List of countries by number of telephone lines in use information
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This is a list of countries by number of telephone lines mostly based on The World Factbook[1] accessed in September 2010.
Rank
Country/region
Number of telephone lines
Date of information
—
Worldwide
931,000,000
2019[2]
1
China
183,477,000
2018/11[3]
2
United States
114,000,000
2011 est.
3
Germany
48,700,000
2009 est.
4
Japan
47,579,000
2008 est.
5
Russia
44,959,000
2009 est.
6
Brazil
41,497,000
2009 est.
7
France
36,431,000
2009 est.
8
United Kingdom
33,209,000
2008 est.
9
Iran
31,740,000
2014 est.[4]
10
Indonesia
30,378,000
2008 est.
11
South Korea
29,468,000
2011 est.
12
India
21,290,000
2019/11[5]
13
Mexico
20,667,000
2008 est.
14
Spain
20,200,000
2008 est.
15
Italy
20,031,000
2008 est.
16
Canada
18,250,000
2008 est.
17
Turkey
17,502,000
2008 est.
18
Taiwan
14,273,000
2008 est.
19
Ukraine
13,177,000
2008 est.
20
Poland
10,336,000
2008 est.
21
Vietnam
10,175,000
2011 est.
22
Argentina
9,631,000
2008 est.
23
Egypt
9,600,000
2008 est.
24
Australia
9,370,000
2008 est.
25
Colombia
7,324,000
2008 est.
26
Netherlands
7,219,000
2010 est.
27
Venezuela
7,024,000
2008 est.
28
Thailand
6,304,000
2008 est.
29
Greece
5,975,000
2008 est.
30
Sweden
5,323,000
2008 est.
31
Romania
5,306,000
2007 est.
32
Switzerland
4,820,000
2008 est.
33
Pakistan
4,546,000
2008 est.
34
Belgium
4,457,000
2008 est.
35
South Africa
4,425,000
2008 est.
36
Malaysia
4,292,000
2008 est.
37
Portugal
4,121,000
2008 est.
38
Hong Kong
4,108,000
2008 est.
39
Saudi Arabia
4,100,000
2008 est.
40
Philippines
3,905,000
2008 est.
41
Belarus
3,718,000
2008 est.
42
Syria
3,633,000
2008 est.
43
Peru
3,550,604
2009 est.[6]
44
Chile
3,526,000
2008 est.
45
Sri Lanka
3,446,000
2008 est.
46
Kazakhstan
3,410,000
2008 est.
47
Algeria
3,314,000
2008 est.
48
Austria
3,285,000
2008 est.
49
Israel
3,100,000
2008 est.
50
Hungary
3,094,000
2008 est.
51
Albania
2,995,000
2008 est.
52
Morocco
2,991,000
2008 est.
53
Czech Republic
2,278,000
2008 est.
54
Bulgaria
2,258,000
2008 est.
55
Ireland
2,202,000
2008 est.
56
Denmark
2,062,000
2008 est.
57
Norway
1,928,000
2008 est.
58
Ecuador
1,910,000
2008 est.
59
Croatia
1,857,000
2008 est.
60
Singapore
1,851,000
2008 est.
61
Uzbekistan
1,850,000
2008 est.
62
New Zealand
1,750,000
2008 est.
63
Finland
1,650,000
2008 est.
64
United Arab Emirates
1,508,000
2008 est.
65
Guatemala
1,449,000
2008 est.
66
Costa Rica
1,438,000
2008 est.
67
Bangladesh
1,390,000
2008 est.
68
Azerbaijan
1,311,000
2008 est.
69
Nigeria
1,308,000
2008 est.
70
Tunisia
1,234,000
2008 est.
71
North Korea
1,180,000
2008 est.
72
Yemen
1,117,000
2008 est.
73
Moldova
1,115,000
2008 est.
74
Cuba
1,104,000
2008 est.
75
Slovakia
1,098,000
2008 est.
76
Iraq
1,082,000
2008 est.
77
El Salvador
1,077,000
2008 est.
78
Puerto Rico
1,038,000
2008 est.
79
Libya
1,033,000
2008 est.
80
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,031,000
2008 est.
81
Slovenia
1,010,000
2008 est.
82
Uruguay
985,700
2008 est.
83
Dominican Republic
959,300
2008 est.
84
Ethiopia
908,900
2008 est.
85
Burma
829,000
2008 est.
86
Honduras
825,800
2008 est.
87
Nepal
3074972
2008 est.
88
Lithuania
784,900
2008 est.
89
Lebanon
714,000
2008 est.
90
Bolivia
690,000
2008 est.
91
Armenia
650,000
2008 est.
92
Latvia
644,000
2008 est.
93
Georgia
618,000
2008 est.
94
Kuwait
541,000
2008 est.
95
Panama
524,000
2008 est.
96
Jordan
503,000
2008 est.
97
Estonia
498,100
2008 est.
98
Kyrgyzstan
494,500
2008 est.
99
Paraguay
491,000
2008 est.
100
Turkmenistan
478,000
2008 est.
^"The World Factbook". Cia.gov. Archived from the original on June 13, 2007. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
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