This entry gives the total number of main telephone lines in use.

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
1	.	China	294,383,000		2010
2	.	United States	151,000,000		2010
3	.	Germany	45,600,000		2010
4	.	Russia	44,959,000		2010
5	.	Brazil	42,141,000		2010
6	.	Japan	40,419,000		2009
7	.	Indonesia	37,960,000		2010
8	.	France	36,154,000		2010
9	.	India	35,090,000		2010
10	.	United Kingdom	33,320,000		2010
11	.	Korea, South	28,543,000		2010
12	.	Iran	26,849,000		2010
13	.	Italy	21,600,000		2010
14	.	Spain	19,904,000		2010
15	.	Mexico	19,892,000		2010
16	.	Canada	17,021,000		2010
17	.	Taiwan	16,433,000		2010
18	.	Vietnam	16,400,000		2010
19	.	Turkey	16,202,000		2010
20	.	Ukraine	12,941,000		2010
21	.	Argentina	10,000,000		2010
22	.	Egypt	9,618,000		2010
23	.	Poland	9,451,000		2010
24	.	Australia	8,660,000		2010
25	.	Netherlands	7,169,000		2010
26	.	Venezuela	7,083,000		2010
27	.	Thailand	7,009,000		2010
28	.	Colombia	6,809,000		2010
29	.	Philippines	6,783,000		2010
30	.	Greece	5,203,000		2010
31	.	Sweden	5,014,000		2010
32	.	Belgium	4,640,000		2010
33	.	Malaysia	4,573,000		2010
34	.	Romania	4,500,000		2010
35	.	Portugal	4,485,000		2010
36	.	Switzerland	4,378,000		2010
37	.	Hong Kong	4,345,000		2010
38	.	South Africa	4,225,000		2010
39	.	Saudi Arabia	4,166,000		2010
40	.	Belarus	4,139,000		2010
41	.	Syria	4,069,000		2010
42	.	Kazakhstan	4,011,000		2010
43	.	Morocco	3,749,000		2010
44	.	Sri Lanka	3,579,000		2010
45	.	Chile	3,458,000		2010
46	.	Pakistan	3,419,000		2010
47	.	Israel	3,276,000		2010
48	.	Austria	3,245,000		2010
49	.	Peru	3,160,000		2010
50	.	Serbia	3,110,000		2010
51	.	Hungary	2,977,000		2010
52	.	Algeria	2,923,000		2010
53	.	Denmark	2,623,000		2010
54	.	Bulgaria	2,200,000		2010
55	.	Czech Republic	2,198,000		2010
56	.	Ecuador	2,086,000		2010
57	.	Ireland	2,078,000		2010
58	.	Singapore	1,984,000		2010
59	.	New Zealand	1,870,000		2010
60	.	Croatia	1,866,000		2010
61	.	Uzbekistan	1,864,000		2010
62	.	Norway	1,702,000		2010
63	.	Iraq	1,600,000		2010
64	.	Azerbaijan	1,500,000		2010
65	.	Guatemala	1,499,000		2010
66	.	Costa Rica	1,482,000		2010
67	.	United Arab Emirates	1,480,000		2010
68	.	Tunisia	1,290,000		2010
69	.	Finland	1,250,000		2010
70	.	Libya	1,228,000		2010
71	.	Korea, North	1,180,000		2008
72	.	Cuba	1,164,000		2010
73	.	Moldova	1,161,000		2010
74	.	Slovakia	1,099,000		2010
75	.	Nigeria	1,050,000		2010
76	.	Yemen	1,046,000		2010
77	.	Dominican Republic	1,010,000		2010
78	.	El Salvador	1,000,000		2010
79	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	998,600		2010
80	.	Uruguay	962,200		2010
81	.	Slovenia	913,600		2010
82	.	Ethiopia	908,900		2010
83	.	Bangladesh	900,000		2010
84	.	Puerto Rico	891,900		2010
85	.	Lebanon	887,800		2010
86	.	Bolivia	848,200		2010
87	.	Nepal	841,700		2010
88	.	Lithuania	733,700		2010
89	.	Honduras	669,500		2010
90	.	Burma	604,700		2010
91	.	Georgia	597,000		2010
92	.	Armenia	589,900		2010
93	.	Kuwait	566,300		2010
94	.	Panama	553,100		2010
95	.	Latvia	532,100		2010
96	.	Turkmenistan	520,000		2010
97	.	Kyrgyzstan	502,200		2010
98	.	Cameroon	496,500		2010
99	.	Jordan	485,000		2010
100	.	Estonia	482,200		2010
101	.	Kenya	460,100		2010
102	.	Cyprus	414,700		NA
103	.	Macedonia	413,100		2010
104	.	Paraguay	405,000		2010
105	.	Mauritius	387,700		2010
106	.	Zimbabwe	379,000		2010
107	.	Sudan	374,700		2010
108	.	Tajikistan	367,700		2010
109	.	Cambodia	358,800		2010
110	.	Senegal	341,900		2010
111	.	Gaza Strip	337,000		2010
112	.	West Bank	337,000		2010
113	.	Albania	331,500		2010
114	.	Uganda	327,100		2010
115	.	Angola	303,200		2010
116	.	Qatar	298,100		2010
117	.	Trinidad and Tobago	293,300		2010
118	.	Oman	283,900		2010
119	.	Ghana	277,900		2010
120	.	Luxembourg	272,400		2010
121	.	Jamaica	263,100		2010
122	.	Nicaragua	258,000		2010
123	.	Malta	247,300		2010
124	.	Bahrain	228,000		2010
125	.	Cote d'Ivoire	223,200		2010
126	.	Togo	213,800		2010
127	.	Iceland	204,000		2010
128	.	Mongolia	193,200		2010
129	.	Tanzania	174,500		2010
130	.	Madagascar	172,200		2010
131	.	Montenegro	169,500		2010
132	.	Macau	167,500		2011
133	.	Malawi	160,100		2010
134	.	Namibia	152,000		2010
135	.	Guyana	149,900		2010
136	.	Burkina Faso	144,000		2010
137	.	Afghanistan	140,000		2010
138	.	Barbados	137,500		2010
139	.	Botswana	137,400		2010
140	.	Fiji	137,000		2010
141	.	Benin	133,400		2010
142	.	Bahamas, The	129,300		2010
143	.	Papua New Guinea	121,200		2010
144	.	Mali	114,400		2010
145	.	Kosovo	106,300		2006
146	.	Laos	103,100		2010
147	.	Somalia	100,000		2010
148	.	Zambia	90,100		2010
149	.	Mozambique	88,100		2010
150	.	Suriname	85,000		2010
151	.	Niger	83,600		2010
152	.	Brunei	79,900		2010
153	.	Virgin Islands	75,800		2010
154	.	Jersey	73,800		2010
155	.	New Caledonia	72,200		2010
156	.	Cape Verde	72,000		2010
157	.	Mauritania	71,600		2010
158	.	Bermuda	57,800		2010
159	.	French Polynesia	54,900		2010
160	.	Eritrea	54,200		2010
161	.	Chad	51,200		2010
162	.	Isle of Man	51,000		1999
163	.	Haiti	50,000		2010
164	.	Gambia, The	48,800		2010
165	.	Maldives	48,000		2010
166	.	Guernsey	45,100		2010
167	.	Swaziland	44,000		2010
168	.	Congo, Republic of the	42,000		2010
169	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	42,000		2010
170	.	Antigua and Barbuda	41,700		2010
171	.	Saint Lucia	41,100		2010
172	.	Rwanda	39,700		2010
173	.	Lesotho	38,800		2010
174	.	Andorra	38,200		2010
175	.	Cayman Islands	37,400		2010
176	.	Samoa	35,300		2010
177	.	Aruba	35,000		2010
178	.	Monaco	34,100		2010
179	.	Burundi	32,600		2010
180	.	Tonga	31,000		2010
181	.	Gabon	30,400		2010
182	.	Belize	30,300		2010
183	.	Grenada	28,400		2010
184	.	Bhutan	26,300		2010
185	.	Northern Mariana Islands	25,500		2010
186	.	Gibraltar	24,000		2010
187	.	Seychelles	22,000		2010
188	.	Greenland	21,800		2010
189	.	San Marino	21,700		2010
190	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	21,700		2010
191	.	Comoros	21,000		2010
192	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	20,600		2010
193	.	Faroe Islands	20,200		2010
194	.	British Virgin Islands	20,100		2010
195	.	Liechtenstein	19,600		2010
196	.	Djibouti	18,500		2010
197	.	Guinea	18,000		2010
198	.	Dominica	15,500		2010
199	.	Sierra Leone	14,000		2010
200	.	Equatorial Guinea	13,500		2010
201	.	Central African Republic	12,000		2010
202	.	American Samoa	10,400		2010
203	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	8,500		2010
204	.	Solomon Islands	8,400		2010
205	.	Sao Tome and Principe	7,700		2010
206	.	Cook Islands	7,200		2010
207	.	Palau	7,000		2010
208	.	Anguilla	6,300		2010
209	.	Liberia	5,900		2010
210	.	Sint Maarten	5,153		2001
211	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120		2005
212	.	Vanuatu	5,000		2010
213	.	Guinea-Bissau	5,000		2010
214	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800		2010
215	.	Marshall Islands	4,400		2010
216	.	Kiribati	4,100		2010
217	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	3,700		2010
218	.	Wallis and Futuna	3,100		2010
219	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	3,000		2010
220	.	Montserrat	2,600		2010
221	.	Norfolk Island	2,532		2004
222	.	Timor-Leste	2,400		2010
223	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,000		2010
224	.	Nauru	1,900		2009
225	.	Tuvalu	1,600		2010
226	.	Niue	1,200		2010
227	.	Tokelau	300		2010
228	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287		1992
229	.	Pitcairn Islands	1		2004
230	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
231	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
232	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
233	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
234	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
235	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
236	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
237	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
238	.	Curacao	NA		NA
239	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
240	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
241	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
242	.	European Union	NA		NA
243	.	World	NA		NA
244	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
245	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
246	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
247	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
248	.	Guam	NA		NA
249	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
250	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
251	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
252	.	Antarctica	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Telephones - main lines in use 2012 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2012. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Telephones - main lines in use 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Telephones - main lines in use 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.