| Field Listing :: Telephones - main lines in use |
| This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use. | |
| Country Comparison to the World |
Country |
Telephones - main lines in use |
|---|
| Afghanistan | 13,500 (2012) |
| Albania | 312,000 (2012) |
| Algeria | 3.2 million (2012) |
| American Samoa | 10,000 (2012) |
| Andorra | 39,000 (2012) |
| Angola | 303,000 (2012) |
| Anguilla | 6,000 (2012) |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 35,000 (2012) |
| Argentina | 10 million (2012) |
| Armenia | 584,000 (2012) |
| Aruba | 43,000 (2012) |
| Australia | 10.47 million (2012) |
| Austria | 3.342 million (2012) |
| Azerbaijan | 1.734 million (2012) |
| Bahamas, The | 137,000 (2012) |
| Bahrain | 290,000 (2012) |
| Bangladesh | 962,000 (2012) |
| Barbados | 144,000 (2012) |
| Belarus | 4.407 million (2012) |
| Belgium | 4.631 million (2012) |
| Belize | 25,400 (2012) |
| Benin | 156,700 (2012) |
| Bermuda | 69,000 (2012) |
| Bhutan | 27,000 (2012) |
| Bolivia | 880,600 (2012) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 878,000 (2012) |
| Botswana | 160,500 (2012) |
| Brazil | 44.3 million (2012) |
| British Virgin Islands | 12,268 (2012) |
| Brunei | 70,933 (2012) |
| Bulgaria | 2.253 million (2012) |
| Burkina Faso | 141,400 (2012) |
| Burma | 556,000 (2012) |
| Burundi | 17,400 (2012) |
| Cabo Verde | 70,200 (2012) |
| Cambodia | 584,000 (2012) |
| Cameroon | 737,400 (2012) |
| Canada | 18.01 million (2012) |
| Cayman Islands | 37,400 (2012) |
| Central African Republic | 5,600 (2012) |
| Chad | 29,900 (2012) |
| Chile | 3.276 million (2012) |
| China | 278.86 million (2012) |
| Colombia | 6.291 million (2012) |
| Comoros | 24,000 (2012) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 58,200 (2012) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 14,900 (2012) |
| Cook Islands | 7,200 (2009) |
| Costa Rica | 1.018 million (2012) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 268,000 (2012) |
| Croatia | 1.64 million (2012) |
| Cuba | 1.217 million (2012) |
| Cyprus | 373,200 (2012) |
| Czech Republic | 2.1 million (2012) |
| Denmark | 2.431 million (2012) |
| Djibouti | 18,000 (2012) |
| Dominica | 14,600 (2012) |
| Dominican Republic | 1.065 million (2012) |
| Ecuador | 2.31 million (2012) |
| Egypt | 8.557 million (2012) |
| El Salvador | 1.06 million (2012) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 14,900 (2012) |
| Eritrea | 60,000 (2012) |
| Estonia | 448,200 (2012) |
| Ethiopia | 797,500 (2012) |
| European Union | 226 million (2011) |
| Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | 1,980 (2012) |
| Faroe Islands | 24,000 (2012) |
| Fiji | 88,400 (2012) |
| Finland | 890,000 (2012) |
| France | 39.29 million (2012) |
| French Polynesia | 55,000 (2012) |
| Gabon | 17,000 (2012) |
| Gambia, The | 64,200 (2012) |
| Gaza Strip | 406,000 (includes West Bank) (2012) |
| Georgia | 1.276 million (2012) |
| Germany | 50.7 million (2012) |
| Ghana | 285,000 (2012) |
| Gibraltar | 23,100 (2012) |
| Greece | 5.461 million (2012) |
| Greenland | 18,900 (2012) |
| Grenada | 28,500 (2012) |
| Guam | 67,000 (2012) |
| Guatemala | 1.744 million (2012) |
| Guernsey | 45,100 (2010) |
| Guinea | 18,000 (2012) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 5,000 (2012) |
| Guyana | 154,200 (2012) |
| Haiti | 50,000 (2012) |
| Honduras | 610,000 (2012) |
| Hong Kong | 4.362 million (2012) |
| Hungary | 2.96 million (2012) |
| Iceland | 189,000 (2012) |
| India | 31.08 million (2012) |
| Indonesia | 37.983 million (2012) |
| Iran | 28.76 million (2012) |
| Iraq | 1.87 million (2012) |
| Ireland | 2.007 million (2012) |
| Israel | 3.594 million (2012) |
| Italy | 21.656 million (2012) |
| Jamaica | 265,000 (2011) |
| Japan | 64.273 million (2012) |
| Jersey | 73,800 (2010) |
| Jordan | 435,000 (2012) |
| Kazakhstan | 4.34 million (2012) |
| Kenya | 251,600 (2012) |
| Kiribati | 9,000 (2012) |
| Korea, North | 1.18 million (2011) |
| Korea, South | 30.1 million (2012) |
| Kosovo | 106,300 (2006) |
| Kuwait | 510,000 (2012) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 489,000 (2012) |
| Laos | 112,000 (2012) |
| Latvia | 501,000 (2012) |
| Lebanon | 878,000 (2012) |
| Lesotho | 43,100 (2012) |
| Liberia | 3,200 (2011) |
| Libya | 814,000 (2012) |
| Liechtenstein | 20,000 (2012) |
| Lithuania | 667,300 (2012) |
| Luxembourg | 266,700 (2012) |
| Macau | 162,500 (2012) |
| Macedonia | 407,900 (2012) |
| Madagascar | 143,700 (2012) |
| Malawi | 227,300 (2012) |
| Malaysia | 4.589 million (2012) |
| Maldives | 23,140 (2012) |
| Mali | 112,000 (2012) |
| Malta | 229,700 (2012) |
| Marshall Islands | 4,400 (2010) |
| Mauritania | 65,100 (2012) |
| Mauritius | 349,100 (2012) |
| Mexico | 20.22 million (2012) |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | 8,400 (2012) |
| Moldova | 1.206 million (2012) |
| Monaco | 44,500 (2012) |
| Mongolia | 176,700 (2012) |
| Montenegro | 163,000 (2012) |
| Montserrat | 3,000 (2012) |
| Morocco | 3.28 million (2012) |
| Mozambique | 88,100 (2012) |
| Namibia | 171,000 (2012) |
| Nauru | 1,900 (2009) |
| Nepal | 834,000 (2013) |
| Netherlands | 7.086 million (2012) |
| New Caledonia | 80,000 (2012) |
| New Zealand | 1.88 million (2012) |
| Nicaragua | 320,000 (2012) |
| Niger | 100,500 (2012) |
| Nigeria | 418,200 (2012) |
| Norway | 1.465 million (2012) |
| Oman | 305,000 (2012) |
| Pakistan | 5.803 million (2012) |
| Palau | 7,300 (2012) |
| Panama | 640,000 (2012) |
| Papua New Guinea | 139,000 (2012) |
| Paraguay | 376,000 (2012) |
| Peru | 3.42 million (2012) |
| Philippines | 3.939 million (2012) |
| Poland | 6.125 million (2012) |
| Portugal | 4.558 million (2012) |
| Puerto Rico | 780,200 (2012) |
| Qatar | 327,000 (2012) |
| Romania | 4.68 million (2012) |
| Russia | 42.9 million (2012) |
| Rwanda | 44,400 (2012) |
| Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha | 3,000 (2012) |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20,000 (2012) |
| Saint Lucia | 36,800 (2012) |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 4,800 (2010) |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 19,400 (2012) |
| Samoa | 35,300 (2010) |
| San Marino | 18,700 (2012) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 8,000 (2012) |
| Saudi Arabia | 4.8 million (2012) |
| Senegal | 338,200 (2012) |
| Serbia | 2.977 million (2012) |
| Seychelles | 28,900 (2012) |
| Sierra Leone | 18,000 (2012) |
| Singapore | 1.99 million (2012) |
| Slovakia | 975,000 (2012) |
| Slovenia | 825,000 (8012) |
| Solomon Islands | 8,060 (2012) |
| Somalia | 100,000 (2012) |
| South Africa | 4.03 million (2012) |
| South Sudan | 2,200 (2012) |
| Spain | 19.22 million (2012) |
| Sri Lanka | 2.796 million (2013) |
| Sudan | 425,000 (2012) |
| Suriname | 83,000 (2012) |
| Swaziland | 48,600 (2012) |
| Sweden | 4.321 million (2012) |
| Switzerland | 4.382 million (2012) |
| Syria | 4.425 million (2012) |
| Taiwan | 15.998 million (2012) |
| Tajikistan | 393,000 (2012) |
| Tanzania | 161,100 (2011) |
| Thailand | 6.391 million (2012) |
| Timor-Leste | 3,000 (2012) |
| Togo | 225,000 (2012) |
| Tonga | 30,000 (2012) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 287,000 (2012) |
| Tunisia | 1.105 million (2012) |
| Turkey | 13.86 million (2012) |
| Turkmenistan | 575,000 (2012) |
| Tuvalu | 1,450 (2012) |
| Uganda | 315,000 (2012) |
| Ukraine | 12.182 million (2012) |
| United Arab Emirates | 1.967 million (2012) |
| United Kingdom | 33.01 million (2012) |
| United States | 139 million (2012) |
| Uruguay | 1.01 million (2012) |
| Uzbekistan | 1.963 million (2012) |
| Vanuatu | 5,800 (2012) |
| Venezuela | 7.65 million (2012) |
| Vietnam | 10.191 million (2012) |
| Virgin Islands | 75,800 (2010) |
| West Bank | 406,000 (includes Gaza Strip) (2012) |
| World | 1.2 billion (2011) |
| Yemen | 1.1 million (2012) |
| Zambia | 82,500 (2012) |
| Zimbabwe | 301,600 (2012) |