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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	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	France	33,897,000	2006
12	United Kingdom	33,602,000	2006
13	Korea, South	26,866,000	2006
14	Italy	25,049,000	2005
15	Iran	21,981,000	2006
16	Canada	20,780,000	2005
17	Mexico	19,861,000	2006
18	Turkey	18,978,000	2005
19	Spain	18,385,000	2006
20	Vietnam	15,845,000	2005
21	Indonesia	14,821,000	2006
22	Taiwan	14,497,000	2006
23	Ukraine	12,341,000	2006
24	Poland	11,475,000	2006
25	Egypt	10,808,000	2006
26	Australia	9,940,000	2006
27	Argentina	9,460,000	2006
28	Colombia	7,865,000	2006
29	Netherlands	7,600,000	2005
30	Thailand	7,073,000	2006
31	Sweden	6,379,000	2005
32	Greece	6,185,000	2006
33	Pakistan	5,240,000	2006
34	Switzerland	5,040,000	2006
35	South Africa	4,729,000	2005
36	Belgium	4,719,000	2006
37	Saudi Arabia	4,500,000	2006
38	Malaysia	4,342,000	2006
39	Portugal	4,231,000	2006
40	Romania	4,231,000	2006
41	Venezuela	4,217,000	2006
42	Hong Kong	3,850,000	2006
43	Philippines	3,633,000	2006
44	Austria	3,564,000	2006
45	Belarus	3,368,000	2006
46	Hungary	3,350,000	2006
47	Chile	3,326,000	2006
48	Syria	3,243,000	2006
49	Czech Republic	3,217,300	2005
50	Denmark	3,098,000	2006
51	Israel	3,005,000	2006
52	Kazakhstan	2,928,000	2006
53	Algeria	2,841,000	2006
54	Serbia	2,719,000	2006
55	Bulgaria	2,399,000	2006
56	Peru	2,332,000	2006
57	Ireland	2,097,000	2006
58	Sri Lanka	2,087,000	2007
59	Norway	2,055,000	2006
60	Finland	1,920,000	2006
61	Singapore	1,854,000	2006
62	Croatia	1,832,000	2006
63	Uzbekistan	1,793,000	2005
64	Ecuador	1,754,000	2006
65	New Zealand	1,729,000	2005
66	Nigeria	1,688,000	2006
67	Iraq	1,547,000	2005
68	Guatemala	1,355,000	2006
69	Costa Rica	1,351,000	2006
70	United Arab Emirates	1,310,000	2006
71	Tunisia	1,268,000	2006
72	Morocco	1,266,000	2006
73	Azerbaijan	1,189,000	2006
74	Slovakia	1,167,000	2006
75	Bangladesh	1,134,000	2006
76	Puerto Rico	1,038,000	2005
77	El Salvador	1,037,000	2006
78	Moldova	1,018,000	2006
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina	989,000	2006
80	Uruguay	987,000	2006
81	Korea, North	980,000	2003
82	Cuba	972,900	2006
83	Yemen	968,400	2006
84	Dominican Republic	897,000	2006
85	Slovenia	837,500	2006
86	Lithuania	792,400	2006
87	Ethiopia	725,000	2006
88	Honduras	708,400	2006
89	Lebanon	681,400	2006
90	Latvia	657,400	2006
91	Bolivia	646,300	2005
92	Sudan	636,900	2006
93	Jordan	614,000	2006
94	Nepal	595,800	2006
95	Armenia	594,400	2005
96	Georgia	553,100	2006
97	Estonia	541,900	2006
98	Kuwait	510,300	2005
99	Burma	503,900	2005
100	Turkmenistan	495,000	2006
101	Macedonia	490,900	2006
102	Libya	483,000	2006
103	Kyrgyzstan	440,400	2005
104	Panama	432,900	2006
105	Cyprus	408,300	NA
106	Mauritius	357,300	2006
107	Ghana	356,400	2006
108	Albania	353,600	2005
109	Montenegro	353,300	2006
110	Gaza Strip	349,000	2005
111	West Bank	349,000	2005
112	Zimbabwe	331,700	2006
113	Paraguay	331,100	2006
114	Trinidad and Tobago	325,500	2006
115	Jamaica	319,000	2005
116	Kenya	293,400	2006
117	Senegal	282,600	2006
118	Tajikistan	280,200	2005
119	Afghanistan	280,000	2005
120	Oman	278,300	2006
121	Cote d'Ivoire	260,900	2006
122	Nicaragua	247,900	2006
123	Luxembourg	246,700	2006
124	Qatar	228,300	2006
125	Malta	202,300	2006
126	Iceland	193,700	2006
127	Bahrain	193,300	2006
128	Macau	176,700	2006
129	Tanzania	169,135	2007
130	Mongolia	156,000	2005
131	Haiti	145,300	2005
132	Namibia	138,900	2005
133	Botswana	136,900	2006
134	Barbados	134,900	2005
135	Bahamas, The	133,100	2005
136	Madagascar	129,800	2006
137	Fiji	112,500	2005
138	Guyana	110,100	2005
139	Uganda	108,100	2006
140	Malawi	102,700	2005
141	Cameroon	100,300	2005
142	Somalia	100,000	2005
143	Angola	98,200	2006
144	Burkina Faso	94,800	2006
145	Zambia	94,700	2005
146	Laos	90,067	2006
147	Mali	82,500	2006
148	Togo	82,100	2006
149	Suriname	81,500	2006
150	Netherlands Antilles	81,000	2001
151	Brunei	80,200	2006
152	Guam	80,000	2001
153	Benin	76,300	2005
154	Jersey	73,900	2001
155	Virgin Islands	71,700	2005
156	Cape Verde	71,600	2006
157	Mozambique	67,000	2006
158	Papua New Guinea	63,700	2005
159	Bermuda	57,700	2006
160	New Caledonia	55,300	2005
161	French Polynesia	53,600	2006
162	Gambia, The	52,900	2006
163	Saint Lucia	51,100	2002
164	Isle of Man	51,000	1999
165	Lesotho	48,000	2005
166	Guernsey	45,100	2005
167	Swaziland	44,000	2006
168	Antigua and Barbuda	40,000	2006
169	Aruba	38,300	2005
170	Cayman Islands	38,000	2002
171	Eritrea	37,700	2006
172	Gabon	36,500	2006
173	Andorra	35,400	2005
174	Mauritania	34,900	2006
175	Monaco	34,000	2005
176	Belize	33,900	2006
177	Cambodia	32,800	2006
178	Maldives	32,500	2006
179	Bhutan	31,500	2006
180	Burundi	31,100	2005
181	Grenada	27,700	2006
182	Guinea	26,300	2005
183	Greenland	25,300	2002
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	Faroe Islands	23,000	2006
189	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,600	2006
190	Rwanda	22,000	2005
191	Northern Mariana Islands	21,000	2000
192	Dominica	21,000	2004
193	San Marino	21,000	2006
194	Seychelles	20,700	2006
195	Liechtenstein	20,000	2005
196	Samoa	19,500	2005
197	Comoros	16,900	2005
198	Congo, Republic of the	15,900	2005
199	Tonga	13,700	2005
200	Chad	13,000	2006
201	Micronesia, Federated States of	12,400	2005
202	British Virgin Islands	11,700	2002
203	Djibouti	10,800	2005
204	American Samoa	10,400	2004
205	Guinea-Bissau	10,200	2005
206	Central African Republic	10,000	2005
207	Equatorial Guinea	10,000	2005
208	Mayotte	10,000	2002
209	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	9,700	2006
210	Solomon Islands	7,400	2005
211	Sao Tome and Principe	7,100	2005
212	Vanuatu	7,000	2005
213	Liberia	6,900	2002
214	Palau	6,700	2002
215	Anguilla	6,200	2002
216	Cook Islands	6,200	2002
217	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,700	2002
218	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120	2005
219	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800	2002
220	Kiribati	4,500	2002
221	Marshall Islands	4,500	2004
222	Norfolk Island	2,532	2004
223	Timor-Leste	2,500	2006
224	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,400	2002
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	700	2002
230	Tokelau	300	2002
231	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287	1992
232	Pitcairn Islands	1	2004
233	Antarctica	0	2001

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