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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	350,433,000	2005
3	United States	268,000,000	2003
4	European Union	238,763,162	2002
5	Japan	58,780,000	2005
6	Germany	55,046,000	2005
7	India	49,750,000	2005
8	Brazil	42,382,000	2004
9	Russia	40,100,000	2005
10	France	35,700,000	2005
11	United Kingdom	32,943,000	2005
12	Italy	25,049,000	2005
13	Korea, South	23,745,000	2005
14	Mexico	19,512,000	2005
15	Iran	18,986,000	2005
16	Turkey	18,978,000	2005
17	Spain	18,322,000	2005
18	Canada	18,276,000	2005
19	Vietnam	15,845,000	2005
20	Taiwan	13,615,000	2005
21	Indonesia	12,772,000	2005
22	Ukraine	12,142,000	2004
23	Poland	11,803,000	2005
24	Australia	11,460,000	2005
25	Egypt	10,396,100	2005
26	Argentina	8,800,000	2005
27	Colombia	7,678,800	2005
28	Netherlands	7,600,000	2005
29	Thailand	7,035,000	2005
30	Sweden	6,447,000	2004
31	Greece	6,303,000	2005
32	Pakistan	5,277,500	2005
33	Switzerland	5,123,000	2005
34	Belgium	4,801,000	2004
35	South Africa	4,729,000	2005
36	Romania	4,391,000	2005
37	Malaysia	4,366,000	2005
38	Portugal	4,234,000	2005
39	Saudi Arabia	3,800,000	2005
40	Hong Kong	3,794,600	2005
41	Austria	3,705,000	2005
42	Venezuela	3,605,500	2005
43	Philippines	3,437,500	2004
44	Chile	3,435,900	2005
45	Hungary	3,356,000	2005
46	Denmark	3,350,000	2005
47	Belarus	3,284,300	2005
48	Czech Republic	3,217,300	2005
49	Israel	2,936,300	2005
50	Syria	2,903,000	2005
51	Serbia	2,685,400	2004
52	Algeria	2,572,000	2005
53	Kazakhstan	2,500,000	2004
54	Bulgaria	2,483,500	2005
55	Peru	2,250,500	2005
56	Norway	2,129,000	2005
57	Finland	2,120,000	2005
58	Ireland	2,033,000	2005
59	Croatia	1,889,500	2005
60	Singapore	1,848,000	2005
61	New Zealand	1,800,500	2004
62	Uzbekistan	1,717,100	2003
63	Ecuador	1,701,500	2005
64	Costa Rica	1,388,500	2005
65	Morocco	1,341,200	2005
66	Tunisia	1,257,500	2005
67	Sri Lanka	1,244,000	2005
68	United Arab Emirates	1,237,000	2005
69	Nigeria	1,223,300	2005
70	Slovakia	1,197,000	2005
71	Guatemala	1,132,100	2004
72	Puerto Rico	1,111,900	2004
73	Azerbaijan	1,091,400	2005
74	Bangladesh	1,070,000	2005
75	Iraq	1,034,200	2004
76	Uruguay	1,000,000	2004
77	Lebanon	990,000	2005
78	Korea, North	980,000	2003
79	El Salvador	971,500	2005
80	Bosnia and Herzegovina	968,900	2005
81	Moldova	929,400	2005
82	Dominican Republic	894,500	2005
83	Cuba	849,900	2005
84	Slovenia	816,400	2005
85	Lithuania	801,100	2005
86	Yemen	798,100	2004
87	Libya	750,000	2003
88	Latvia	731,000	2005
89	Georgia	683,200	2004
90	Sudan	670,000	2005
91	Bolivia	646,300	2005
92	Jordan	617,300	2004
93	Ethiopia	610,300	2005
94	Armenia	582,500	2004
95	Macedonia	533,200	2005
96	Kuwait	510,300	2005
97	Honduras	494,400	2005
98	Burma	476,200	2005
99	Nepal	448,600	2005
100	Estonia	442,000	2005
101	Panama	440,100	2005
102	Kyrgyzstan	438,200	2005
103	Cyprus	420,000	NA
104	Turkmenistan	376,100	2003
105	Mauritius	359,000	2005
106	West Bank	357,300	2004
107	Gaza Strip	349,000	2005
108	Jamaica	342,000	2005
109	Zimbabwe	328,000	2005
110	Trinidad and Tobago	323,500	2005
111	Ghana	321,500	2005
112	Paraguay	320,300	2005
113	Reunion	300,000	2001
114	Kenya	281,800	2005
115	Senegal	266,600	2005
116	Oman	265,200	2005
117	Cote d'Ivoire	257,900	2004
118	Albania	255,000	2003
119	Tajikistan	245,200	2004
120	Luxembourg	244,500	2005
121	Nicaragua	220,900	2005
122	Guadeloupe	210,000	2001
123	Qatar	205,400	2005
124	Malta	202,100	2005
125	Bahrain	196,500	2005
126	Iceland	193,900	2005
127	Montenegro	177,663	2005
128	Macau	174,400	2005
129	Martinique	172,000	2001
130	Mongolia	156,000	2005
131	Tanzania	148,400	2004
132	Haiti	140,000	2004
133	Bahamas, The	139,900	2004
134	Barbados	134,900	2005
135	Botswana	132,000	2005
136	Namibia	127,900	2004
137	Guyana	110,100	2005
138	Malawi	102,700	2005
139	Fiji	102,000	2003
140	Uganda	100,800	2005
141	Afghanistan	100,000	2005
142	Somalia	100,000	2005
143	Cameroon	99,400	2004
144	Burkina Faso	97,400	2005
145	Zambia	94,700	2005
146	Angola	94,300	2005
147	Laos	90,067	2006
148	Brunei	90,000	2002
149	Cyprus	86,228	NA
150	Guam	84,134	2001
151	Suriname	81,100	2004
152	Netherlands Antilles	81,000	2001
153	Benin	76,300	2005
154	Mali	75,000	2005
155	Jersey	73,900	2001
156	Cape Verde	71,400	2005
157	Virgin Islands	70,900	2004
158	Mozambique	69,700	2004
159	Madagascar	66,900	2005
160	Papua New Guinea	62,000	2002
161	Togo	58,600	2005
162	Bermuda	56,000	2002
163	New Caledonia	55,300	2005
164	Guernsey	55,100	2004
165	French Polynesia	53,400	2005
166	Saint Lucia	51,100	2002
167	French Guiana	51,000	2001
168	Isle of Man	51,000	1999
169	Lesotho	48,000	2005
170	Gambia, The	44,000	2005
171	Mauritania	41,000	2005
172	Gabon	39,100	2005
173	Antigua and Barbuda	38,000	2004
174	Cayman Islands	38,000	2002
175	Eritrea	37,700	2005
176	Aruba	37,100	2002
177	Cambodia	36,400	2003
178	Andorra	35,400	2005
179	Swaziland	35,000	2005
180	Monaco	33,700	2002
181	Belize	33,300	2005
182	Bhutan	32,700	2005
183	Grenada	32,700	2004
184	Maldives	32,300	2005
185	Burundi	27,700	2004
186	Guinea	26,200	2003
187	Greenland	25,300	2002
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	25,000	2004
189	Gibraltar	24,512	2002
190	Niger	24,000	2005
191	Sierra Leone	24,000	2002
192	Faroe Islands	23,800	2005
193	Rwanda	23,000	2004
194	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,500	2005
195	Seychelles	21,400	2005
196	Northern Mariana Islands	21,000	2000
197	Dominica	21,000	2004
198	San Marino	20,600	2002
199	Liechtenstein	19,900	2002
200	Comoros	16,900	2005
201	American Samoa	15,000	2001
202	Congo, Republic of the	13,800	2004
203	Samoa	13,300	2003
204	Chad	13,000	2004
205	Micronesia, Federated States of	12,400	2005
206	British Virgin Islands	11,700	2002
207	Tonga	11,200	2002
208	Djibouti	11,100	2004
209	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,600	2005
210	Guinea-Bissau	10,600	2003
211	Central African Republic	10,000	2004
212	Equatorial Guinea	10,000	2005
213	Mayotte	10,000	2002
214	Solomon Islands	7,400	2005
215	Sao Tome and Principe	7,000	2004
216	Liberia	6,900	2002
217	Vanuatu	6,800	2004
218	Palau	6,700	2002
219	Anguilla	6,200	2002
220	Cook Islands	6,200	2002
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,700	2002
222	Marshall Islands	5,510	2004
223	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120	2005
224	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800	2002
225	Kiribati	4,500	2002
226	Norfolk Island	2,532	2004
227	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,400	2002
228	Saint Helena	2,200	2002
229	Nauru	1,900	2002
230	Wallis and Futuna	1,900	2002
231	Niue	1,100	2002
232	Tuvalu	700	2002
233	Tokelau	300	2002
234	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287	1992
235	Pitcairn Islands	1	2004
236	Antarctica	0	2001

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