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Rank	Country	Telephones - main lines in use	Date of Information
1	World	1,206,315,500	2004
2	China	350,433,000	2005
3	United States	268,000,000	2003
4	European Union	238,763,162	2002
5	Japan	58,788,000	2004
6	Germany	54,574,000	2004
7	India	49,750,000	2005
8	Brazil	42,382,200	2004
9	Russia	39,616,000	2004
10	France	33,870,200	2004
11	United Kingdom	32,943,000	2005
12	Korea, South	26,595,100	2004
13	Italy	25,957,000	2004
14	Mexico	19,512,000	2005
15	Turkey	19,125,200	2004
16	Canada	18,276,400	2005
17	Spain	17,934,500	2004
18	Iran	14,571,100	2003
19	Taiwan	13,529,900	2004
20	Poland	12,458,000	2004
21	Ukraine	12,142,000	2004
22	Australia	11,660,000	2004
23	Egypt	10,396,100	2005
24	Vietnam	10,124,900	2004
25	Indonesia	9,990,000	2004
26	Argentina	8,800,000	2005
27	Netherlands	7,861,000	2004
28	Colombia	7,678,800	2005
29	Thailand	6,797,000	2004
30	Sweden	6,447,000	2004
31	Greece	6,348,800	2004
32	Switzerland	5,262,600	2004
33	Belgium	4,801,000	2004
34	South Africa	4,729,000	2005
35	Pakistan	4,502,200	2004
36	Malaysia	4,446,300	2004
37	Romania	4,389,100	2004
38	Portugal	4,238,300	2004
39	Hong Kong	3,794,600	2005
40	Austria	3,791,000	2004
41	Saudi Arabia	3,695,100	2004
42	Venezuela	3,605,500	2005
43	Hungary	3,577,300	2004
44	Denmark	3,487,800	2004
45	Philippines	3,437,500	2004
46	Chile	3,435,900	2005
47	Czech Republic	3,427,700	2004
48	Belarus	3,284,300	2005
49	Israel	3,000,000	2004
50	Bulgaria	2,726,800	2004
51	Serbia	2,685,400	2004
52	Syria	2,660,000	2004
53	Algeria	2,572,000	2005
54	Kazakhstan	2,500,000	2004
55	Finland	2,368,000	2004
56	Peru	2,250,500	2005
57	Norway	2,228,000	2003
58	Ireland	2,019,100	2004
59	Croatia	1,887,600	2004
60	Singapore	1,847,800	2005
61	New Zealand	1,800,500	2004
62	Uzbekistan	1,717,100	2003
63	Ecuador	1,701,500	2005
64	Nigeria	1,395,786	2006
65	Costa Rica	1,388,500	2005
66	Morocco	1,341,200	2005
67	Tunisia	1,257,500	2005
68	Slovakia	1,250,400	2004
69	United Arab Emirates	1,187,700	2004
70	Guatemala	1,132,100	2004
71	Sri Lanka	1,130,923	2005
72	Puerto Rico	1,111,900	2004
73	Azerbaijan	1,091,400	2005
74	Bangladesh	1,070,000	2005
75	Iraq	1,034,200	2004
76	Uruguay	1,000,000	2004
77	Korea, North	980,000	2003
78	El Salvador	971,500	2005
79	Bosnia and Herzegovina	928,000	2004
80	Dominican Republic	894,500	2005
81	Moldova	863,400	2004
82	Cuba	849,900	2005
83	Lithuania	820,000	2004
84	Slovenia	812,300	2003
85	Yemen	798,100	2004
86	Libya	750,000	2003
87	Georgia	683,200	2004
88	Sudan	670,000	2005
89	Latvia	650,500	2004
90	Bolivia	646,300	2005
91	Lebanon	630,000	2004
92	Jordan	617,300	2004
93	Ethiopia	610,300	2005
94	Armenia	582,500	2004
95	Macedonia	525,000	2003
96	Kuwait	497,000	2004
97	Honduras	494,400	2005
98	Estonia	444,000	2004
99	Panama	440,100	2005
100	Burma	424,900	2004
101	Cyprus	418,400	NA
102	Nepal	417,900	2004
103	Kyrgyzstan	416,400	2004
104	Turkmenistan	376,100	2003
105	Luxembourg	360,100	2003
106	Mauritius	359,000	2005
107	Gaza Strip	357,300	2004
108	West Bank	357,300	2004
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	Reunion	300,000	2001
115	Kenya	281,800	2005
116	Senegal	266,600	2005
117	Cote d'Ivoire	257,900	2004
118	Albania	255,000	2003
119	Tajikistan	245,200	2004
120	Oman	242,700	2004
121	Nicaragua	220,900	2005
122	Guadeloupe	210,000	2001
123	Malta	206,500	2004
124	Bahrain	196,500	2005
125	Qatar	190,900	2004
126	Iceland	190,500	2004
127	Montenegro	177,663	2005
128	Macau	174,389	2005
129	Martinique	172,000	2001
130	Tanzania	148,400	2004
131	Mongolia	142,300	2004
132	Haiti	140,000	2004
133	Bahamas, The	139,900	2004
134	Barbados	134,900	2005
135	Botswana	132,000	2005
136	Namibia	127,900	2004
137	Guyana	110,100	2005
138	Malawi	102,700	2005
139	Fiji	102,000	2003
140	Uganda	100,800	2005
141	Afghanistan	100,000	2005
142	Somalia	100,000	2005
143	Cameroon	99,400	2004
144	Burkina Faso	97,400	2005
145	Zambia	94,700	2005
146	Angola	94,300	2005
147	Laos	90,067	2006
148	Brunei	90,000	2002
149	Cyprus	86,228	NA
150	Guam	84,134	2001
151	Suriname	81,300	2004
152	Netherlands Antilles	81,000	2001
153	Benin	76,300	2005
154	Mali	75,000	2005
155	Jersey	73,900	2001
156	Cape Verde	71,400	2005
157	Virgin Islands	70,900	2004
158	Mozambique	69,700	2004
159	Madagascar	66,900	2005
160	Papua New Guinea	62,000	2002
161	Togo	58,600	2005
162	Bermuda	56,000	2002
163	Guernsey	55,100	2004
164	French Polynesia	53,300	2004
165	New Caledonia	53,300	2004
166	Saint Lucia	51,100	2002
167	French Guiana	51,000	2001
168	Isle of Man	51,000	1999
169	Lesotho	48,000	2005
170	Gambia, The	44,000	2005
171	Mauritania	41,000	2005
172	Gabon	39,100	2005
173	Antigua and Barbuda	38,000	2004
174	Cayman Islands	38,000	2002
175	Eritrea	37,700	2005
176	Aruba	37,100	2002
177	Cambodia	36,400	2003
178	Andorra	35,000	2001
179	Swaziland	35,000	2005
180	Monaco	33,700	2002
181	Belize	33,300	2005
182	Bhutan	32,700	2005
183	Grenada	32,700	2004
184	Maldives	31,500	2004
185	Burundi	27,700	2005
186	Guinea	26,200	2003
187	Greenland	25,300	2002
188	Saint Kitts and Nevis	25,000	2004
189	Gibraltar	24,512	2002
190	Faroe Islands	24,000	2004
191	Niger	24,000	2005
192	Sierra Leone	24,000	2002
193	Rwanda	23,200	2002
194	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	22,500	2005
195	Seychelles	21,400	2005
196	Northern Mariana Islands	21,000	2000
197	Dominica	21,000	2004
198	San Marino	20,600	2002
199	Liechtenstein	19,900	2002
200	Comoros	16,900	2005
201	American Samoa	15,000	2001
202	Congo, Republic of the	13,800	2004
203	Samoa	13,300	2003
204	Chad	13,000	2004
205	Micronesia, Federated States of	12,000	2004
206	British Virgin Islands	11,700	2002
207	Tonga	11,200	2002
208	Djibouti	11,100	2004
209	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	10,600	2005
210	Guinea-Bissau	10,600	2003
211	Central African Republic	10,000	2004
212	Equatorial Guinea	10,000	2005
213	Mayotte	10,000	2002
214	Sao Tome and Principe	7,000	2003
215	Liberia	6,900	2002
216	Vanuatu	6,800	2004
217	Palau	6,700	2002
218	Anguilla	6,200	2002
219	Cook Islands	6,200	2002
220	Solomon Islands	6,200	2003
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	5,700	2002
222	Marshall Islands	5,510	2004
223	Holy See (Vatican City)	5,120	2005
224	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,800	2002
225	Kiribati	4,500	2002
226	Norfolk Island	2,532	2004
227	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	2,400	2002
228	Saint Helena	2,200	2002
229	Nauru	1,900	2002
230	Wallis and Futuna	1,900	2002
231	Niue	1,100	2002
232	Tuvalu	700	2002
233	Tokelau	300	2002
234	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287	1992
235	Pitcairn Islands	1	2004
236	Antarctica	0	2001

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