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Rank Country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information 1 World 1,206,315,500 2004 2 China 350,433,000 2005 3 United States 268,000,000 2003 4 European Union 238,763,162 2002 5 Japan 58,788,000 2004 6 Germany 54,574,000 2004 7 India 49,750,000 2005 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 Mexico 19,512,000 2005 15 Turkey 19,125,200 2004 16 Canada 18,276,400 2005 17 Spain 17,934,500 2004 18 Iran 14,571,100 2003 19 Taiwan 13,529,900 2004 20 Poland 12,458,000 2004 21 Ukraine 12,142,000 2004 22 Australia 11,660,000 2004 23 Egypt 10,396,100 2005 24 Vietnam 10,124,900 2004 25 Indonesia 9,990,000 2004 26 Argentina 8,800,000 2005 27 Netherlands 7,861,000 2004 28 Colombia 7,678,800 2005 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 Belgium 4,801,000 2004 34 South Africa 4,729,000 2005 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 Hong Kong 3,794,600 2005 40 Austria 3,791,000 2004 41 Saudi Arabia 3,695,100 2004 42 Venezuela 3,605,500 2005 43 Hungary 3,577,300 2004 44 Denmark 3,487,800 2004 45 Philippines 3,437,500 2004 46 Chile 3,435,900 2005 47 Czech Republic 3,427,700 2004 48 Belarus 3,284,300 2005 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 Algeria 2,572,000 2005 54 Kazakhstan 2,500,000 2004 55 Finland 2,368,000 2004 56 Peru 2,250,500 2005 57 Norway 2,228,000 2003 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 1,701,500 2005 64 Nigeria 1,395,786 2006 65 Costa Rica 1,388,500 2005 66 Morocco 1,341,200 2005 67 Tunisia 1,257,500 2005 68 Slovakia 1,250,400 2004 69 United Arab Emirates 1,187,700 2004 70 Guatemala 1,132,100 2004 71 Sri Lanka 1,130,923 2005 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 Korea, North 980,000 2003 78 El Salvador 971,500 2005 79 Bosnia and Herzegovina 928,000 2004 80 Dominican Republic 894,500 2005 81 Moldova 863,400 2004 82 Cuba 849,900 2005 83 Lithuania 820,000 2004 84 Slovenia 812,300 2003 85 Yemen 798,100 2004 86 Libya 750,000 2003 87 Georgia 683,200 2004 88 Sudan 670,000 2005 89 Latvia 650,500 2004 90 Bolivia 646,300 2005 91 Lebanon 630,000 2004 92 Jordan 617,300 2004 93 Ethiopia 610,300 2005 94 Armenia 582,500 2004 95 Macedonia 525,000 2003 96 Kuwait 497,000 2004 97 Honduras 494,400 2005 98 Estonia 444,000 2004 99 Panama 440,100 2005 100 Burma 424,900 2004 101 Cyprus 418,400 102 Nepal 417,900 2004 103 Kyrgyzstan 416,400 2004 104 Turkmenistan 376,100 2003 105 Luxembourg 360,100 2003 106 Mauritius 359,000 2005 107 Gaza Strip 357,300 2004 108 West Bank 357,300 2004 109 Jamaica 342,000 2005 110 Zimbabwe 328,000 2005 111 Trinidad and Tobago 323,500 2005 112 Ghana 321,500 2005 113 Paraguay 320,300 2005 114 Reunion 300,000 2001 115 Kenya 281,800 2005 116 Senegal 266,600 2005 117 Cote d'Ivoire 257,900 2004 118 Albania 255,000 2003 119 Tajikistan 245,200 2004 120 Oman 242,700 2004 121 Nicaragua 220,900 2005 122 Guadeloupe 210,000 2001 123 Malta 206,500 2004 124 Bahrain 196,500 2005 125 Qatar 190,900 2004 126 Iceland 190,500 2004 127 Montenegro 177,663 2005 128 Macau 174,389 2005 129 Martinique 172,000 2001 130 Tanzania 148,400 2004 131 Mongolia 142,300 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 86,228 150 Guam 84,134 2001 151 Suriname 81,300 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 Guernsey 55,100 2004 164 French Polynesia 53,300 2004 165 New Caledonia 53,300 2004 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 35,000 2001 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 31,500 2004 185 Burundi 27,700 2005 186 Guinea 26,200 2003 187 Greenland 25,300 2002 188 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 2004 189 Gibraltar 24,512 2002 190 Faroe Islands 24,000 2004 191 Niger 24,000 2005 192 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002 193 Rwanda 23,200 2002 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 12,000 2004 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 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 19 September, 2006