Rank Order - Telephones - main lines in use

Rank Order - Telephones - main lines in use

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Rank	Country	Telephones - main lines in use	Date of Information
1	World	1,263,367,600	2005
2	China	368,000,000	2006
3	European Union	238,000,000	2005
4	United States	172,000,000	2006
5	Japan	55,155,000	2006
6	Germany	54,200,000	2006
7	India	49,750,000	2005
8	Russia	40,100,000	2005
9	Brazil	38,800,000	2006
10	France	34,630,000	2006
11	United Kingdom	33,602,000	2006
12	Korea, South	26,866,000	2006
13	Italy	25,049,000	2005
14	Iran	21,981,000	2006
15	Canada	20,780,000	2005
16	Mexico	19,861,000	2006
17	Turkey	18,978,000	2005
18	Spain	18,385,000	2006
19	Indonesia	14,821,000	2006
20	Taiwan	14,497,000	2006
21	Ukraine	12,341,000	2006
22	Poland	11,475,000	2006
23	Egypt	10,808,000	2006
24	Vietnam	10,800,000	2007
25	Australia	9,940,000	2006
26	Argentina	9,460,000	2006
27	Colombia	7,865,000	2006
28	Netherlands	7,600,000	2005
29	Thailand	7,073,000	2006
30	Sweden	6,379,000	2005
31	Greece	6,185,000	2006
32	Pakistan	5,240,000	2006
33	Switzerland	5,040,000	2006
34	South Africa	4,729,000	2005
35	Belgium	4,719,000	2006
36	Saudi Arabia	4,500,000	2006
37	Malaysia	4,342,000	2006
38	Portugal	4,231,000	2006
39	Romania	4,231,000	2006
40	Venezuela	4,217,000	2006
41	Hong Kong	3,850,000	2006
42	Philippines	3,633,000	2006
43	Austria	3,564,000	2006
44	Belarus	3,368,000	2006
45	Hungary	3,350,000	2006
46	Chile	3,326,000	2006
47	Syria	3,243,000	2006
48	Czech Republic	3,217,300	2005
49	Denmark	3,098,000	2006
50	Israel	3,005,000	2006
51	Kazakhstan	2,928,000	2006
52	Algeria	2,841,000	2006
53	Serbia	2,719,000	2006
54	Bulgaria	2,399,000	2006
55	Peru	2,332,000	2006
56	Ireland	2,097,000	2006
57	Sri Lanka	2,087,000	2007
58	Norway	2,055,000	2006
59	Finland	1,920,000	2006
60	Singapore	1,854,000	2006
61	Croatia	1,832,000	2006
62	Uzbekistan	1,793,000	2005
63	Ecuador	1,754,000	2006
64	New Zealand	1,729,000	2005
65	Nigeria	1,688,000	2006
66	Iraq	1,547,000	2005
67	Guatemala	1,355,000	2006
68	Costa Rica	1,351,000	2006
69	United Arab Emirates	1,310,000	2006
70	Tunisia	1,268,000	2006
71	Morocco	1,266,000	2006
72	Azerbaijan	1,189,000	2006
73	Slovakia	1,167,000	2006
74	Bangladesh	1,134,000	2006
75	Puerto Rico	1,038,000	2005
76	El Salvador	1,037,000	2006
77	Moldova	1,018,000	2006
78	Bosnia and Herzegovina	989,000	2006
79	Uruguay	987,000	2006
80	Korea, North	980,000	2003
81	Cuba	972,900	2006
82	Yemen	968,400	2006
83	Dominican Republic	897,000	2006
84	Slovenia	837,500	2006
85	Lithuania	792,400	2006
86	Ethiopia	725,000	2006
87	Honduras	708,400	2006
88	Lebanon	681,400	2006
89	Latvia	657,400	2006
90	Bolivia	646,300	2005
91	Sudan	636,900	2006
92	Jordan	614,000	2006
93	Nepal	595,800	2006
94	Armenia	594,400	2005
95	Georgia	553,100	2006
96	Estonia	541,900	2006
97	Kuwait	510,300	2005
98	Burma	503,900	2005
99	Turkmenistan	495,000	2006
100	Macedonia	490,900	2006
101	Libya	483,000	2006
102	Kyrgyzstan	440,400	2005
103	Panama	432,900	2006
104	Cyprus	408,300	NA
105	Mauritius	357,300	2006
106	Ghana	356,400	2006
107	Albania	353,600	2005
108	Montenegro	353,300	2006
109	Gaza Strip	349,000	2005
110	West Bank	349,000	2005
111	Zimbabwe	331,700	2006
112	Paraguay	331,100	2006
113	Trinidad and Tobago	325,500	2006
114	Jamaica	319,000	2005
115	Kenya	293,400	2006
116	Senegal	282,600	2006
117	Tajikistan	280,200	2005
118	Afghanistan	280,000	2005
119	Oman	278,300	2006
120	Cote d'Ivoire	260,900	2006
121	Nicaragua	247,900	2006
122	Luxembourg	246,700	2006
123	Qatar	228,300	2006
124	Malta	202,300	2006
125	Iceland	193,700	2006
126	Bahrain	193,300	2006
127	Macau	176,700	2006
128	Tanzania	169,135	2007
129	Mongolia	156,000	2005
130	Haiti	145,300	2005
131	Namibia	138,900	2005
132	Botswana	136,900	2006
133	Barbados	134,900	2005
134	Bahamas, The	133,100	2005
135	Madagascar	129,800	2006
136	Fiji	112,500	2005
137	Guyana	110,100	2005
138	Uganda	108,100	2006
139	Malawi	102,700	2005
140	Cameroon	100,300	2005
141	Somalia	100,000	2005
142	Angola	98,200	2006
143	Burkina Faso	94,800	2006
144	Zambia	93,400	2006
145	Laos	90,067	2006
146	Mali	82,500	2006
147	Togo	82,100	2006
148	Suriname	81,500	2006
149	Netherlands Antilles	81,000	2001
150	Brunei	80,200	2006
151	Guam	80,000	2001
152	Benin	76,300	2005
153	Jersey	73,900	2001
154	Virgin Islands	71,700	2005
155	Cape Verde	71,600	2006
156	Mozambique	67,000	2006
157	Papua New Guinea	63,700	2005
158	Bermuda	57,700	2006
159	New Caledonia	55,300	2005
160	French Polynesia	53,600	2006
161	Gambia, The	52,900	2006
162	Saint Lucia	51,100	2002
163	Isle of Man	51,000	1999
164	Lesotho	48,000	2005
165	Guernsey	45,100	2005
166	Swaziland	44,000	2006
167	Antigua and Barbuda	40,000	2006
168	Aruba	38,300	2005
169	Cayman Islands	38,000	2002
170	Eritrea	37,700	2006
171	Gabon	36,500	2006
172	Andorra	35,400	2005
173	Mauritania	34,900	2006
174	Monaco	34,000	2005
175	Belize	33,900	2006
176	Cambodia	32,800	2006
177	Maldives	32,500	2006
178	Bhutan	31,500	2006
179	Burundi	31,100	2005
180	Grenada	27,700	2006
181	Guinea	26,300	2005
182	Greenland	25,300	2002
183	Saint Kitts and Nevis	25,000	2004
184	Gibraltar	24,512	2002
185	Niger	24,000	2005
186	Sierra Leone	24,000	2002
187	Faroe Islands	23,000	2006
188	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,600	2006
189	Rwanda	22,000	2005
190	Northern Mariana Islands	21,000	2000
191	Dominica	21,000	2004
192	San Marino	21,000	2006
193	Seychelles	20,700	2006
194	Liechtenstein	20,000	2005
195	Samoa	19,500	2005
196	Comoros	16,900	2005
197	Congo, Republic of the	15,900	2005
198	Tonga	13,700	2005
199	Chad	13,000	2006
200	Micronesia, Federated States of	12,400	2005
201	British Virgin Islands	11,700	2002
202	Djibouti	10,800	2005
203	American Samoa	10,400	2004
204	Guinea-Bissau	10,200	2005
205	Central African Republic	10,000	2005
206	Equatorial Guinea	10,000	2005
207	Mayotte	10,000	2002
208	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	9,700	2006
209	Solomon Islands	7,400	2005
210	Sao Tome and Principe	7,100	2005
211	Vanuatu	7,000	2005
212	Liberia	6,900	2002
213	Palau	6,700	2002
214	Anguilla	6,200	2002
215	Cook Islands	6,200	2002
216	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,700	2002
217	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120	2005
218	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800	2002
219	Kiribati	4,500	2002
220	Marshall Islands	4,500	2004
221	Norfolk Island	2,532	2004
222	Timor-Leste	2,500	2006
223	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,400	2002
224	Saint Helena	2,200	2002
225	Nauru	1,900	2002
226	Wallis and Futuna	1,900	2002
227	Niue	1,100	2002 est.
228	Tuvalu	900	2005
229	Tokelau	300	2002
230	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287	1992
231	Pitcairn Islands	1	2004
232	Antarctica	0	2001

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