Country Comparison > Telephones - main lines in use

Rank	Country	Telephones - main lines in use
1	China	365,400,000
2	United States	163,200,000
3	Germany	53,750,000
4	Japan	51,232,000
5	Russia	43,900,000
6	Brazil	39,400,000
7	India	37,750,000
8	United Kingdom	33,682,000
9	Italy	26,890,000
10	Korea, South	23,905,000
11	Iran	23,835,000
12	Canada	21,000,000
13	Mexico	19,754,000
14	Spain	18,583,000
15	Turkey	18,413,000
16	Indonesia	17,828,000
17	Taiwan	14,313,000
18	Ukraine	12,858,000
19	Egypt	11,229,000
20	Vietnam	10,800,000
21	Poland	10,336,000
22	Australia	9,760,000
23	Argentina	9,500,000
24	Colombia	7,936,000
25	Netherlands	7,334,000
26	Thailand	7,024,000
27	Greece	6,227,000
28	Sweden	5,506,000
29	Venezuela	5,082,000
30	Switzerland	5,000,000
31	Belgium	4,668,000
32	South Africa	4,642,000
33	Pakistan	4,546,000
34	Malaysia	4,350,000
35	Romania	4,300,000
36	Portugal	4,139,000
37	Saudi Arabia	3,996,000
38	Hong Kong	3,875,000
39	Belarus	3,672,000
40	Philippines	3,633,000
41	Syria	3,452,000
42	Chile	3,379,000
43	Austria	3,374,000
44	Hungary	3,251,000
45	Kazakhstan	3,237,000
46	Algeria	3,068,000
47	Israel	3,005,000
48	Czech Republic	2,888,000
49	Denmark	2,824,000
50	Sri Lanka	2,742,000
51	Peru	2,673,000
52	Morocco	2,394,000
53	Bulgaria	2,300,000
54	Ireland	2,112,000
55	Norway	1,988,000
56	Singapore	1,859,000
57	Croatia	1,825,000
58	Uzbekistan	1,821,000
59	Ecuador	1,805,000
60	Finland	1,740,000
61	New Zealand	1,706,000
62	Nigeria	1,580,000
63	Iraq	1,547,000
64	Costa Rica	1,437,000
65	United Arab Emirates	1,385,000
66	Guatemala	1,355,000
67	Tunisia	1,273,000
68	Azerbaijan	1,254,000
69	Bangladesh	1,187,000
70	Korea, North	1,180,000
71	Slovakia	1,151,000
72	Moldova	1,080,000
73	El Salvador	1,080,000
74	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1,065,000
75	Cuba	1,043,000
76	Puerto Rico	1,038,000
77	Yemen	968,300
78	Uruguay	965,200
79	Dominican Republic	907,000
80	Ethiopia	880,100
81	Slovenia	857,100
82	Libya	852,300
83	Honduras	821,200
84	Lithuania	799,400
85	Nepal	766,400
86	Cote d'Ivoire	730,000
87	Lebanon	681,400
88	Bolivia	678,200
89	Latvia	644,000
90	Armenia	603,900
91	Jordan	585,500
92	Georgia	556,100
93	Kuwait	517,000
94	Burma	503,900
95	Estonia	495,500
96	Panama	491,900
97	Kyrgyzstan	482,100
98	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	463,600
99	Turkmenistan	457,900
100	Paraguay	453,800
101	Ghana	376,500
102	Mauritius	357,300
103	Albania	353,600
104	Montenegro	353,300
105	Sudan	345,200
106	Zimbabwe	344,500
107	Jamaica	342,000
108	Tajikistan	340,000
109	Trinidad and Tobago	323,800
110	Afghanistan	280,000
111	Senegal	269,100
112	Oman	268,100
113	Kenya	264,800
114	Luxembourg	248,200
115	Nicaragua	247,900
116	Qatar	237,400
117	Malta	198,100
118	Bahrain	194,200
119	Iceland	186,700
120	Macau	177,851
121	Malawi	175,200
122	Tanzania	165,013
123	Uganda	162,300
124	Mongolia	148,200
125	Namibia	138,100
126	Botswana	136,900
127	Barbados	134,900
128	Madagascar	133,900
129	Bahamas, The	132,900
130	Cameroon	130,700
131	Benin	110,300
132	Guyana	110,100
133	Fiji	108,400
134	Haiti	108,300
135	Somalia	100,000
136	Angola	98,200
137	Laos	94,800
138	Burkina Faso	94,800
139	Zambia	91,800
140	Mali	85,000
141	Togo	82,100
142	Suriname	81,500
143	Netherlands Antilles	81,000
144	Brunei	79,200
145	Gambia, The	76,400
146	Jersey	73,900
147	Virgin Islands	71,700
148	Cape Verde	71,600
149	Mozambique	67,000
150	Guam	65,500
151	New Caledonia	60,200
152	Papua New Guinea	60,000
153	Bermuda	57,700
154	French Polynesia	53,600
155	Lesotho	53,100
156	Saint Lucia	51,100
157	Man, Isle of	51,000
158	Guernsey	45,100
159	Swaziland	44,000
160	Aruba	38,700
161	Cayman Islands	38,000
162	Cambodia	37,500
163	Antigua and Barbuda	37,500
164	Eritrea	37,500
165	Andorra	37,200
166	Greenland	36,000
167	Burundi	35,000
168	Mauritania	34,900
169	Monaco	34,000
170	Belize	33,900
171	Maldives	33,200
172	Bhutan	29,900
173	Grenada	27,700
174	Gabon	26,500
175	Guinea	26,300
176	Saint Kitts and Nevis	25,000
177	Gibraltar	24,512
178	Sierra Leone	24,000
179	Niger	24,000
180	Rwanda	23,100
181	Faroe Islands	23,000
182	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,800
183	Seychelles	22,700
184	Northern Mariana Islands	21,000
185	San Marino	21,000
186	Tonga	21,000
187	Dominica	21,000
188	Liechtenstein	20,000
189	Samoa	19,500
190	Comoros	19,100
191	Congo, Republic of the	15,900
192	Chad	13,000
193	Central African Republic	12,000
194	British Virgin Islands	11,700
195	Djibouti	10,800
196	American Samoa	10,400
197	Mayotte	10,000
198	Equatorial Guinea	10,000
199	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	9,700
200	Vanuatu	8,800
201	Micronesia, Federated States of	8,700
202	Sao Tome and Principe	7,700
203	Solomon Islands	7,600
204	Liberia	6,900
205	Palau	6,700
206	Anguilla	6,200
207	Cook Islands	6,200
208	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,700
209	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120
210	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800
211	Guinea-Bissau	4,600
212	Marshall Islands	4,500
213	Kiribati	4,500
214	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,400
215	East Timor	2,400
216	Saint Helena	2,200
217	Western Sahara	2,000
218	Wallis and Futuna	1,900
219	Nauru	1,900
220	Niue	1,100
221	Tuvalu	900
222	Tokelau	300
223	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287
224	Antarctica	0
225	Norfolk Island	0
226	Pitcairn Islands	0
227	Gaza Strip	0
228	France	0
229	West Bank	0

Definition: This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2009