Telephones - main lines in use compares the total number of main telephone lines in use.

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
1		China	278,860,000		2012
2		United States	139,000,000		2012
3		Japan	64,273,000		2012
4		Germany	50,700,000		2012
5		Brazil	44,300,000		2012
6		Russia	42,900,000		2012
7		France	39,290,000		2012
8		Indonesia	37,983,000		2012
9		United Kingdom	33,010,000		2012
10		India	31,080,000		2012
11		Korea, South	30,100,000		2012
12		Iran	28,760,000		2012
13		Italy	21,656,000		2012
14		Mexico	20,220,000		2012
15		Spain	19,220,000		2012
16		Canada	18,010,000		2012
17		Taiwan	15,998,000		2012
18		Turkey	13,860,000		2012
19		Ukraine	12,182,000		2012
20		Australia	10,470,000		2012
21		Vietnam	10,191,000		2012
22		Argentina	10,000,000		2012
23		Egypt	8,557,000		2012
24		Venezuela	7,650,000		2012
25		Netherlands	7,086,000		2012
26		Thailand	6,391,000		2012
27		Colombia	6,291,000		2012
28		Poland	6,125,000		2012
29		Pakistan	5,803,000		2012
30		Greece	5,461,000		2012
31		Saudi Arabia	4,800,000		2012
32		Romania	4,680,000		2012
33		Belgium	4,631,000		2012
34		Malaysia	4,589,000		2012
35		Portugal	4,558,000		2012
36		Syria	4,425,000		2012
37		Belarus	4,407,000		2012
38		Switzerland	4,382,000		2012
39		Hong Kong	4,362,000		2012
40		Kazakhstan	4,340,000		2012
41		Sweden	4,321,000		2012
42		South Africa	4,030,000		2012
43		Philippines	3,939,000		2012
44		Israel	3,594,000		2012
45		Peru	3,420,000		2012
46		Austria	3,342,000		2012
47		Morocco	3,280,000		2012
48		Chile	3,276,000		2012
49		Algeria	3,200,000		2012
50		Serbia	2,977,000		2012
51		Hungary	2,960,000		2012
52		Sri Lanka	2,796,000		2013
53		Denmark	2,431,000		2012
54		Ecuador	2,310,000		2012
55		Bulgaria	2,253,000		2012
56		Czech Republic	2,100,000		2012
57		Ireland	2,007,000		2012
58		Singapore	1,990,000		2012
59		United Arab Emirates	1,967,000		2012
60		Uzbekistan	1,963,000		2012
61		New Zealand	1,880,000		2012
62		Iraq	1,870,000		2012
63		Guatemala	1,744,000		2012
64		Azerbaijan	1,734,000		2012
65		Croatia	1,640,000		2012
66		Norway	1,465,000		2012
67		Georgia	1,276,000		2012
68		Cuba	1,217,000		2012
69		Moldova	1,206,000		2012
70		Korea, North	1,180,000		2011
71		Tunisia	1,105,000		2012
72		Yemen	1,100,000		2012
73		Dominican Republic	1,065,000		2012
74		El Salvador	1,060,000		2012
75		Costa Rica	1,018,000		2012
76		Uruguay	1,010,000		2012
77		Slovakia	975,000		2012
78		Bangladesh	962,000		2012
79		Finland	890,000		2012
80		Bolivia	880,600		2012
81		Lebanon	878,000		2012
81		Bosnia and Herzegovina	878,000		2012
82		Nepal	834,000		2013
83		Slovenia	825,000		8012
84		Libya	814,000		2012
85		Ethiopia	797,500		2012
86		Puerto Rico	780,200		2012
87		Cameroon	737,400		2012
88		Lithuania	667,300		2012
89		Panama	640,000		2012
90		Honduras	610,000		2012
91		Cambodia	584,000		2012
91		Armenia	584,000		2012
92		Turkmenistan	575,000		2012
93		Burma	556,000		2012
94		Kuwait	510,000		2012
95		Latvia	501,000		2012
96		Kyrgyzstan	489,000		2012
97		Estonia	448,200		2012
98		Jordan	435,000		2012
99		Sudan	425,000		2012
100		Nigeria	418,200		2012
101		Macedonia	407,900		2012
102		West Bank	406,000		2012
102		Gaza Strip	406,000		2012
103		Tajikistan	393,000		2012
104		Paraguay	376,000		2012
105		Cyprus	373,200		2012
106		Mauritius	349,100		2012
107		Senegal	338,200		2012
108		Qatar	327,000		2012
109		Nicaragua	320,000		2012
110		Uganda	315,000		2012
111		Albania	312,000		2012
112		Oman	305,000		2012
113		Angola	303,000		2012
114		Zimbabwe	301,600		2012
115		Bahrain	290,000		2012
116		Trinidad and Tobago	287,000		2012
117		Ghana	285,000		2012
118		Cote d'Ivoire	268,000		2012
119		Luxembourg	266,700		2012
120		Jamaica	265,000		2011
121		Kenya	251,600		2012
122		Malta	229,700		2012
123		Malawi	227,300		2012
124		Togo	225,000		2012
125		Iceland	189,000		2012
126		Mongolia	176,700		2012
127		Namibia	171,000		2012
128		Montenegro	163,000		2012
129		Macau	162,500		2012
130		Tanzania	161,100		2011
131		Botswana	160,500		2012
132		Benin	156,700		2012
133		Guyana	154,200		2012
134		Barbados	144,000		2012
135		Madagascar	143,700		2012
136		Burkina Faso	141,400		2012
137		Papua New Guinea	139,000		2012
138		Bahamas, The	137,000		2012
139		Laos	112,000		2012
139		Mali	112,000		2012
140		Kosovo	106,300		2006
141		Niger	100,500		2012
142		Somalia	100,000		2012
143		Fiji	88,400		2012
144		Mozambique	88,100		2012
145		Suriname	83,000		2012
146		Zambia	82,500		2012
147		New Caledonia	80,000		2012
148		Virgin Islands	75,800		2010
149		Jersey	73,800		2010
150		Brunei	70,933		2012
151		Cabo Verde	70,200		2012
152		Bermuda	69,000		2012
153		Guam	67,000		2012
154		Mauritania	65,100		2012
155		Gambia, The	64,200		2012
156		Eritrea	60,000		2012
157		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	58,200		2012
158		French Polynesia	55,000		2012
159		Haiti	50,000		2012
160		Swaziland	48,600		2012
161		Guernsey	45,100		2010
162		Monaco	44,500		2012
163		Rwanda	44,400		2012
164		Lesotho	43,100		2012
165		Aruba	43,000		2012
166		Andorra	39,000		2012
167		Cayman Islands	37,400		2012
168		Saint Lucia	36,800		2012
169		Samoa	35,300		2010
170		Antigua and Barbuda	35,000		2012
171		Tonga	30,000		2012
172		Chad	29,900		2012
173		Seychelles	28,900		2012
174		Grenada	28,500		2012
175		Bhutan	27,000		2012
176		Belize	25,400		2012
177		Comoros	24,000		2012
177		Faroe Islands	24,000		2012
178		Maldives	23,140		2012
179		Gibraltar	23,100		2012
180		Saint Kitts and Nevis	20,000		2012
180		Liechtenstein	20,000		2012
181		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	19,400		2012
182		Greenland	18,900		2012
183		San Marino	18,700		2012
184		Sierra Leone	18,000		2012
184		Djibouti	18,000		2012
184		Guinea	18,000		2012
185		Burundi	17,400		2012
186		Gabon	17,000		2012
187		Congo, Republic of the	14,900		2012
187		Equatorial Guinea	14,900		2012
188		Dominica	14,600		2012
189		Afghanistan	13,500		2012
190		British Virgin Islands	12,268		2012
191		American Samoa	10,000		2012
192		Kiribati	9,000		2012
193		Micronesia, Federated States of	8,400		2012
194		Solomon Islands	8,060		2012
195		Sao Tome and Principe	8,000		2012
196		Palau	7,300		2012
197		Cook Islands	7,200		2009
198		Anguilla	6,000		2012
199		Vanuatu	5,800		2012
200		Central African Republic	5,600		2012
201		Guinea-Bissau	5,000		2012
202		Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800		2010
203		Marshall Islands	4,400		2010
204		Liberia	3,200		2011
205		Timor-Leste	3,000		2012
205		Montserrat	3,000		2012
205		Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	3,000		2012
206		South Sudan	2,200		2012
207		Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1,980		2012
208		Nauru	1,900		2009
209		Tuvalu	1,450		2012
NA		Saint Martin	NA		NA
NA		Sint Maarten	NA		NA
NA		Svalbard	NA		NA
NA		Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
NA		Tokelau	NA		NA
NA		Wake Island	NA		NA
NA		Western Sahara	NA		NA
NA		World	NA		NA
NA		Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
NA		Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
NA		Niue	NA		NA
NA		Norfolk Island	NA		NA
NA		Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
NA		Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
NA		Isle of Man	NA		NA
NA		Jan Mayen	NA		NA
NA		Christmas Island	NA		NA
NA		Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
NA		Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
NA		Curacao	NA		NA
NA		Dhekelia	NA		NA
NA		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
NA		European Union	NA		NA
NA		Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
NA		Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
NA		Akrotiri	NA		NA
NA		Antarctica	NA		NA
NA		British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
NA		Bouvet Island	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Telephones - main lines in use 2015 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2015. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Telephones - main lines in use 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Telephones - main lines in use 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.