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Rank Country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information 1 World 1,206,315,500 2004 2 China 311,756,000 2004 3 United States 268,000,000 2003 4 European Union 238,763,162 2002 5 India 67,285,000 2005 6 Japan 58,788,000 2004 7 Germany 54,574,000 2004 8 Brazil 42,382,200 2004 9 Russia 39,616,000 2004 10 France 33,870,200 2004 11 United Kingdom 32,943,000 2005 12 Korea, South 26,595,100 2004 13 Italy 25,957,000 2004 14 Canada 20,610,000 2004 15 Turkey 19,125,200 2004 16 Mexico 18,073,200 2004 17 Spain 17,934,500 2004 18 Iran 14,571,100 2003 19 Taiwan 13,529,900 2004 20 Poland 12,292,500 2003 21 Ukraine 12,142,000 2004 22 Australia 11,660,000 2004 23 Egypt 10,400,000 2005 24 Vietnam 10,124,900 2004 25 Indonesia 9,990,000 2004 26 Argentina 8,700,000 2004 27 Netherlands 7,861,000 2004 28 Colombia 7,767,000 2004 29 Thailand 6,797,000 2004 30 Sweden 6,447,000 2004 31 Greece 6,348,800 2004 32 Switzerland 5,262,600 2004 33 South Africa 4,844,000 2003 34 Belgium 4,801,000 2004 35 Pakistan 4,502,200 2004 36 Malaysia 4,446,300 2004 37 Romania 4,389,100 2004 38 Portugal 4,238,300 2004 39 Austria 3,791,000 2004 40 Hong Kong 3,763,300 2004 41 Saudi Arabia 3,695,100 2004 42 Hungary 3,577,300 2004 43 Denmark 3,487,800 2004 44 Philippines 3,437,500 2004 45 Czech Republic 3,427,700 2004 46 Venezuela 3,346,500 2004 47 Chile 3,318,300 2004 48 Belarus 3,175,900 2004 49 Israel 3,000,000 2004 50 Bulgaria 2,726,800 2004 51 Serbia 2,685,400 2004 52 Syria 2,660,000 2004 53 Kazakhstan 2,500,000 2004 54 Finland 2,368,000 2004 55 Algeria 2,288,000 2004 56 Norway 2,228,000 2003 57 Peru 2,049,800 2004 58 Ireland 2,019,100 2004 59 Croatia 1,887,600 2004 60 Singapore 1,847,800 2005 61 New Zealand 1,800,500 2004 62 Uzbekistan 1,717,100 2003 63 Ecuador 1,612,300 2004 64 Costa Rica 1,343,200 2004 65 Morocco 1,308,600 2004 66 Slovakia 1,250,400 2004 67 Tunisia 1,203,500 2004 68 United Arab Emirates 1,187,700 2004 69 Guatemala 1,132,100 2004 70 Sri Lanka 1,130,923 2005 71 Puerto Rico 1,111,900 2004 72 Iraq 1,034,200 2004 73 Sudan 1,028,900 2004 74 Nigeria 1,027,500 2004 75 Azerbaijan 1,025,400 2004 76 Uruguay 1,000,000 2004 77 Korea, North 980,000 2003 78 Dominican Republic 936,200 2004 79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 928,000 2004 80 El Salvador 887,800 2004 81 Moldova 863,400 2004 82 Bangladesh 831,000 2004 83 Lithuania 820,000 2004 84 Slovenia 812,300 2003 85 Yemen 798,100 2004 86 Cuba 768,200 2004 87 Libya 750,000 2003 88 Georgia 683,200 2004 89 Latvia 650,500 2004 90 Lebanon 630,000 2004 91 Bolivia 625,400 2004 92 Jordan 617,300 2004 93 Armenia 582,500 2004 94 Macedonia 525,000 2003 95 Kuwait 497,000 2004 96 Estonia 444,000 2004 97 Ethiopia 435,000 2003 98 Burma 424,900 2004 99 Cyprus 418,400 100 Nepal 417,900 2004 101 Kyrgyzstan 416,400 2004 102 Jamaica 390,700 2004 103 Honduras 390,100 2004 104 Panama 376,100 2004 105 Turkmenistan 376,100 2003 106 Luxembourg 360,100 2003 107 Gaza Strip 357,300 2004 108 West Bank 357,300 2004 109 Mauritius 353,800 2004 110 Trinidad and Tobago 321,300 2004 111 Zimbabwe 317,000 2004 112 Ghana 313,300 2004 113 Reunion 300,000 2001 114 Kenya 299,300 2004 115 Paraguay 280,800 2003 116 Albania 255,000 2003 117 Tajikistan 245,200 2004 118 Senegal 244,900 2004 119 Oman 242,700 2004 120 Cote d'Ivoire 238,000 2004 121 Nicaragua 214,500 2004 122 Guadeloupe 210,000 2001 123 Malta 206,500 2004 124 Somalia 200,000 2004 125 Bahrain 191,600 2004 126 Qatar 190,900 2004 127 Iceland 190,500 2004 128 Montenegro 177,663 2005 129 Macau 173,900 2004 130 Martinique 172,000 2001 131 Tanzania 149,100 2003 132 Mongolia 142,300 2004 133 Haiti 140,000 2004 134 Bahamas, The 139,900 2004 135 Botswana 136,500 2004 136 Barbados 135,700 2004 137 Namibia 127,900 2004 138 Cameroon 110,900 2002 139 Guyana 102,700 2004 140 Fiji 102,000 2003 141 Angola 96,300 2003 142 Malawi 93,000 2004 143 Laos 90,067 2006 144 Brunei 90,000 2002 145 Zambia 88,400 2003 146 Cyprus 86,228 147 Guam 84,134 2001 148 Burkina Faso 81,400 2004 149 Suriname 81,300 2004 150 Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001 151 Mozambique 77,600 2003 152 Mali 74,900 2004 153 Jersey 73,900 2001 154 Cape Verde 73,400 2005 155 Benin 72,800 2004 156 Uganda 71,600 2004 157 Virgin Islands 70,900 2004 158 Papua New Guinea 62,000 2002 159 Togo 60,600 2003 160 Madagascar 58,700 2004 161 Bermuda 56,000 2002 162 Guernsey 55,100 2004 163 French Polynesia 53,300 2004 164 New Caledonia 53,300 2004 165 Saint Lucia 51,100 2002 166 French Guiana 51,000 2001 167 Isle of Man 51,000 1999 168 Afghanistan 50,000 2004 169 Swaziland 46,200 2003 170 Eritrea 39,300 2004 171 Mauritania 39,000 2004 172 Gabon 38,700 2004 173 Gambia, The 38,400 2002 174 Antigua and Barbuda 38,000 2004 175 Cayman Islands 38,000 2002 176 Lesotho 37,200 2004 177 Aruba 37,100 2002 178 Cambodia 36,400 2003 179 Andorra 35,000 2001 180 Belize 33,700 2004 181 Monaco 33,700 2002 182 Grenada 32,700 2004 183 Maldives 31,500 2004 184 Bhutan 30,300 2004 185 Guinea 26,200 2003 186 Greenland 25,300 2002 187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 2004 188 Gibraltar 24,512 2002 189 Niger 24,100 2004 190 Faroe Islands 24,000 2004 191 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002 192 Burundi 23,900 2003 193 Rwanda 23,200 2002 194 Seychelles 21,200 2004 195 Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000 196 Dominica 21,000 2004 197 San Marino 20,600 2002 198 Liechtenstein 19,900 2002 199 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19,000 2004 200 American Samoa 15,000 2001 201 Congo, Republic of the 13,800 2004 202 Samoa 13,300 2003 203 Comoros 13,200 2003 204 Chad 13,000 2004 205 Micronesia, Federated States of 12,000 2004 206 British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002 207 Tonga 11,200 2002 208 Djibouti 11,100 2004 209 Guinea-Bissau 10,600 2003 210 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,000 2002 211 Mayotte 10,000 2002 212 Central African Republic 10,000 2004 213 Equatorial Guinea 9,600 2003 214 Sao Tome and Principe 7,000 2003 215 Liberia 6,900 2002 216 Vanuatu 6,800 2004 217 Palau 6,700 2002 218 Anguilla 6,200 2002 219 Cook Islands 6,200 2002 220 Solomon Islands 6,200 2003 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 This file was last updated on 29 June, 2006