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Country
Telephones - main lines in use
Afghanistan 280,000 (2005)
Albania 353,600 (2005)
Algeria 3.068 million (2007)
American Samoa 10,400 (2004)
Andorra 37,200 (2007)
Angola 98,200 (2006)
Anguilla 6,200 (2002)
Antarctica 0; note - information for US bases only (2001)
Antigua and Barbuda 37,500 (2006)
Argentina 9.5 million (2007)
Armenia 603,900 (2006)
Aruba 38,700 (2006)
Australia 9.76 million (2007)
Austria 3.374 million (2007)
Azerbaijan 1.254 million (2007)
Bahamas, The 132,900 (2007)
Bahrain 194,200 (2006)
Bangladesh 1.187 million (2007)
Barbados 134,900 (2005)
Belarus 3.672 million (2007)
Belgium 4.668 million (2007)
Belize 33,900 (2007)
Benin 110,300 (2007)
Bermuda 57,700 (2006)
Bhutan 29,900 (2007)
Bolivia 678,200 (2007)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.065 million (2007)
Botswana 136,900 (2006)
Brazil 39.4 million (2007)
British Indian Ocean Territory NA
British Virgin Islands 11,700 (2002)
Brunei 79,200 (2007)
Bulgaria 2.3 million (2007)
Burkina Faso 94,800 (2006)
Burma 503,900 (2005)
Burundi 35,000 (2006)
Cambodia 37,500 (2007)
Cameroon 130,700 (2006)
Canada 21 million (2006)
Cape Verde 71,600 (2006)
Cayman Islands 38,000 (2002)
Central African Republic 12,000 (2006)
Chad 13,000 (2006)
Chile 3.379 million (2007)
China 365.4 million (2007)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 (1992)
Colombia 7.936 million (2007)
Comoros 19,100 (2006)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9,700 (2006)
Congo, Republic of the 15,900 (2005)
Cook Islands 6,200 (2002)
Costa Rica 1.437 million (2007)
Cote d'Ivoire 730,000 (2007)
Croatia 1.825 million (2007)
Cuba 1.043 million (2007)
Cyprus area under government control: 376,000 (2007); area administered by Turkish Cypriots: 86,228 (2002)
Czech Republic 2.888 million (2006)
Denmark 2.824 million (2007)
Djibouti 10,800 (2005)
Dominica 21,000 (2004)
Dominican Republic 907,000 (2007)
Ecuador 1.805 million (2007)
Egypt 11.229 million (2007)
El Salvador 1.08 million (2007)
Equatorial Guinea 10,000 (2005)
Eritrea 37,500 (2006)
Estonia 495,500 (2007)
Ethiopia 880,100 (2007)
European Union 238 million (2005)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 (2002)
Faroe Islands 23,000 (2006)
Fiji 108,400 (2007)
Finland 1.74 million (2007)
France 35.533 million; 34.8 million (metropolitan France) (2007)
French Polynesia 53,600 (2006)
Gabon 26,500 (2007)
Gambia, The 76,400 (2007)
Gaza Strip 350,400 (includes West Bank) (2007)
Georgia 544,000 (2007)
Germany 53.75 million (2007)
Ghana 376,500 (2007)
Gibraltar 24,512 (2002)
Greece 6.227 million (2007)
Greenland 36,000 (2006)
Grenada 27,700 (2006)
Guam 65,500 (2003)
Guatemala 1.355 million (2006)
Guernsey 45,100 (2005)
Guinea 26,300 (2005)
Guinea-Bissau 4,600 (2007)
Guyana 110,100 (2005)
Haiti 150,000 (2006)
Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 (2005)
Honduras 713,600 (2006)
Hong Kong 3.875 million (2007)
Hungary 3.251 million (2007)
Iceland 186,700 (2007)
India 38.76 million (2008)
Indonesia 17.828 million (2007)
Iran 23.835 million (2007)
Iraq 1.547 million (2005)
Ireland 2.112 million (2007)
Isle of Man 51,000 (1999)
Israel 3.005 million (2006)
Italy 26.89 million (2006)
Jamaica 342,000 (2006)
Japan 51.232 million (2007)
Jersey 73,900 (2001)
Jordan 585,500 (2007)
Kazakhstan 3.237 million (2007)
Kenya 264,800 (2007)
Kiribati 4,500 (2002)
Korea, North 1.18 million (2007)
Korea, South 23.905 million (2007)
Kosovo 106,300 (2006)
Kuwait 517,000 (2006)
Kyrgyzstan 482,100 (2007)
Laos 94,800 (2007)
Latvia 644,000 (2007)
Lebanon 681,400 (2006)
Lesotho 53,100 (2006)
Liberia 6,900 (2002)
Libya 852,300 (2005)
Liechtenstein 20,000 (2005)
Lithuania 799,400 (2007)
Luxembourg 248,200 (2007)
Macau 177,851 (2008)
Macedonia 463,600 (2007)
Madagascar 133,900 (2007)
Malawi 175,200 (2007)
Malaysia 4.35 million (2007)
Maldives 33,200 (2007)
Mali 85,000 (2007)
Malta 198,100 (2007)
Marshall Islands 4,500 (2004)
Mauritania 34,900 (2006)
Mauritius 357,300 (2006)
Mayotte 10,000 (2002)
Mexico 19.754 million (2007)
Micronesia, Federated States of 8,700 (2007)
Moldova 1.08 million (2007)
Monaco 34,000 (2005)
Mongolia 158,900 (2006)
Montenegro 353,300 (2006)
Montserrat NA
Morocco 2.394 million (2007)
Mozambique 67,000 (2006)
Namibia 138,100 (2007)
Nauru 1,900 (2002)
Nepal 766,400 (2007)
Netherlands 7.334 million (2007)
Netherlands Antilles 81,000 (2001)
New Caledonia 60,200 (2007)
New Zealand 1.706 million (2007)
Nicaragua 247,900 (2006)
Niger 24,000 (2005)
Nigeria 1.58 million (2007)
Niue 1,100 (2002 est.)
Norfolk Island 2,532; note - a mix of analog (2500) and digital (32) circuits (2004)
Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 (2000)
Norway 1.988 million (2007)
Oman 268,100 (2007)
Pakistan 4.546 million (2008)
Palau 6,700 (2002)
Panama 491,900 (2007)
Papua New Guinea 60,000 (2007)
Paraguay 453,800 (2007)
Peru 2.673 million (2007)
Philippines 3.633 million (2006)
Pitcairn Islands 1 (there are 17 telephones on one party line); (2004)
Poland 10.336 million (2007)
Portugal 4.139 million (2007)
Puerto Rico 1.038 million (2005)
Qatar 237,400 (2007)
Romania 4.3 million (2007)
Russia 43.9 million (2006)
Rwanda 23,100 (2007)
Saint Helena 2,200 (2002)
Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 (2004)
Saint Lucia 51,100 (2002)
Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 (2002)
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,800 (2007)
Samoa 19,500 (2005)
San Marino 21,000 (2006)
Sao Tome and Principe 7,700 (2007)
Saudi Arabia 3.996 million (2007)
Senegal 269,100 (2007)
Serbia 2.993 million (2007)
Seychelles 22,700 (2007)
Sierra Leone 24,000 (2002)
Singapore 1.859 million (2007)
Slovakia 1.151 million (2007)
Slovenia 857,100 (2007)
Solomon Islands 7,600 (2006)
Somalia 100,000 (2007)
South Africa 4.642 million (2007)
Spain 18.583 million (2007)
Sri Lanka 2.742 million (2007)
Sudan 345,200 (2007)
Suriname 81,500 (2006)
Svalbard NA
Swaziland 44,000 (2006)
Sweden 5.506 million (2007)
Switzerland 5 million (2007)
Syria 3.452 million (2007)
Taiwan 14.313 million (2007)
Tajikistan 280,200 (2005)
Tanzania 165,013 (2008)
Thailand 7.024 million (2007)
Timor-Leste 2,400 (2006)
Togo 82,100 (2006)
Tokelau 300 (2002)
Tonga 21,000 (2007)
Trinidad and Tobago 323,800 (2007)
Tunisia 1.273 million (2007)
Turkey 18.413 million (2007)
Turkmenistan 398,100 (2005)
Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 (2002)
Tuvalu 900 (2005)
Uganda 162,300 (2007)
Ukraine 12.858 million (2007)
United Arab Emirates 1.385 million (2007)
United Kingdom 33.682 million (2007)
United States 163.2 million (2007)
Uruguay 965,200 (2007)
Uzbekistan 1.793 million (2005)
Vanuatu 8,800 (2007)
Venezuela 5.082 million (2007)
Vietnam 10.8 million (2007)
Virgin Islands 71,700 (2005)
Wallis and Futuna 1,900 (2002)
West Bank 350,400 (includes Gaza Strip) (2007)
Western Sahara about 2,000 (1999 est.)
World 1,263,367,600 (2005)
Yemen 968,300 (2006)
Zambia 91,800 (2007)
Zimbabwe 344,500 (2007)

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