Rankings > Telephones - main lines in use (All Descending)

Rank Country Value / Unit 1. China 368,000,000 2. United States 172,000,000 3. Japan 55,155,000 4. Germany 54,200,000 5. India 49,750,000 6. Russia 40,100,000 7. Brazil 38,800,000 8. France 34,630,000 9. United Kingdom 33,602,000 10. Korea, South 26,866,000 11. Italy 25,049,000 12. Iran 21,981,000 13. Canada 20,780,000 14. Mexico 19,861,000 15. Turkey 18,978,000 16. Spain 18,385,000 17. Vietnam 15,845,000 18. Indonesia 14,821,000 19. Taiwan 14,497,000 20. Ukraine 12,341,000 21. Poland 11,475,000 22. Egypt 10,808,000 23. Australia 9,940,000 24. Argentina 9,460,000 25. Colombia 7,865,000 26. Netherlands 7,600,000 27. Thailand 7,073,000 28. Sweden 6,379,000 29. Greece 6,185,000 30. Pakistan 5,240,000 31. Switzerland 5,040,000 32. South Africa 4,729,000 33. Belgium 4,719,000 34. Saudi Arabia 4,500,000 35. Romania 4,386,000 36. Malaysia 4,342,000 37. Portugal 4,231,000 38. Venezuela 4,217,000 39. Hong Kong 3,850,000 40. Austria 3,564,000 41. Belarus 3,368,000 42. Philippines 3,367,000 43. Hungary 3,350,000 44. Chile 3,326,000 45. Czech Republic 3,217,300 46. Denmark 3,098,000 47. Israel 3,005,000 48. Kazakhstan 2,928,000 49. Syria 2,903,000 50. Algeria 2,841,000 51. Serbia 2,719,000 52. Bulgaria 2,399,000 53. Peru 2,332,000 54. Ireland 2,097,000 55. Sri Lanka 2,087,000 56. Norway 2,055,000 57. Finland 1,920,000 58. Singapore 1,854,000 59. Croatia 1,832,000 60. Uzbekistan 1,793,000 61. Ecuador 1,754,000 62. New Zealand 1,729,000 63. Nigeria 1,688,000 64. Iraq 1,547,000 65. Costa Rica 1,351,000 66. United Arab Emirates 1,310,000 67. Tunisia 1,268,000 68. Morocco 1,266,000 69. Guatemala 1,248,000 70. Azerbaijan 1,189,000 71. Slovakia 1,167,000 72. Bangladesh 1,134,000 73. Puerto Rico 1,038,000 74. El Salvador 1,037,000 75. Moldova 1,018,000 76. Bosnia and Herzegovina 989,000 77. Uruguay 987,000 78. Korea, North 980,000 79. Cuba 972,900 80. Yemen 968,400 81. Dominican Republic 897,000 82. Slovenia 837,500 83. Lithuania 792,400 84. Ethiopia 725,000 85. Honduras 708,400 86. Lebanon 681,400 87. Latvia 657,400 88. Bolivia 646,300 89. Sudan 636,900 90. Jordan 614,000 91. Nepal 595,800 92. Armenia 594,400 93. Georgia 553,100 94. Estonia 541,900 95. Kuwait 510,300 96. Burma 503,900 97. Turkmenistan 495,000 98. Macedonia 490,900 99. Libya 483,000 100. Kyrgyzstan 440,400 101. Panama 432,900 102. Cyprus 408,300 103. Mauritius 357,300 104. Ghana 356,400 105. Albania 353,600 106. Montenegro 353,300 107. Zimbabwe 331,700 108. Paraguay 331,100 109. Trinidad and Tobago 325,500 110. Jamaica 319,000 111. Kenya 293,400 112. Senegal 282,600 113. Tajikistan 280,200 114. Afghanistan 280,000 115. Oman 278,300 116. Cote d'Ivoire 260,900 117. Nicaragua 247,900 118. Luxembourg 246,700 119. Qatar 228,300 120. Malta 202,300 121. Iceland 193,700 122. Bahrain 193,300 123. Macau 176,700 124. Tanzania 169,135 125. Mongolia 156,000 126. Haiti 145,300 127. Namibia 138,900 128. Botswana 136,900 129. Barbados 134,900 130. Bahamas, The 133,100 131. Madagascar 129,800 132. Fiji 112,500 133. Guyana 110,100 134. Uganda 108,100 135. Malawi 102,700 136. Cameroon 100,300 137. Somalia 100,000 138. Angola 98,200 139. Burkina Faso 94,800 140. Zambia 94,700 141. Laos 90,067 142. Togo 82,100 143. Suriname 81,500 144. Netherlands Antilles 81,000 145. Brunei 80,200 146. Benin 76,300 147. Mali 75,000 148. Virgin Islands 71,700 149. Cape Verde 71,600 150. Mozambique 67,000 151. Papua New Guinea 63,700 152. Bermuda 57,700 153. New Caledonia 55,300 154. French Polynesia 53,600 155. Gambia, The 52,900 156. Saint Lucia 51,100 157. Isle of Man 51,000 158. Lesotho 48,000 159. Swaziland 44,000 160. Antigua and Barbuda 40,000 161. Aruba 38,300 162. Cayman Islands 38,000 163. Eritrea 37,700 164. Gabon 36,500 165. Andorra 35,400 166. Mauritania 34,900 167. Monaco 34,000 168. Belize 33,900 169. Cambodia 32,800 170. Maldives 32,500 171. Bhutan 31,500 172. Burundi 31,100 173. Grenada 27,700 174. Guinea 26,300 175. Greenland 25,300 176. Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 177. Niger 24,000   Sierra Leone 24,000 179. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,600 180. Rwanda 22,000 181. Dominica 21,000   San Marino 21,000 183. Seychelles 20,700 184. Liechtenstein 20,000 185. Samoa 19,500 186. Comoros 16,900 187. Congo, Republic of the 15,900 188. Tonga 13,700 189. Chad 13,000 190. Micronesia, Federated States of 12,400 191. Timor-Leste 12,000 192. British Virgin Islands 11,700 193. Djibouti 10,800 194. Congo, Democratic Republic of the 10,600 195. American Samoa 10,400 196. Guinea-Bissau 10,200 197. Central African Republic 10,000   Equatorial Guinea 10,000 199. Solomon Islands 7,400 200. Sao Tome and Principe 7,100 201. Vanuatu 7,000 202. Liberia 6,900 203. Palau 6,700 204. Anguilla 6,200 205. Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 206. Kiribati 4,500   Marshall Islands 4,500 208. Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 209. Saint Helena 2,200 210. Western Sahara 2,000 211. Nauru 1,900   Wallis and Futuna 1,900 213. Niue 1,100 214. Tuvalu 700 215. Tokelau 300