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Rank Order - Telephones - main lines in use

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Rank	Country	Telephones - main lines in use	Date of Information
1	World	1,263,367,600	2005
2	China	350,433,000	2005
3	United States	268,000,000	2003
4	European Union	238,000,000	2005
5	Japan	58,780,000	2005
6	Germany	55,046,000	2005
7	India	49,750,000	2005
8	Brazil	42,382,000	2004
9	Russia	40,100,000	2005
10	France	38,433,000	2005
11	France	35,700,000	2005
12	United Kingdom	32,943,000	2005
13	Italy	25,049,000	2005
14	Korea, South	23,745,000	2005
15	Mexico	19,512,000	2005
16	Iran	18,986,000	2005
17	Turkey	18,978,000	2005
18	Spain	18,322,000	2005
19	Canada	18,276,000	2005
20	Vietnam	15,845,000	2005
21	Taiwan	13,615,000	2005
22	Indonesia	12,772,000	2005
23	Ukraine	12,142,000	2004
24	Poland	11,803,000	2005
25	Australia	11,460,000	2005
26	Egypt	10,396,100	2005
27	Argentina	8,800,000	2005
28	Colombia	7,678,800	2005
29	Netherlands	7,600,000	2005
30	Thailand	7,035,000	2005
31	Sweden	6,447,000	2004
32	Greece	6,303,000	2005
33	Pakistan	5,277,500	2005
34	Switzerland	5,123,000	2005
35	Belgium	4,801,000	2004
36	South Africa	4,729,000	2005
37	Romania	4,391,000	2005
38	Malaysia	4,366,000	2005
39	Portugal	4,234,000	2005
40	Saudi Arabia	3,800,000	2005
41	Hong Kong	3,794,600	2005
42	Austria	3,705,000	2005
43	Venezuela	3,605,500	2005
44	Philippines	3,437,500	2004
45	Chile	3,435,900	2005
46	Hungary	3,356,000	2005
47	Denmark	3,350,000	2005
48	Belarus	3,284,300	2005
49	Czech Republic	3,217,300	2005
50	Israel	2,936,300	2005
51	Syria	2,903,000	2005
52	Serbia	2,685,400	2004
53	Algeria	2,572,000	2005
54	Kazakhstan	2,500,000	2004
55	Bulgaria	2,483,500	2005
56	Peru	2,250,500	2005
57	Norway	2,129,000	2005
58	Finland	2,120,000	2005
59	Ireland	2,033,000	2005
60	Croatia	1,889,500	2005
61	Singapore	1,848,000	2005
62	New Zealand	1,800,500	2004
63	Uzbekistan	1,717,100	2003
64	Ecuador	1,701,500	2005
65	Costa Rica	1,388,500	2005
66	Morocco	1,341,200	2005
67	Tunisia	1,257,500	2005
68	Sri Lanka	1,244,000	2005
69	United Arab Emirates	1,237,000	2005
70	Nigeria	1,223,300	2005
71	Slovakia	1,197,000	2005
72	Guatemala	1,132,100	2004
73	Puerto Rico	1,111,900	2004
74	Azerbaijan	1,091,400	2005
75	Bangladesh	1,070,000	2005
76	Iraq	1,034,200	2004
77	Uruguay	1,000,000	2004
78	Lebanon	990,000	2005
79	Korea, North	980,000	2003
80	El Salvador	971,500	2005
81	Bosnia and Herzegovina	968,900	2005
82	Moldova	929,400	2005
83	Dominican Republic	894,500	2005
84	Cuba	849,900	2005
85	Slovenia	816,400	2005
86	Lithuania	801,100	2005
87	Yemen	798,100	2004
88	Libya	750,000	2003
89	Latvia	731,000	2005
90	Georgia	683,200	2004
91	Sudan	670,000	2005
92	Bolivia	646,300	2005
93	Jordan	617,300	2004
94	Ethiopia	610,300	2005
95	Armenia	582,500	2004
96	Macedonia	533,200	2005
97	Kuwait	510,300	2005
98	Honduras	494,400	2005
99	Burma	476,200	2005
100	Nepal	448,600	2005
101	Estonia	442,000	2005
102	Panama	440,100	2005
103	Kyrgyzstan	438,200	2005
104	Cyprus	420,000	NA
105	Turkmenistan	376,100	2003
106	Mauritius	359,000	2005
107	West Bank	357,300	2004
108	Gaza Strip	349,000	2005
109	Jamaica	342,000	2005
110	Zimbabwe	328,000	2005
111	Trinidad and Tobago	323,500	2005
112	Ghana	321,500	2005
113	Paraguay	320,300	2005
114	Kenya	281,800	2005
115	Senegal	266,600	2005
116	Oman	265,200	2005
117	Cote d'Ivoire	257,900	2004
118	Albania	255,000	2003
119	Tajikistan	245,200	2004
120	Luxembourg	244,500	2005
121	Nicaragua	220,900	2005
122	Qatar	205,400	2005
123	Malta	202,100	2005
124	Bahrain	196,500	2005
125	Iceland	193,900	2005
126	Montenegro	177,663	2005
127	Macau	174,400	2005
128	Mongolia	156,000	2005
129	Tanzania	148,400	2004
130	Haiti	140,000	2004
131	Bahamas, The	139,900	2004
132	Barbados	134,900	2005
133	Botswana	132,000	2005
134	Namibia	127,900	2004
135	Guyana	110,100	2005
136	Malawi	102,700	2005
137	Fiji	102,000	2003
138	Uganda	100,800	2005
139	Afghanistan	100,000	2005
140	Somalia	100,000	2005
141	Cameroon	99,400	2004
142	Burkina Faso	97,400	2005
143	Zambia	94,700	2005
144	Angola	94,300	2005
145	Laos	90,067	2006
146	Brunei	90,000	2002
147	Cyprus	86,228	NA
148	Guam	84,134	2001
149	Suriname	81,100	2004
150	Netherlands Antilles	81,000	2001
151	Benin	76,300	2005
152	Mali	75,000	2005
153	Jersey	73,900	2001
154	Cape Verde	71,400	2005
155	Virgin Islands	70,900	2004
156	Mozambique	69,700	2004
157	Madagascar	66,900	2005
158	Papua New Guinea	62,000	2002
159	Togo	58,600	2005
160	Bermuda	56,000	2002
161	New Caledonia	55,300	2005
162	Guernsey	55,100	2004
163	French Polynesia	53,400	2005
164	Saint Lucia	51,100	2002
165	Isle of Man	51,000	1999
166	Lesotho	48,000	2005
167	Gambia, The	44,000	2005
168	Mauritania	41,000	2005
169	Gabon	39,100	2005
170	Antigua and Barbuda	38,000	2004
171	Cayman Islands	38,000	2002
172	Eritrea	37,700	2005
173	Aruba	37,100	2002
174	Cambodia	36,400	2003
175	Andorra	35,400	2005
176	Swaziland	35,000	2005
177	Monaco	33,700	2002
178	Belize	33,300	2005
179	Bhutan	32,700	2005
180	Grenada	32,700	2004
181	Maldives	32,300	2005
182	Burundi	27,700	2004
183	Guinea	26,200	2003
184	Greenland	25,300	2002
185	Saint Kitts and Nevis	25,000	2004
186	Gibraltar	24,512	2002
187	Niger	24,000	2005
188	Sierra Leone	24,000	2002
189	Faroe Islands	23,800	2005
190	Rwanda	23,000	2004
191	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,500	2005
192	Seychelles	21,400	2005
193	Northern Mariana Islands	21,000	2000
194	Dominica	21,000	2004
195	San Marino	20,600	2002
196	Liechtenstein	19,900	2002
197	Comoros	16,900	2005
198	American Samoa	15,000	2001
199	Congo, Republic of the	13,800	2004
200	Samoa	13,300	2003
201	Chad	13,000	2004
202	Micronesia, Federated States of	12,400	2005
203	British Virgin Islands	11,700	2002
204	Tonga	11,200	2002
205	Djibouti	11,100	2004
206	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,600	2005
207	Guinea-Bissau	10,600	2003
208	Central African Republic	10,000	2004
209	Equatorial Guinea	10,000	2005
210	Mayotte	10,000	2002
211	Solomon Islands	7,400	2005
212	Sao Tome and Principe	7,000	2004
213	Liberia	6,900	2002
214	Vanuatu	6,800	2004
215	Palau	6,700	2002
216	Anguilla	6,200	2002
217	Cook Islands	6,200	2002
218	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,700	2002
219	Marshall Islands	5,510	2004
220	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120	2005
221	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800	2002
222	Kiribati	4,500	2002
223	Norfolk Island	2,532	2004
224	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,400	2002
225	Saint Helena	2,200	2002
226	Nauru	1,900	2002
227	Wallis and Futuna	1,900	2002
228	Niue	1,100	2002
229	Tuvalu	700	2002
230	Tokelau	300	2002
231	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287	1992
232	Pitcairn Islands	1	2004
233	Antarctica	0	2001

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