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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 460,000 (2008)
Albania 316,400 (2008)
Algeria 3.314 million (2008)
American Samoa 10,400 (2008)
Andorra 37,400 (2008)
Angola 114,300 (2008)
Anguilla 5,800 (2008)
Antarctica 0; note - information for US bases only (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda 38,000 (2008)
Argentina 9.631 million (2008)
Armenia 650,000 (2008)
Aruba 38,500 (2008)
Australia 9.37 million (2008)
Austria 3.285 million (2008)
Azerbaijan 1.311 million (2008)
Bahamas, The 133,000 (2008)
Bahrain 220,000 (2008)
Bangladesh 1.39 million (2009)
Barbados 150,000 (2008)
Belarus 3.718 million (2008)
Belgium 4.457 million (2008)
Belize 31,100 (2008)
Benin 159,000 (2008)
Bermuda 57,600 (2008)
Bhutan 27,500 (2008)
Bolivia 690,000 (2008)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.031 million (2008)
Botswana 142,300 (2008)
Brazil 41.141 million (2008)
British Indian Ocean Territory NA
British Virgin Islands 18,900 (2008)
Brunei 76,600 (2008)
Bulgaria 2.258 million (2008)
Burkina Faso 144,000 (2008)
Burma 829,000 (2008)
Burundi 30,400 (2008)
Cambodia 45,100 (2008)
Cameroon 198,300 (2008)
Canada 18.25 million (2008)
Cape Verde 72,000 (2008)
Cayman Islands 38,000 (2008)
Central African Republic 12,000 (2008)
Chad 13,000 (2008)
Chile 3.526 million (2008)
China 365.6 million (2007)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 (1992)
Colombia 6.82 million (2008)
Comoros 23,300 (2008)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 37,300 (2008)
Congo, Republic of the 22,200 (2008)
Cook Islands 6,700 (2008)
Costa Rica 1.438 million (2008)
Cote d'Ivoire 356,500 (2008)
Croatia 1.851 million (2008)
Cuba 1.104 million (2008)
Cyprus area under government control: 413,300 (2008); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)
Czech Republic 2.278 million (2008)
Denmark 2.487 million (2008)
Djibouti 10,800 (2008)
Dominica 17,500 (2008)
Dominican Republic 985,700 (2008)
Ecuador 1.91 million (2008)
Egypt 12.011 million (2008)
El Salvador 1.077 million (2008)
Equatorial Guinea 10,000 (2008)
Eritrea 40,400 (2008)
Estonia 498,100 (2008)
Ethiopia 908,900 (2008)
European Union 238 million (2005)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,300 (2008)
Faroe Islands 21,800 (2008)
Fiji 129,100 (2008)
Finland 1.65 million (2008)
France 35.909 million; 35.0 million (metropolitan France) (2008)
French Polynesia 54,600 (2008)
Gabon 26,500 (2008)
Gambia, The 48,900 (2008)
Gaza Strip 348,000 (includes West Bank) (2008)
Georgia 618,000 (2008)
Germany 51.5 million (2008)
Ghana 143,900 (2008)
Gibraltar 24,000 (2008)
Greece 5.975 million (2008)
Greenland 22,800 (2008)
Grenada 28,600 (2008)
Guam 65,500 (2008)
Guatemala 1.449 million (2008)
Guernsey 45,100 (2008)
Guinea 50,000 (2008)
Guinea-Bissau 4,600 (2008)
Guyana 125,000 (2008)
Haiti 108,000 (2008)
Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 (2005)
Honduras 825,800 (2008)
Hong Kong 4.108 million (2008)
Hungary 3.094 million (2008)
Iceland 187,000 (2008)
India 37.54 million (2009)
Indonesia 30.378 million (2008)
Iran 24.8 million (2008)
Iraq 1.082 million (2008)
Ireland 2.202 million (2008)
Isle of Man 51,000 (1999)
Israel 2.9 million (2008)
Italy 20.031 million (2008)
Jamaica 316,600 (2008)
Japan 47.579 million (2008)
Jersey 74,000 (2008)
Jordan 519,000 (2008)
Kazakhstan 3.41 million (2008)
Kenya 252,300 (2008)
Kiribati 4,000 (2008)
Korea, North 1.18 million (2008)
Korea, South 21.325 million (2008)
Kosovo 106,300 (2006)
Kuwait 541,000 (2008)
Kyrgyzstan 494,500 (2008)
Laos 97,600 (2008)
Latvia 644,000 (2008)
Lebanon 714,000 (2008)
Lesotho 65,200 (2008)
Liberia 2,000 (2008)
Libya 1.033 million (2008)
Liechtenstein 19,600 (2008)
Lithuania 784,900 (2008)
Luxembourg 260,600 (2008)
Macau 173,533 (2009)
Macedonia 457,100 (2008)
Madagascar 164,900 (2008)
Malawi 236,000 (2008)
Malaysia 4.292 million (2008)
Maldives 50,396 (2009)
Mali 82,800 (2008)
Malta 241,100 (2008)
Marshall Islands 4,400 (2008)
Mauritania 76,400 (2008)
Mauritius 364,500 (2008)
Mayotte 10,000 (2008)
Mexico 20.539 million (2008)
Micronesia, Federated States of 8,700 (2008)
Moldova 1.115 million (2008)
Monaco 35,000 (2008)
Mongolia 165,000 (2008)
Montenegro 362,000 (2008)
Montserrat 2,800 (2008)
Morocco 2.991 million (2008)
Mozambique 78,300 (2008)
Namibia 140,000 (2008)
Nauru 1,800 (2008)
Nepal 805,100 (2008)
Netherlands 7.324 million (2008)
Netherlands Antilles 88,000 (2008)
New Caledonia 63,000 (2008)
New Zealand 1.75 million (2008)
Nicaragua 312,000 (2008)
Niger 24,000 (2008)
Nigeria 1.308 million (2008)
Niue 1,000 (2008)
Norfolk Island 2,532; note - a mix of analog (2,500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
Northern Mariana Islands 24,700 (2008)
Norway 1.928 million (2008)
Oman 274,200 (2008)
Pakistan 4.546 million (2008)
Palau 7,500 (2008)
Panama 495,800 (2008)
Papua New Guinea 60,000 (2008)
Paraguay 363,000 (2008)
Peru 2.878 million (2008)
Philippines 3.905 million (2008)
Pitcairn Islands 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)
Poland 10.336 million (2008)
Portugal 4.121 million (2008)
Puerto Rico 1.038 million (2008)
Qatar 263,400 (2008)
Romania 5.036 million (2007)
Russia 44.2 million (2008)
Rwanda 16,800 (2008)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 2,300 (2008)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 20,400 (2008)
Saint Lucia 40,900 (2008)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 (2008)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,800 (2008)
Samoa 28,800 (2008)
San Marino 21,300 (2008)
Sao Tome and Principe 7,700 (2008)
Saudi Arabia 4.1 million (2008)
Senegal 237,800 (2008)
Serbia 3.085 million (2008)
Seychelles 23,200 (2008)
Sierra Leone 31,500 (2008)
Singapore 1.857 million (2008)
Slovakia 1.098 million (2008)
Slovenia 1.01 million (2008)
Solomon Islands 8,000 (2008)
Somalia 100,000 (2008)
South Africa 4.425 million (2008)
Spain 20.2 million (2008)
Sri Lanka 3.446 million (2008)
Sudan 356,100 (2008)
Suriname 81,500 (2008)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 44,000 (2008)
Sweden 5.323 million (2008)
Switzerland 4.82 million (2008)
Syria 3.633 million (2008)
Taiwan 14.273 million (2008)
Tajikistan 360,000 (2008)
Tanzania 179,849 (2009)
Thailand 7.024 million (2008)
Timor-Leste 2,400 (2008)
Togo 140,900 (2008)
Tokelau 300 (2008)
Tonga 25,500 (2008)
Trinidad and Tobago 307,000 (2008)
Tunisia 1.239 million (2008)
Turkey 17.502 million (2008)
Turkmenistan 495,000 (2008)
Turks and Caicos Islands 3,700 (2008)
Tuvalu 1,500 (2008)
Uganda 168,500 (2008)
Ukraine 13.177 million (2008)
United Arab Emirates 1.508 million (2008)
United Kingdom 33.209 million (2008)
United States 150 million (2008)
Uruguay 959,300 (2008)
Uzbekistan 1.85 million (2008)
Vanuatu 10,400 (2008)
Venezuela 6.304 million (2008)
Vietnam 29.591 million (2008)
Virgin Islands 74,200 (2008)
Wallis and Futuna 2,700 (2008)
West Bank 348,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2008)
Western Sahara about 2,000 (1999 est.)
World 1.268 billion (2008)
Yemen 1.117 million (2008)
Zambia 90,600 (2008)
Zimbabwe 354,000 (2008)
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