Country Comparison
:: Telephones - main lines in use
This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use.
Rank
country
Telephones - main lines in use
Date of Information
1
China
313,680,000
2009
2
United States
141,000,000
2009
3
Germany
48,700,000
2009
4
Russia
44,802,000
2009
5
Japan
44,364,000
2009
6
Brazil
41,497,000
2009
7
France
36,431,000
2009
8
India
35,770,000
2010
9
Indonesia
33,958,000
2009
10
United Kingdom
32,117,000
2009
11
Iran
25,804,000
2009
12
Italy
21,300,000
2009
13
Spain
20,057,000
2009
14
Mexico
19,425,000
2009
15
Korea, South
19,289,000
2009
16
Canada
18,251,000
2009
17
Vietnam
17,427,000
2009
18
Turkey
16,534,000
2009
19
Taiwan
14,596,000
2009
20
Ukraine
13,026,000
2009
21
Egypt
10,313,000
2009
22
Argentina
9,764,000
2009
23
Poland
9,556,000
2009
24
Australia
9,020,000
2009
25
Colombia
7,500,000
2009
26
Netherlands
7,320,000
2009
27
Thailand
7,024,000
2009
28
Venezuela
6,867,000
2009
29
Greece
5,930,000
2009
30
Romania
5,313,000
2009
31
Sweden
5,146,000
2009
32
Switzerland
4,650,000
2009
33
South Africa
4,320,000
2009
34
Malaysia
4,312,000
2009
35
Hong Kong
4,188,000
2009
36
Saudi Arabia
4,171,000
2009
37
Philippines
4,100,000
2009
38
Pakistan
4,058,000
2009
39
Portugal
4,049,000
2009
40
Belarus
3,969,000
2009
41
Syria
3,871,000
2009
42
Kazakhstan
3,763,000
2009
43
Chile
3,575,000
2009
44
Sri Lanka
3,523,000
2010
45
Morocco
3,516,000
2009
46
Austria
3,253,000
2009
47
Israel
3,250,000
2009
48
Serbia
3,106,000
2009
49
Hungary
3,069,000
2009
50
Peru
2,965,000
2009
51
Algeria
2,576,000
2009
52
Bulgaria
2,164,000
2009
53
Czech Republic
2,092,000
2009
54
Ireland
2,080,000
2009
55
Denmark
2,062,000
2009
56
Ecuador
2,004,000
2009
57
Norway
1,900,000
2009
58
New Zealand
1,870,000
2009
59
Croatia
1,859,000
2009
60
Uzbekistan
1,857,000
2009
61
Singapore
1,852,000
2009
62
United Arab Emirates
1,561,000
2009
63
Bangladesh
1,522,000
2009
64
Costa Rica
1,493,000
2009
65
Finland
1,430,000
2009
66
Nigeria
1,419,000
2009
67
Guatemala
1,413,000
2009
68
Azerbaijan
1,397,000
2009
69
Tunisia
1,279,000
2009
70
Korea, North
1,180,000
2008
71
Cuba
1,168,000
2009
72
Moldova
1,139,000
2009
73
Iraq
1,108,000
2009
74
Libya
1,101,000
2009
75
El Salvador
1,099,000
2009
76
Slovenia
1,034,000
2009
77
Slovakia
1,022,000
2009
78
Bosnia and Herzegovina
998,600
2009
79
Yemen
997,000
2009
80
Dominican Republic
965,400
2009
81
Uruguay
953,400
2009
82
Ethiopia
915,100
2009
83
Puerto Rico
870,100
2009
84
Honduras
830,000
2009
85
Nepal
820,500
2009
86
Burma
812,000
2009
87
Bolivia
810,200
2009
88
Lebanon
750,000
2009
89
Lithuania
747,400
2009
90
Kenya
664,100
2009
91
Latvia
644,000
2009
92
Armenia
630,000
2009
93
Georgia
620,000
2009
94
Kuwait
553,500
2009
95
Panama
537,100
2009
96
Jordan
501,200
2009
97
Kyrgyzstan
498,300
2009
98
Estonia
492,800
2009
99
Turkmenistan
478,000
2009
100
Macedonia
442,200
2009
101
Cyprus
414,500
NA
102
Paraguay
387,300
2009
103
Zimbabwe
385,100
2009
104
Mauritius
379,100
2009
105
Sudan
370,400
2009
106
Montenegro
366,600
2009
107
Albania
363,000
2009
108
Gaza Strip
360,400
2010
109
West Bank
360,400
2010
110
Cameroon
323,800
2009
111
Trinidad and Tobago
314,800
2009
112
Angola
303,200
2009
113
Jamaica
302,300
2009
114
Oman
300,100
2009
115
Tajikistan
290,000
2009
116
Qatar
285,300
2009
117
Cote d'Ivoire
282,100
2009
118
Senegal
278,800
2009
119
Luxembourg
273,600
2009
120
Ghana
267,400
2009
121
Nicaragua
255,000
2009
122
Malta
252,700
2009
123
Bahrain
238,400
2009
124
Uganda
233,500
2009
125
Mongolia
188,900
2009
126
Iceland
185,200
2009
127
Madagascar
181,200
2009
128
Togo
178,700
2009
129
Malawi
175,000
2009
130
Tanzania
173,552
2010
131
Macau
168,903
2010
132
Burkina Faso
167,000
2009
133
Botswana
144,200
2009
134
Namibia
142,100
2009
135
Fiji
136,800
2009
136
Barbados
135,700
2009
137
Laos
132,200
2009
138
Guyana
130,000
2009
139
Afghanistan
129,300
2009
140
Bahamas, The
129,000
2009
141
Benin
127,100
2009
142
Haiti
108,300
2009
143
Kosovo
106,300
2006
144
Somalia
100,000
2009
145
Zambia
90,300
2009
146
Suriname
83,700
2009
147
Mozambique
82,400
2009
148
Mali
81,000
2009
149
Brunei
80,500
2009
150
Virgin Islands
75,000
2009
151
Mauritania
74,500
2009
152
Jersey
73,900
2009
153
Cape Verde
72,200
2009
154
New Caledonia
65,900
2009
155
Niger
65,000
2009
156
Papua New Guinea
60,000
2009
157
Bermuda
57,700
2009
158
French Polynesia
54,300
2009
159
Cambodia
54,200
2009
160
Isle of Man
51,000
1999
161
Maldives
49,913
2009
162
Gambia, The
49,000
2009
163
Eritrea
48,500
2009
164
Guernsey
45,100
2009
165
Swaziland
44,000
2009
166
Saint Lucia
41,000
2009
167
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
40,000
2009
168
Lesotho
40,000
2009
169
Aruba
38,300
2009
170
Cayman Islands
38,000
2009
171
Andorra
37,900
2009
172
Antigua and Barbuda
37,400
2009
173
Monaco
35,400
2009
174
Rwanda
33,500
2009
175
Sierra Leone
32,800
2009
176
Samoa
31,900
2009
177
Burundi
31,500
2009
178
Belize
31,200
2009
179
Tonga
31,000
2009
180
Grenada
28,600
2009
181
Gabon
26,500
2009
182
Bhutan
26,300
2009
183
Comoros
25,400
2009
184
Northern Mariana Islands
25,100
2009
185
Congo, Republic of the
24,300
2009
186
Gibraltar
24,000
2009
187
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
23,000
2009
188
Seychelles
22,100
2009
189
Greenland
22,000
2009
190
Guinea
22,000
2009
191
San Marino
21,500
2009
192
Faroe Islands
20,900
2009
193
Saint Kitts and Nevis
20,500
2009
194
British Virgin Islands
20,100
2009
195
Liechtenstein
19,600
2009
196
Dominica
17,500
2009
197
Djibouti
16,800
2009
198
Chad
13,000
2009
199
Central African Republic
12,000
2009
200
American Samoa
10,400
2009
201
Equatorial Guinea
10,000
2009
202
Mayotte
10,000
2009
203
Micronesia, Federated States of
8,700
2009
204
Solomon Islands
8,200
2009
205
Sao Tome and Principe
7,800
2009
206
Vanuatu
7,200
2009
207
Palau
7,100
2009
208
Cook Islands
6,900
2009
209
Anguilla
6,300
2009
210
Sint Maarten
5,153
2001
211
Holy See (Vatican City)
5,120
2005
212
Guinea-Bissau
4,800
2009
213
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
4,800
2009
214
Marshall Islands
4,400
2009
215
Belgium
4,255
2009
216
Kiribati
4,000
2009
217
Turks and Caicos Islands
3,700
2009
218
Wallis and Futuna
3,000
2009
219
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha
2,900
2009
220
Montserrat
2,700
2009
221
Norfolk Island
2,532
2004
222
Timor-Leste
2,400
2009
223
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)
2,000
2009
224
Liberia
2,000
2009
225
Nauru
1,900
2009
226
Tuvalu
1,700
2009
227
Niue
1,100
2009
228
Tokelau
300
2009
229
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
287
1992
230
Pitcairn Islands
1
2004
231
Antarctica
0
2001