2011)


New Caledonia	76,200 (2011)


New Zealand	1.88 million (2011)


Nicaragua	287,600 (2011)


Niger	90,000 (2011)


Nigeria	719,400 (2011)


Niue	1,200 (2009)


Norfolk Island	2,532 (2004)


Northern Mariana Islands	25,500 (2010)


Norway	2.104 million (2011)


Oman	287,600 (2011)


Pakistan	5.722 million (2011)


Palau	6,900 (2011)


Panama	542,500 (2011)


Papua New Guinea	130,000 (2011)


Paraguay	364,600 (2011)


Peru	3.257 million (2011)


Philippines	6.782 million (2011)


Pitcairn Islands	1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line) (2004)


Poland	6.921 million (2011)


Portugal	4.525 million (2011)


Puerto Rico	826,100 (2011)


Qatar	306,700 (2011)


Romania	4.7 million (2011)


Russia	44.181 million (2011)


Rwanda	38,900 (2011)


Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	3,000 (2011)


Saint Kitts and Nevis	20,600 (2010)


Saint Lucia	35,900 (2011)


Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800 (2010)


Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,700 (2011)


Samoa	35,300 (2010)


San Marino	18,700 (2011)


Sao Tome and Principe	8,000 (2011)


Saudi Arabia	4.633 million (2011)


Senegal	346,400 (2011)


Serbia	3.03 million (2011)


Seychelles	27,900 (2011)


Sierra Leone	14,000 (2010)


Singapore	2.017 million (2011)


Sint Maarten	5,153 (2001)


Slovakia	1.056 million (2011)


Slovenia	872,800 (2011)


Solomon Islands	8,400 (2011)


Somalia	100,000 (2010)


South Africa	4.127 million (2011)


Spain	19.667 million (2011)


Sri Lanka	3.608 million (2011)


Sudan	483,600 (2011)


Suriname	85,500 (2011)


Svalbard	NA


Swaziland	52,900 (2011)


Sweden	4.6 million (2011)


Switzerland	4.684 million (2011)


Syria	4.345 million (2011)


Taiwan	16.907 million (2011)


Tajikistan	380,000 (2011)


Tanzania	161,100 (2011)


Thailand	6.72 million (2011)


Timor-Leste	3,100 (2011)


Togo	240,000 (2011)


Tokelau	300 (2009)


Tonga	30,000 (2011)


Trinidad and Tobago	292,000 (2011)


Tunisia	1.218 million (2011)


Turkey	15.211 million (2011)


Turkmenistan	547,000 (2011)


Turks and Caicos Islands	3,700 (2009)


Tuvalu	1,600 (2009)


Uganda	327,100 (2009)


Ukraine	12.941 million (2009)


United Arab Emirates	1.48 million (2009)


United Kingdom	33.32 million (2009)


United States	151 million (2009)


Uruguay	962,200 (2009)


Uzbekistan	1.864 million (2009)


Vanuatu	5,000 (2009)


Venezuela	7.083 million (2009)


Vietnam	16.4 million (2009)


Virgin Islands	75,800 (2009)


Wallis and Futuna	3,100 (2009)


West Bank	337,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2010)


Western Sahara	NA (1999 est.)


World	1.2 billion (2008)


Yemen	1.046 million (2009)


Zambia	90,100 (2009)


Zimbabwe	379,000 (2009)

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