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Rank Country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information 1 World 1,263,367,600 2005 2 China 365,400,000 2007 3 European Union 238,000,000 2005 4 United States 163,200,000 2007 5 Germany 53,750,000 2007 6 Japan 51,232,000 2007 7 Russia 43,900,000 2006 8 Brazil 39,400,000 2007 9 India 37,750,000 2009 10 France 35,533,000 2007 11 United Kingdom 33,682,000 2007 12 Italy 26,890,000 2006 13 Korea, South 23,905,000 2007 14 Iran 23,835,000 2007 15 Canada 21,000,000 2006 16 Mexico 19,754,000 2007 17 Spain 18,583,000 2007 18 Turkey 18,413,000 2007 19 Indonesia 17,828,000 2007 20 Taiwan 14,313,000 2007 21 Ukraine 12,858,000 2007 22 Egypt 11,229,000 2007 23 Vietnam 10,800,000 2007 24 Poland 10,336,000 2007 25 Australia 9,760,000 2007 26 Argentina 9,500,000 2007 27 Colombia 7,936,000 2007 28 Netherlands 7,334,000 2007 29 Thailand 7,024,000 2007 30 Greece 6,227,000 2007 31 Sweden 5,506,000 2007 32 Venezuela 5,082,000 2007 33 Switzerland 5,000,000 2007 34 Belgium 4,668,000 2007 35 South Africa 4,642,000 2007 36 Pakistan 4,546,000 2008 37 Malaysia 4,350,000 2007 38 Romania 4,300,000 2007 39 Portugal 4,139,000 2007 40 Saudi Arabia 3,996,000 2007 41 Hong Kong 3,875,000 2007 42 Belarus 3,672,000 2007 43 Philippines 3,633,000 2006 44 Syria 3,452,000 2007 45 Chile 3,379,000 2007 46 Austria 3,374,000 2007 47 Hungary 3,251,000 2007 48 Kazakhstan 3,237,000 2007 49 Algeria 3,068,000 2007 50 Israel 3,005,000 2006 51 Serbia 2,993,000 2007 52 Czech Republic 2,888,000 2006 53 Denmark 2,824,000 2007 54 Sri Lanka 2,742,000 2007 55 Peru 2,673,000 2007 56 Morocco 2,394,000 2007 57 Bulgaria 2,300,000 2007 58 Ireland 2,112,000 2007 59 Norway 1,988,000 2007 60 Singapore 1,859,000 2007 61 Croatia 1,825,000 2007 62 Uzbekistan 1,821,000 2007 63 Ecuador 1,805,000 2007 64 Finland 1,740,000 2007 65 New Zealand 1,706,000 2007 66 Nigeria 1,580,000 2007 67 Iraq 1,547,000 2005 68 Costa Rica 1,437,000 2007 69 United Arab Emirates 1,385,000 2007 70 Guatemala 1,355,000 2006 71 Tunisia 1,273,000 2007 72 Azerbaijan 1,254,000 2007 73 Bangladesh 1,187,000 2007 74 Korea, North 1,180,000 2007 75 Slovakia 1,151,000 2007 76 El Salvador 1,080,000 2007 77 Moldova 1,080,000 2007 78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,065,000 2007 79 Cuba 1,043,000 2007 80 Puerto Rico 1,038,000 2005 81 Yemen 968,300 2006 82 Uruguay 965,200 2007 83 Dominican Republic 907,000 2007 84 Ethiopia 880,100 2007 85 Slovenia 857,100 2007 86 Libya 852,300 2005 87 Honduras 821,200 2007 88 Lithuania 799,400 2007 89 Nepal 766,400 2007 90 Cote d'Ivoire 730,000 2007 91 Lebanon 681,400 2006 92 Bolivia 678,200 2007 93 Latvia 644,000 2007 94 Armenia 603,900 2006 95 Jordan 585,500 2007 96 Georgia 556,100 2007 97 Kuwait 517,000 2006 98 Burma 503,900 2005 99 Estonia 495,500 2007 100 Panama 491,900 2007 101 Kyrgyzstan 482,100 2007 102 Macedonia 463,600 2007 103 Turkmenistan 457,900 2007 104 Paraguay 453,800 2007 105 Ghana 376,500 2007 106 Cyprus 376,000 107 Mauritius 357,300 2006 108 Albania 353,600 2005 109 Montenegro 353,300 2006 110 Gaza Strip 350,400 2007 111 West Bank 350,400 2007 112 Sudan 345,200 2007 113 Zimbabwe 344,500 2007 114 Jamaica 342,000 2006 115 Tajikistan 340,000 2007 116 Trinidad and Tobago 323,800 2007 117 Afghanistan 280,000 2005 118 Senegal 269,100 2007 119 Oman 268,100 2007 120 Kenya 264,800 2007 121 Luxembourg 248,200 2007 122 Nicaragua 247,900 2006 123 Qatar 237,400 2007 124 Malta 198,100 2007 125 Bahrain 194,200 2006 126 Iceland 186,700 2007 127 Macau 177,851 2008 128 Malawi 175,200 2007 129 Tanzania 165,013 2008 130 Uganda 162,300 2007 131 Mongolia 148,200 2008 132 Namibia 138,100 2007 133 Botswana 136,900 2006 134 Barbados 134,900 2005 135 Madagascar 133,900 2007 136 Bahamas, The 132,900 2007 137 Cameroon 130,700 2006 138 Benin 110,300 2007 139 Guyana 110,100 2005 140 Fiji 108,400 2007 141 Haiti 108,300 2007 142 Kosovo 106,300 2006 143 Somalia 100,000 2007 144 Angola 98,200 2006 145 Laos 94,800 2007 146 Burkina Faso 94,800 2006 147 Zambia 91,800 2007 148 Mali 85,000 2007 149 Togo 82,100 2006 150 Suriname 81,500 2006 151 Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001 152 Brunei 79,200 2007 153 Gambia, The 76,400 2007 154 Jersey 73,900 2001 155 Virgin Islands 71,700 2005 156 Cape Verde 71,600 2006 157 Mozambique 67,000 2006 158 Guam 65,500 2003 159 New Caledonia 60,200 2007 160 Papua New Guinea 60,000 2007 161 Bermuda 57,700 2006 162 French Polynesia 53,600 2006 163 Lesotho 53,100 2006 164 Saint Lucia 51,100 2002 165 Isle of Man 51,000 1999 166 Guernsey 45,100 2005 167 Swaziland 44,000 2006 168 Aruba 38,700 2006 169 Cayman Islands 38,000 2002 170 Antigua and Barbuda 37,500 2006 171 Eritrea 37,500 2006 172 Cambodia 37,500 2007 173 Andorra 37,200 2007 174 Greenland 36,000 2006 175 Burundi 35,000 2006 176 Mauritania 34,900 2006 177 Monaco 34,000 2005 178 Belize 33,900 2007 179 Maldives 33,200 2007 180 Bhutan 29,900 2007 181 Grenada 27,700 2006 182 Gabon 26,500 2007 183 Guinea 26,300 2005 184 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 2004 185 Gibraltar 24,512 2002 186 Niger 24,000 2005 187 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002 188 Rwanda 23,100 2007 189 Faroe Islands 23,000 2006 190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,800 2007 191 Seychelles 22,700 2007 192 Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000 193 San Marino 21,000 2006 194 Tonga 21,000 2007 195 Dominica 21,000 2004 196 Liechtenstein 20,000 2005 197 Samoa 19,500 2005 198 Comoros 19,100 2006 199 Congo, Republic of the 15,900 2005 200 Chad 13,000 2006 201 Central African Republic 12,000 2006 202 British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002 203 Djibouti 10,800 2005 204 American Samoa 10,400 2004 205 Equatorial Guinea 10,000 2005 206 Mayotte 10,000 2002 207 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9,700 2006 208 Vanuatu 8,800 2007 209 Micronesia, Federated States of 8,700 2007 210 Sao Tome and Principe 7,700 2007 211 Solomon Islands 7,600 2006 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 Guinea-Bissau 4,600 2007 220 Kiribati 4,500 2002 221 Marshall Islands 4,500 2004 222 Norfolk Island 2,532 2004 223 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002 224 Timor-Leste 2,400 2006 225 Saint Helena 2,200 2002 226 Nauru 1,900 2002 227 Wallis and Futuna 1,900 2002 228 Niue 1,100 2002 est. 229 Tuvalu 900 2005 230 Tokelau 300 2002 231 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992 232 Pitcairn Islands 1 2004 233 Antarctica 0 2001 This file was last updated on 14 May, 2009