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	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
82	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	878,000		2012
83	.	Nepal	834,000		2013
84	.	Slovenia	825,000		8012
85	.	Libya	814,000		2012
86	.	Ethiopia	797,500		2012
87	.	Puerto Rico	780,200		2012
88	.	Cameroon	737,400		2012
89	.	Lithuania	667,300		2012
90	.	Panama	640,000		2012
91	.	Honduras	610,000		2012
92	.	Armenia	584,000		2012
93	.	Cambodia	584,000		2012
94	.	Turkmenistan	575,000		2012
95	.	Burma	556,000		2012
96	.	Kuwait	510,000		2012
97	.	Latvia	501,000		2012
98	.	Kyrgyzstan	489,000		2012
99	.	Estonia	448,200		2012
100	.	Jordan	435,000		2012
101	.	Sudan	425,000		2012
102	.	Nigeria	418,200		2012
103	.	Macedonia	407,900		2012
104	.	West Bank	406,000		2012
105	.	Gaza Strip	406,000		2012
106	.	Tajikistan	393,000		2012
107	.	Paraguay	376,000		2012
108	.	Cyprus	373,200		2012
109	.	Mauritius	349,100		2012
110	.	Senegal	338,200		2012
111	.	Qatar	327,000		2012
112	.	Nicaragua	320,000		2012
113	.	Uganda	315,000		2012
114	.	Albania	312,000		2012
115	.	Oman	305,000		2012
116	.	Angola	303,000		2012
117	.	Zimbabwe	301,600		2012
118	.	Bahrain	290,000		2012
119	.	Trinidad and Tobago	287,000		2012
120	.	Ghana	285,000		2012
121	.	Cote d'Ivoire	268,000		2012
122	.	Luxembourg	266,700		2012
123	.	Jamaica	265,000		2011
124	.	Kenya	251,600		2012
125	.	Malta	229,700		2012
126	.	Malawi	227,300		2012
127	.	Togo	225,000		2012
128	.	Iceland	189,000		2012
129	.	Mongolia	176,700		2012
130	.	Namibia	171,000		2012
131	.	Montenegro	163,000		2012
132	.	Macau	162,500		2012
133	.	Tanzania	161,100		2011
134	.	Botswana	160,500		2012
135	.	Benin	156,700		2012
136	.	Guyana	154,200		2012
137	.	Barbados	144,000		2012
138	.	Madagascar	143,700		2012
139	.	Burkina Faso	141,400		2012
140	.	Papua New Guinea	139,000		2012
141	.	Bahamas, The	137,000		2012
142	.	Laos	112,000		2012
143	.	Mali	112,000		2012
144	.	Kosovo	106,300		2006
145	.	Niger	100,500		2012
146	.	Somalia	100,000		2012
147	.	Fiji	88,400		2012
148	.	Mozambique	88,100		2012
149	.	Suriname	83,000		2012
150	.	Zambia	82,500		2012
151	.	New Caledonia	80,000		2012
152	.	Virgin Islands	75,800		2010
153	.	Jersey	73,800		2010
154	.	Brunei	70,933		2012
155	.	Cabo Verde	70,200		2012
156	.	Bermuda	69,000		2012
157	.	Guam	67,000		2012
158	.	Mauritania	65,100		2012
159	.	Gambia, The	64,200		2012
160	.	Eritrea	60,000		2012
161	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	58,200		2012
162	.	French Polynesia	55,000		2012
163	.	Haiti	50,000		2012
164	.	Swaziland	48,600		2012
165	.	Guernsey	45,100		2010
166	.	Monaco	44,500		2012
167	.	Rwanda	44,400		2012
168	.	Lesotho	43,100		2012
169	.	Aruba	43,000		2012
170	.	Andorra	39,000		2012
171	.	Cayman Islands	37,400		2012
172	.	Saint Lucia	36,800		2012
173	.	Samoa	35,300		2010
174	.	Antigua and Barbuda	35,000		2012
175	.	Tonga	30,000		2012
176	.	Chad	29,900		2012
177	.	Seychelles	28,900		2012
178	.	Grenada	28,500		2012
179	.	Bhutan	27,000		2012
180	.	Belize	25,400		2012
181	.	Comoros	24,000		2012
182	.	Faroe Islands	24,000		2012
183	.	Maldives	23,140		2012
184	.	Gibraltar	23,100		2012
185	.	Liechtenstein	20,000		2012
186	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	20,000		2012
187	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	19,400		2012
188	.	Greenland	18,900		2012
189	.	San Marino	18,700		2012
190	.	Sierra Leone	18,000		2012
191	.	Djibouti	18,000		2012
192	.	Guinea	18,000		2012
193	.	Burundi	17,400		2012
194	.	Gabon	17,000		2012
195	.	Congo, Republic of the	14,900		2012
196	.	Equatorial Guinea	14,900		2012
197	.	Dominica	14,600		2012
198	.	Afghanistan	13,500		2012
199	.	British Virgin Islands	12,268		2012
200	.	American Samoa	10,000		2012
201	.	Kiribati	9,000		2012
202	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	8,400		2012
203	.	Solomon Islands	8,060		2012
204	.	Sao Tome and Principe	8,000		2012
205	.	Palau	7,300		2012
206	.	Cook Islands	7,200		2009
207	.	Anguilla	6,000		2012
208	.	Vanuatu	5,800		2012
209	.	Central African Republic	5,600		2012
210	.	Guinea-Bissau	5,000		2012
211	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800		2010
212	.	Marshall Islands	4,400		2010
213	.	Liberia	3,200		2011
214	.	Timor-Leste	3,000		2012
215	.	Montserrat	3,000		2012
216	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	3,000		2012
217	.	South Sudan	2,200		2012
218	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	1,980		2012
219	.	Nauru	1,900		2009
220	.	Tuvalu	1,450		2012
221	.	World	NA		NA
222	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
223	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
224	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
225	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
226	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
227	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
228	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
229	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
230	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
231	.	Niue	NA		NA
232	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
233	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
234	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
235	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
236	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
237	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
238	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
239	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
240	.	Curacao	NA		NA
241	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
242	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
243	.	European Union	NA		NA
244	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
245	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
246	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
247	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
248	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
249	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Telephones - main lines in use 2014 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2014. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Telephones - main lines in use 2014 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Telephones - main lines in use 2014 should be addressed to the CIA.