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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 420,000 105 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 86,228 148 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 This file was last updated on 18 January, 2007