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

List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
199	.	Afghanistan	13,500		2011
249	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
111	.	Albania	338,800		2011
50	.	Algeria	3,059,000		2011
200	.	American Samoa	10,400		2009
169	.	Andorra	38,400		2011
115	.	Angola	303,200		2011
208	.	Anguilla	6,200		2011
248	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
172	.	Antigua and Barbuda	35,500		2011
22	.	Argentina	10,140,000		2011
92	.	Armenia	577,500		2011
174	.	Aruba	35,000		2010
20	.	Australia	10,570,000		2011
48	.	Austria	3,388,000		2011
64	.	Azerbaijan	1,684,000		2011
140	.	Bahamas, The	133,000		2011
122	.	Bahrain	276,500		2011
79	.	Bangladesh	977,700		2011
137	.	Barbados	140,700		2011
41	.	Belarus	4,208,000		2011
33	.	Belgium	4,631,000		2011
178	.	Belize	28,800		2011
133	.	Benin	152,700		2011
160	.	Bermuda	57,800		2010
181	.	Bhutan	27,500		2011
83	.	Bolivia	879,000		2011
81	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	955,900		2011
135	.	Botswana	149,600		2011
250	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
6	.	Brazil	43,026,000		2011
251	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
182	.	British Virgin Islands	26,800		2010
151	.	Brunei	79,800		2011
54	.	Bulgaria	2,356,000		2011
136	.	Burkina Faso	141,500		2011
96	.	Burma	521,100		2011
177	.	Burundi	30,000		2011
95	.	Cambodia	530,000		2011
90	.	Cameroon	669,000		2011
16	.	Canada	18,201,000		2011
155	.	Cape Verde	74,500		2011
170	.	Cayman Islands	37,200		2011
209	.	Central African Republic	5,400		2011
175	.	Chad	31,200		2011
49	.	Chile	3,366,000		2011
1	.	China	285,115,000		2011
243	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
242	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
26	.	Colombia	7,127,000		2011
185	.	Comoros	23,600		2011
161	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	57,000		2011
196	.	Congo, Republic of the	14,200		2011
205	.	Cook Islands	7,200		2009
235	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
68	.	Costa Rica	1,234,000		2011
124	.	Cote d'Ivoire	268,200		2011
63	.	Croatia	1,761,000		2011
70	.	Cuba	1,193,000		2011
237	.	Curacao	NA		NA
105	.	Cyprus	405,000		2011
55	.	Czech Republic	2,289,000		2011
53	.	Denmark	2,515,000		2011
236	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
193	.	Djibouti	18,400		2011
195	.	Dominica	15,500		2010
76	.	Dominican Republic	1,044,000		2011
56	.	Ecuador	2,211,000		2011
23	.	Egypt	8,714,000		2011
77	.	El Salvador	1,030,000		2011
198	.	Equatorial Guinea	13,500		2010
159	.	Eritrea	58,500		2011
101	.	Estonia	471,900		2011
86	.	Ethiopia	829,000		2011
245	.	European Union	NA		NA
217	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,000		2010
189	.	Faroe Islands	20,200		2009
142	.	Fiji	129,800		2011
73	.	Finland	1,080,000		2011
7	.	France	39,883,000		2011
162	.	French Polynesia	55,000		2011
244	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
187	.	Gabon	22,500		2011
163	.	Gambia, The	50,400		2011
113	.	Gaza Strip	337,000		2010
67	.	Georgia	1,345,000		2011
4	.	Germany	51,800,000		2011
119	.	Ghana	284,700		2011
184	.	Gibraltar	24,000		2010
29	.	Greece	5,745,000		2011
190	.	Greenland	19,900		2011
179	.	Grenada	28,400		2010
158	.	Guam	65,500		2010
65	.	Guatemala	1,626,000		2011
165	.	Guernsey	45,100		2010
194	.	Guinea	18,000		2011
210	.	Guinea-Bissau	5,000		2010
134	.	Guyana	152,600		2011
164	.	Haiti	50,000		2010
247	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
246	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
91	.	Honduras	609,200		2011
38	.	Hong Kong	4,342,000		2011
52	.	Hungary	2,933,000		2011
127	.	Iceland	191,100		2011
10	.	India	32,685,000		2011
8	.	Indonesia	38,618,000		2011
12	.	Iran	27,767,000		2011
62	.	Iraq	1,794,000		2011
57	.	Ireland	2,047,000		2011
241	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
47	.	Israel	3,500,000		2011
13	.	Italy	22,116,000		2011
123	.	Jamaica	272,100		2011
240	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
3	.	Japan	64,668,000		2011
156	.	Jersey	73,800		2010
102	.	Jordan	465,400		2011
39	.	Kazakhstan	4,266,000		2011
120	.	Kenya	283,500		2011
202	.	Kiribati	8,500		2011
72	.	Korea, North	1,180,000		2011
11	.	Korea, South	29,468,000		2011
144	.	Kosovo	106,300		2006
98	.	Kuwait	514,700		2011
99	.	Kyrgyzstan	502,000		2011
143	.	Laos	107,600		2011
97	.	Latvia	516,300		2011
82	.	Lebanon	900,000		2011
168	.	Lesotho	38,600		2011
213	.	Liberia	3,200		2011
78	.	Libya	1,000,000		2011
191	.	Liechtenstein	19,600		2011
88	.	Lithuania	723,000		2011
121	.	Luxembourg	279,100		2011
131	.	Macau	165,500		2011
104	.	Macedonia	422,100		2011
139	.	Madagascar	138,100		2011
129	.	Malawi	173,500		2011
40	.	Malaysia	4,243,000		2011
183	.	Maldives	24,100		2011
145	.	Mali	104,700		2011
126	.	Malta	232,300		2011
212	.	Marshall Islands	4,400		2010
157	.	Mauritania	72,300		2011
107	.	Mauritius	374,600		2011
234	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
15	.	Mexico	19,684,000		2011
201	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	8,500		2010
71	.	Moldova	1,180,000		2011
166	.	Monaco	44,500		2011
128	.	Mongolia	187,600		2011
130	.	Montenegro	169,500		2010
216	.	Montserrat	2,600		2010
45	.	Morocco	3,566,000		2011
147	.	Mozambique	88,100		2011
138	.	Namibia	140,000		2011
218	.	Nauru	1,900		2009
85	.	Nepal	845,500		2011
25	.	Netherlands	7,135,000		2011
152	.	New Caledonia	76,200		2011
60	.	New Zealand	1,880,000		2011
118	.	Nicaragua	287,600		2011
148	.	Niger	85,900		2011
89	.	Nigeria	719,400		2011
233	.	Niue	NA		NA
232	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
230	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
66	.	Norway	1,529,000		2011
117	.	Oman	287,600		2011
30	.	Pakistan	5,722,000		2011
206	.	Palau	6,900		2011
93	.	Panama	560,200		2011
141	.	Papua New Guinea	130,000		2011
108	.	Paraguay	372,400		2011
43	.	Peru	3,688,000		2011
46	.	Philippines	3,556,000		2011
231	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
27	.	Poland	6,853,000		2011
36	.	Portugal	4,530,000		2011
87	.	Puerto Rico	826,100		2011
114	.	Qatar	306,700		2011
31	.	Romania	4,680,000		2011
5	.	Russia	44,152,000		2011
167	.	Rwanda	38,900		2011
238	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
215	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	3,000		2011
188	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	20,600		2010
171	.	Saint Lucia	35,900		2011
239	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
211	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800		2010
186	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,700		2011
173	.	Samoa	35,300		2010
192	.	San Marino	18,700		2011
204	.	Sao Tome and Principe	8,000		2011
32	.	Saudi Arabia	4,633,000		2011
110	.	Senegal	346,400		2011
51	.	Serbia	3,030,000		2011
180	.	Seychelles	27,900		2011
197	.	Sierra Leone	14,000		2010
58	.	Singapore	2,017,000		2011
220	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
75	.	Slovakia	1,056,000		2011
84	.	Slovenia	872,800		2011
203	.	Solomon Islands	8,400		2011
146	.	Somalia	100,000		2010
42	.	South Africa	4,127,000		2011
222	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
221	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
14	.	Spain	19,867,000		2011
44	.	Sri Lanka	3,608,000		2011
100	.	Sudan	483,600		2011
150	.	Suriname	85,500		2011
223	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
153	.	Swaziland	75,800		2011
35	.	Sweden	4,600,000		2011
34	.	Switzerland	4,613,000		2011
37	.	Syria	4,345,000		2011
17	.	Taiwan	16,907,000		2011
106	.	Tajikistan	380,000		2011
132	.	Tanzania	161,100		2011
28	.	Thailand	6,661,000		2011
214	.	Timor-Leste	3,100		2011
125	.	Togo	240,000		2011
224	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
176	.	Tonga	30,000		2011
116	.	Trinidad and Tobago	292,000		2011
69	.	Tunisia	1,218,000		2011
18	.	Turkey	15,211,000		2011
94	.	Turkmenistan	547,000		2011
225	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
219	.	Tuvalu	1,400		2011
103	.	Uganda	464,800		2011
19	.	Ukraine	12,681,000		2011
61	.	United Arab Emirates	1,825,000		2011
9	.	United Kingdom	33,230,000		2011
2	.	United States	146,000,000		2011
80	.	Uruguay	964,900		2011
59	.	Uzbekistan	1,928,000		2011
207	.	Vanuatu	6,200		2011
24	.	Venezuela	7,332,000		2011
21	.	Vietnam	10,175,000		2011
154	.	Virgin Islands	75,800		2010
227	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
226	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
112	.	West Bank	337,000		2010
229	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
228	.	World	NA		NA
74	.	Yemen	1,075,000		2011
149	.	Zambia	85,700		2011
109	.	Zimbabwe	356,000		2011

NOTE: The information regarding Telephones - main lines in use 2013 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2013. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Telephones - main lines in use 2013 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Telephones - main lines in use 2013 should be addressed to the CIA.