World Factbook

Telephones - main lines in use

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

Country	Telephones - main lines in use	Bezugsjahr	Rank
Afghanistan	280,000	2005	114
Albania	255,000	2003	118
Algeria	2,572,000	2005	52
American Samoa	15,000	2001	197
American Virgin Islands	70,900	2004	154
Andorra	35,400	2005	174
Angola	94,300	2005	143
Anguilla	6,200	2002	215
Antarctica	0	2001	232
Antigua and Barbuda	38,000	2004	169
Arctic Ocean	0
Argentina	8,800,000	2005	26
Armenia	600,000	2006	94
Aruba	37,100	2002	172
Atlantic Ocean	0
Australia	11,460,000	2005	24
Austria	3,705,000	2005	41
Azerbaijan	1,091,000	2005	74
Bahamas, The	139,900	2004	131
Bahrain	196,500	2005	124
Bangladesh	1,070,000	2005	75
Barbados	134,900	2005	132
Belarus	3,284,300	2005	47
Belgium	4,801,000	2004	34
Belize	33,300	2005	177
Benin	76,300	2005	150
Bermuda	56,000	2002	159
Bhutan	32,700	2005	178
Bolivia	646,300	2005	91
Bosnia and Herzegovina	968,900	2005	80
Botswana	132,000	2005	133
Brazil	42,382,000	2004	7
British Virgin Islands	11,700	2002	202
Brunei	90,000	2002	145
Bulgaria	2,483,000	2005	54
Burkina Faso	97,400	2005	141
Burma	476,200	2005	99
Burma	476,200	2005	99
Burundi	27,700	2004	181
Cambodia	36,400	2003	173
Cameroon	99,400	2004	140
Canada	18,276,000	2005	18
Cape Verde	71,400	2005	153
Cayman Islands	38,000	2002	170
Central African Republic	10,000	2004	207
Chad	13,000	2004	200
Chile	3,436,000	2005	44
China	350,433,000	2005	1
Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287	1992	230
Colombia	7,678,800	2005	27
Comoros	16,900	2005	196
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,600	2005	205
Congo, Republic of the	13,800	2004	198
Cook Islands	6,200	2002	216
Costa Rica	1,388,000	2005	66
Cote d'Ivoire	257,900	2004	117
Croatia	1,890,000	2005	59
Cuba	849,900	2005	84
Cyprus	86,228		146
Czech Republic	3,217,300	2005	48
Denmark	3,350,000	2005	46
Djibouti	11,100	2004	204
Dominica	21,000	2004	193
Dominican Republic	894,500	2005	83
Ecuador	1,701,000	2005	63
Egypt	10,396,000	2005	25
El Salvador	971,500	2005	79
Equatorial Guinea	10,000	2005	209
Eritrea	37,700	2005	171
Estonia	442,000	2005	101
Ethiopia	610,300	2005	93
European Union	238,000,000	2005	3
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,400	2002	223
Faroe Islands	23,800	2005	188
Fiji	102,000	2003	137
Finland	2,120,000	2005	57
France	35,700,000	2005	10
France, Metropolitan	0
French Guiana	51000	2001
French Polynesia	53,400	2005	162
Gabon	39,100	2005	168
Gambia, The	44,000	2005	166
Gaza Strip	349,000	2005	106
Georgia	683,200	2004	89
Germany	55,046,000	2005	5
Ghana	321,500	2005	111
Gibraltar	24,512	2002	185
Greece	6,303,000	2005	31
Greenland	25,300	2002	183
Grenada	32,700	2004	179
Guadeloupe	210000	2001
Guam	84,134	2001	147
Guatemala	1,132,000	2004	72
Guernsey	55,100	2004	161
Guinea	26,200	2003	182
Guinea-Bissau	10,600	2003	206
Guyana	110,100	2005	135
Haiti	140,000	2004	130
Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120	2005	219
Honduras	494,400	2005	98
Hong Kong	3,795,000	2005	40
Hungary	3,356,000	2005	45
Iceland	193,900	2005	125
India	49,750,000	2005	6
Indian Ocean	0
Indonesia	12,772,000	2005	21
Iran	18,986,000	2005	15
Iraq	1,547,000	2005	64
Ireland	2,033,000	2005	58
Isle of Man	51,000	1999	164
Israel	2,936,000	2005	49
Italy	25,049,000	2005	12
Jamaica	342,000	2005	108
Japan	58,780,000	2005	4
Jersey	73,900	2001	152
Jordan	628,200	2005	92
Kazakhstan	2,500,000	2004	53
Kenya	281,800	2005	113
Kiribati	4,500	2002	221
Korea, North	980,000	2003	78
Korea, South	23,745,000	2005	13
Kuwait	510,300	2005	96
Kyrgyzstan	438,200	2005	103
Laos	90,067	2006	144
Latvia	731,000	2005	88
Lebanon	990,000	2005	77
Lesotho	48,000	2005	165
Liberia	6,900	2002	212
Libya	750,000	2003	87
Liechtenstein	19,900	2002	195
Lithuania	801,100	2005	86
Luxembourg	244,500	2005	120
Macau	174,400	2005	127
Macedonia	533,200	2005	95
Madagascar	66,900	2005	156
Malawi	102,700	2005	136
Malaysia	4,366,000	2005	38
Maldives	32,181	2006	180
Mali	75,000	2005	151
Malta	202,100	2005	123
Marshall Islands	5,510	2004	218
Martinique	172000	2001
Mauritania	41,000	2005	167
Mauritius	359,000	2005	105
Mayotte	10,000	2002	208
Mexico	19,512,000	2005	14
Micronesia, Federated States of	12,400	2005	201
Moldova	929,400	2005	81
Monaco	33,700	2002	176
Mongolia	156,000	2005	128
Montenegro	177,663	2005	126
Morocco	1,341,000	2005	67
Mozambique	69,700	2004	155
Namibia	127,900	2004	134
Nauru	1,900	2002	225
Nepal	448,600	2005	100
Netherlands	7,600,000	2005	28
Netherlands Antilles	81,000	2001	149
New Caledonia	55,300	2005	160
New Zealand	1,800,000	2004	61
Nicaragua	220,900	2005	121
Niger	24,000	2005	186
Nigeria	1,223,000	2005	70
Niue	1,100	2002	227
Norfolk Island	2,532	2004	222
Northern Mariana Islands	21,000	2000	192
Norway	2,129,000	2005	56
Oman	265,200	2005	116
Pacific Ocean	0
Pakistan	5,162,798	2006	32
Palau	6,700	2002	214
Panama	440,100	2005	102
Papua New Guinea	62,000	2002	157
Paraguay	320,300	2005	112
Peru	2,250,000	2005	55
Philippines	3,438,000	2004	43
Pitcairn Islands	1	2004	231
Poland	11,803,000	2005	23
Portugal	4,234,000	2005	39
Puerto Rico	1,112,000	2004	73
Qatar	205,400	2005	122
Reunion	300000	2001
Romania	4,391,000	2005	37
Russia	40,100,000	2005	8
Rwanda	23,000	2004	189
Saint Helena	2,200	2002	224
Saint Kitts and Nevis	25,000	2004	184
Saint Lucia	51,100	2002	163
Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800	2002	220
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,500	2005	190
Samoa	13,300	2003	199
San Marino	20,600	2002	194
Sao Tome and Principe	7,000	2004	211
Saudi Arabia	4,500,000	2006	36
Senegal	266,600	2005	115
Serbia	2,685,000	2004	51
Serbia and Montenegro	2493000	2002
Seychelles	21,400	2005	191
Sierra Leone	24,000	2002	187
Singapore	1,848,000	2005	60
Slovakia	1,197,000	2005	71
Slovenia	816,400	2005	85
Solomon Islands	7,400	2005	210
Somalia	100,000	2005	139
South Africa	4,729,000	2005	35
Southern Ocean	0
Spain	18,322,000	2005	17
Sri Lanka	1,510,000	2006	65
Sudan	670,000	2005	90
Suriname	81,100	2004	148
Swaziland	35,000	2005	175
Sweden	6,447,000	2004	30
Switzerland	5,123,000	2005	33
Syria	2,903,000	2005	50
Taiwan	13,615,000	2005	20
Tajikistan	245,200	2004	119
Tanzania	148,400	2004	129
Thailand	7,035,000	2005	29
Togo	58,600	2005	158
Tokelau	300	2002	229
Tonga	11,200	2002	203
Trinidad and Tobago	323,500	2005	110
Tunisia	1,258,000	2005	68
Turkey	18,978,000	2005	16
Turkmenistan	495,000	2006	97
Turks and Caicos Islands	5,700	2002	217
Tuvalu	700	2002	228
Uganda	100,800	2005	138
Ukraine	12,142,000	2004	22
United Arab Emirates	1,237,000	2005	69
United Kingdom	32,943,000	2005	11
United States	268,000,000	2003	2
United States Minor Outlying Islands	0
Uruguay	1,000,000	2004	76
Uzbekistan	1,717,000	2003	62
Vanuatu	6,800	2004	213
Venezuela	3,605,000	2005	42
Vietnam	15,845,000	2005	19
Wallis and Futuna	1,900	2002	226
West Bank	349,000	2005	107
World	1,263,367,600	2005	0
Yemen	900,000	2006	82
Zambia	94,700	2005	142
Zimbabwe	328,000	2005	109