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Telephones - main lines in use compares the total number of main telephone lines in use.
Rank Order Listing for the Telephones - fixed lines field
Rank Country Telephones - fixed lines Date of Information
1 China 185,097,221
2 United States 107,667,642
3 Japan 62,775,494
4 France 39,234,941
5 Germany 38,847,530
6 Brazil 33,585,164
7 Russia 31,171,043
8 United Kingdom 31,160,866
9 Iran 29,330,454
10 Korea, South 24,924,607
11 Mexico 22,471,647
12 Spain 21,065,700
13 India 20,198,012
14 Italy 20,196,475
15 Canada 13,258,721
16 Taiwan 12,863,860
17 Turkey 11,283,768
18 Indonesia 9,272,754
19 Egypt 8,885,103
20 Australia 7,792,701
21 Argentina 7,791,464
22 Poland 6,907,937
23 Colombia 6,774,363
24 Malaysia 6,530,410
25 Netherlands 5,598,798
26 Venezuela 5,501,135
27 Saudi Arabia 5,276,773
28 Portugal 5,179,685
29 Greece 5,080,386
30 Algeria 4,558,502
31 Belarus 4,513,255
32 Ukraine 4,378,911
33 Philippines 4,140,108
34 Belgium 3,967,054
35 Hong Kong 3,942,605
36 Romania 3,731,047
37 Vietnam 3,710,210
38 Austria 3,700,006
39 Kazakhstan 3,275,584
40 Uzbekistan 3,262,896
41 Peru 3,099,172
42 Syria 3,097,164
43 Hungary 3,084,836
44 Israel 3,050,693
45 Switzerland 3,012,224
46 Iraq 2,678,046
47 Sri Lanka 2,641,982
48 Chile 2,620,195
49 Pakistan 2,607,495
50 Thailand 2,580,166
51 United Arab Emirates 2,380,238
52 Ecuador 2,111,291
53 Serbia 2,060,005
54 Singapore 2,003,594
55 Morocco 1,982,934
56 Sweden 1,941,360
57 South Africa 1,934,778
58 Guatemala 1,894,179
59 Ireland 1,854,605
60 New Zealand 1,801,645
61 Azerbaijan 1,686,316
62 Libya 1,618,511
63 Laos 1,526,232
64 Cuba 1,475,679
65 Czechia 1,473,846
66 Tunisia 1,444,631
67 Bangladesh 1,433,460
68 Croatia 1,371,999
69 Yemen 1,253,287
70 Korea, North 1,183,806
71 Dominican Republic 1,172,083
72 Uruguay 1,137,193
73 Ethiopia 1,095,946
74 Denmark 1,017,009
75 Bulgaria 974,056
76 Cameroon 966,035
77 Bosnia and Herzegovina 920,407
78 Moldova 901,317
79 El Salvador 882,498
80 Nepal 855,926
81 Puerto Rico 758,869
82 Lebanon 752,547
83 Bolivia 719,399
84 Slovenia 715,283
85 Slovakia 673,341
86 Panama 671,799
87 Turkmenistan 648,223
88 Georgia 638,092
89 Costa Rica 630,386
90 Norway 571,958
91 Burma 544,283
92 Gaza Strip 472,293 est.
93 West Bank 472,293 est.
94 Tajikistan 471,090
95 Mauritius 470,166
96 Cyprus 469,305
97 Armenia 462,725
98 Honduras 458,696
99 Oman 456,940
100 Macedonia 402,250
101 Qatar 392,048
102 Mongolia 385,191
103 Jamaica 379,420
104 Jordan 375,576
105 Lithuania 368,515
106 Kuwait 368,305
107 Paraguay 309,221
108 Estonia 302,606
109 Trinidad and Tobago 298,493
110 Cote d'Ivoire 284,799
111 Kyrgyzstan 275,311
112 Ghana 272,801
113 Finland 269,980
114 Luxembourg 268,043
115 Malta 264,557
116 Albania 258,474
117 Zimbabwe 258,419
118 Bahrain 246,603
119 Mali 227,831
120 Latvia 227,149
121 Nicaragua 215,055
122 Senegal 195,288
123 Uganda 184,065
124 Montenegro 183,387
125 Nigeria 146,075
126 Namibia 144,575
127 Sudan 141,922
128 Barbados 141,618
129 Botswana 139,735
130 Papua New Guinea 133,593
131 Guyana 130,497
132 Iceland 128,597
133 Afghanistan 125,232
134 Angola 122,566
135 Macau 119,355
136 Kosovo 117,317
137 Eritrea 116,882
138 Niger 116,352
139 Suriname 96,310
140 Zambia 91,422
141 Brunei 91,415
142 New Caledonia 82,111
143 Fiji 80,650
144 Bahamas, The 78,439
145 Virgin Islands 77,212
146 Burkina Faso 75,066
147 Somalia 74,800
148 Tanzania 74,081
149 Guam 70,639
150 Madagascar 68,426
151 Kenya 68,072
152 French Polynesia 63,769
153 Mozambique 61,575
154 Cabo Verde 60,233
155 Curacao 57,443
156 Cambodia 56,749
157 Jersey 55,938 est.
158 Mauritania 53,742
159 Togo 45,311
160 Andorra 44,050
161 Gambia, The 41,179
162 Eswatini 40,003
163 Aruba 39,582
164 Benin 37,305
165 Guernsey 36,547 est.
166 Monaco 34,903
167 Djibouti 34,671
168 Cayman Islands 33,338
169 Saint Lucia 33,285
170 Grenada 33,011
171 Bermuda 24,808
172 Antigua and Barbuda 24,403
173 Gabon 22,412
174 Bhutan 21,916
175 Burundi 20,758
176 Northern Mariana Islands 20,398
177 Seychelles 19,627
178 Faroe Islands 19,137
179 Belize 18,617
180 Saint Kitts and Nevis 17,766
181 Congo, Republic of the 17,076
182 San Marino 16,070
183 Gibraltar 14,865
184 Malawi 14,357
185 Liechtenstein 14,337
186 Maldives 12,316
187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11,889
188 Rwanda 11,215
189 Comoros 9,840
190 American Samoa 8,984
191 Palau 8,808
192 Samoa 8,770
193 Liberia 8,394
194 Lesotho 7,865
195 British Virgin Islands 7,640
196 Anguilla 7,461
197 Greenland 7,259
198 Solomon Islands 7,130
199 Equatorial Guinea 6,779
200 Tonga 6,748
201 Chad 6,540
202 Micronesia, Federated States of 6,420
203 Turks and Caicos Islands 6,096
204 Haiti 5,464
205 Sao Tome and Principe 4,614
206 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,086
207 Wallis and Futuna 4,012
208 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 3,921
209 Vanuatu 3,724
210 Cook Islands 3,305
211 Montserrat 3,227
212 Marshall Islands 3,172
213 Central African Republic 2,934
214 Dominica 2,751
215 Sierra Leone 2,586
216 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,255 est.
217 Timor-Leste 2,164
218 Tuvalu 1,978
219 Nauru 1,900 est.
220 Tokelau 300 est.
221 Kiribati 22
222 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0
223 Guinea 0
224 Guinea-Bissau 0
225 South Sudan 0