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Rank country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information 1 China 278,860,000 2012 2 United States 139,000,000 2012 3 Japan 64,273,000 2012 4 Germany 50,700,000 2012 5 Brazil 44,300,000 2012 6 Russia 42,900,000 2012 7 France 39,290,000 2012 8 Indonesia 37,983,000 2012 9 United Kingdom 33,010,000 2012 10 India 31,080,000 2012 11 Korea, South 30,100,000 2012 12 Iran 28,760,000 2012 13 Italy 21,656,000 2012 14 Mexico 20,220,000 2012 15 Spain 19,220,000 2012 16 Canada 18,010,000 2012 17 Taiwan 15,998,000 2012 18 Turkey 13,860,000 2012 19 Ukraine 12,182,000 2012 20 Australia 10,470,000 2012 21 Vietnam 10,191,000 2012 22 Argentina 10,000,000 2012 23 Egypt 8,557,000 2012 24 Venezuela 7,650,000 2012 25 Netherlands 7,086,000 2012 26 Thailand 6,391,000 2012 27 Colombia 6,291,000 2012 28 Poland 6,125,000 2012 29 Pakistan 5,803,000 2012 30 Greece 5,461,000 2012 31 Saudi Arabia 4,800,000 2012 32 Romania 4,680,000 2012 33 Belgium 4,631,000 2012 34 Malaysia 4,589,000 2012 35 Portugal 4,558,000 2012 36 Syria 4,425,000 2012 37 Belarus 4,407,000 2012 38 Switzerland 4,382,000 2012 39 Hong Kong 4,362,000 2012 40 Kazakhstan 4,340,000 2012 41 Sweden 4,321,000 2012 42 South Africa 4,030,000 2012 43 Philippines 3,939,000 2012 44 Israel 3,594,000 2012 45 Peru 3,420,000 2012 46 Austria 3,342,000 2012 47 Morocco 3,280,000 2012 48 Chile 3,276,000 2012 49 Algeria 3,200,000 2012 50 Serbia 2,977,000 2012 51 Hungary 2,960,000 2012 52 Sri Lanka 2,796,000 2013 53 Denmark 2,431,000 2012 54 Ecuador 2,310,000 2012 55 Bulgaria 2,253,000 2012 56 Czech Republic 2,100,000 2012 57 Ireland 2,007,000 2012 58 Singapore 1,990,000 2012 59 United Arab Emirates 1,967,000 2012 60 Uzbekistan 1,963,000 2012 61 New Zealand 1,880,000 2012 62 Iraq 1,870,000 2012 63 Guatemala 1,744,000 2012 64 Azerbaijan 1,734,000 2012 65 Croatia 1,640,000 2012 66 Norway 1,465,000 2012 67 Georgia 1,276,000 2012 68 Cuba 1,217,000 2012 69 Moldova 1,206,000 2012 70 Korea, North 1,180,000 2011 71 Tunisia 1,105,000 2012 72 Yemen 1,100,000 2012 73 Dominican Republic 1,065,000 2012 74 El Salvador 1,060,000 2012 75 Costa Rica 1,018,000 2012 76 Uruguay 1,010,000 2012 77 Slovakia 975,000 2012 78 Bangladesh 962,000 2012 79 Finland 890,000 2012 80 Bolivia 880,600 2012 81 Lebanon 878,000 2012 82 Bosnia and Herzegovina 878,000 2012 83 Nepal 834,000 2013 84 Slovenia 825,000 8012 85 Libya 814,000 2012 86 Ethiopia 797,500 2012 87 Puerto Rico 780,200 2012 88 Cameroon 737,400 2012 89 Lithuania 667,300 2012 90 Panama 640,000 2012 91 Honduras 610,000 2012 92 Armenia 584,000 2012 93 Cambodia 584,000 2012 94 Turkmenistan 575,000 2012 95 Burma 556,000 2012 96 Kuwait 510,000 2012 97 Latvia 501,000 2012 98 Kyrgyzstan 489,000 2012 99 Estonia 448,200 2012 100 Jordan 435,000 2012 101 Sudan 425,000 2012 102 Nigeria 418,200 2012 103 Macedonia 407,900 2012 104 West Bank 406,000 2012 105 Gaza Strip 406,000 2012 106 Tajikistan 393,000 2012 107 Paraguay 376,000 2012 108 Cyprus 373,200 2012 109 Mauritius 349,100 2012 110 Senegal 338,200 2012 111 Qatar 327,000 2012 112 Nicaragua 320,000 2012 113 Uganda 315,000 2012 114 Albania 312,000 2012 115 Oman 305,000 2012 116 Angola 303,000 2012 117 Zimbabwe 301,600 2012 118 Bahrain 290,000 2012 119 Trinidad and Tobago 287,000 2012 120 Ghana 285,000 2012 121 Cote d'Ivoire 268,000 2012 122 Luxembourg 266,700 2012 123 Jamaica 265,000 2011 124 Kenya 251,600 2012 125 Malta 229,700 2012 126 Malawi 227,300 2012 127 Togo 225,000 2012 128 Iceland 189,000 2012 129 Mongolia 176,700 2012 130 Namibia 171,000 2012 131 Montenegro 163,000 2012 132 Macau 162,500 2012 133 Tanzania 161,100 2011 134 Botswana 160,500 2012 135 Benin 156,700 2012 136 Guyana 154,200 2012 137 Barbados 144,000 2012 138 Madagascar 143,700 2012 139 Burkina Faso 141,400 2012 140 Papua New Guinea 139,000 2012 141 Bahamas, The 137,000 2012 142 Mali 112,000 2012 143 Laos 112,000 2012 144 Kosovo 106,300 2006 145 Niger 100,500 2012 146 Somalia 100,000 2012 147 Fiji 88,400 2012 148 Mozambique 88,100 2012 149 Suriname 83,000 2012 150 Zambia 82,500 2012 151 New Caledonia 80,000 2012 152 Virgin Islands 75,800 2010 153 Jersey 73,800 2010 154 Brunei 70,933 2012 155 Cabo Verde 70,200 2012 156 Bermuda 69,000 2012 157 Guam 67,000 2012 158 Mauritania 65,100 2012 159 Gambia, The 64,200 2012 160 Eritrea 60,000 2012 161 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 58,200 2012 162 French Polynesia 55,000 2012 163 Haiti 50,000 2012 164 Swaziland 48,600 2012 165 Guernsey 45,100 2010 166 Monaco 44,500 2012 167 Rwanda 44,400 2012 168 Lesotho 43,100 2012 169 Aruba 43,000 2012 170 Andorra 39,000 2012 171 Cayman Islands 37,400 2012 172 Saint Lucia 36,800 2012 173 Samoa 35,300 2010 174 Antigua and Barbuda 35,000 2012 175 Tonga 30,000 2012 176 Chad 29,900 2012 177 Seychelles 28,900 2012 178 Grenada 28,500 2012 179 Bhutan 27,000 2012 180 Belize 25,400 2012 181 Comoros 24,000 2012 182 Faroe Islands 24,000 2012 183 Maldives 23,140 2012 184 Gibraltar 23,100 2012 185 Liechtenstein 20,000 2012 186 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20,000 2012 187 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19,400 2012 188 Greenland 18,900 2012 189 San Marino 18,700 2012 190 Sierra Leone 18,000 2012 191 Djibouti 18,000 2012 192 Guinea 18,000 2012 193 Burundi 17,400 2012 194 Gabon 17,000 2012 195 Equatorial Guinea 14,900 2012 196 Congo, Republic of the 14,900 2012 197 Dominica 14,600 2012 198 Afghanistan 13,500 2012 199 British Virgin Islands 12,268 2012 200 American Samoa 10,000 2012 201 Kiribati 9,000 2012 202 Micronesia, Federated States of 8,400 2012 203 Solomon Islands 8,060 2012 204 Sao Tome and Principe 8,000 2012 205 Palau 7,300 2012 206 Cook Islands 7,200 2009 207 Anguilla 6,000 2012 208 Vanuatu 5,800 2012 209 Central African Republic 5,600 2012 210 Guinea-Bissau 5,000 2012 211 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2010 212 Marshall Islands 4,400 2010 213 Liberia 3,200 2011 214 Montserrat 3,000 2012 215 Timor-Leste 3,000 2012 216 Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha 3,000 2012 217 South Sudan 2,200 2012 218 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 1,980 2012 219 Nauru 1,900 2009 220 Tuvalu 1,450 2012
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