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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 408,300 106 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 This file was last updated on 13 December, 2007