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DEFINITION
The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
Media Statistics > Telephones > Main lines in use (per capita) (most recent) by country
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| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
Date
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| #1 | Monaco: |
1,017.964
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #2 | Bermuda: |
912.33
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #3 | Cayman Islands: |
883.721
per 1,000 people | 2002 ... | |
| #4 | San Marino: |
744.681
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #5 | Sweden: |
706.89
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #6 | Switzerland: |
688.844
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #7 | Man, Isle of: |
679.457
per 1,000 people | 1999 ... | |
| #8 | Germany: |
667.472
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #9 | Virgin Islands: |
659.565
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #10 | Iceland: |
653.412
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #11 | Canada: |
643.364
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #12 | Denmark: |
618.54
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #13 | France: |
586.467
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #14 | United States: |
580.277
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #15 | Liechtenstein: |
575.54
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #16 | Greece: |
567.633
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #17 | Australia: |
563.727
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #18 | United Kingdom: |
546.985
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #19 | Hong Kong: |
546.546
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #20 | Luxembourg: |
535.351
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #21 | Andorra: |
534.743
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #22 | Saint Kitts and Nevis: |
532.087
per 1,000 people | 2004 ... | |
| #23 | Guam: |
506.496
per 1,000 people | 2001 ... | |
| #24 | Malta: |
500.867
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #25 | Barbados: |
500.453
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #26 | Faroe Islands: |
492.754
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #27 | Korea, South: |
491.675
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #28 | Ireland: |
488.808
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #29 | Antigua and Barbuda: |
483.173
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #30 | Netherlands: |
465.691
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #31 | Netherlands Antilles: |
460.827
per 1,000 people | 2001 ... | |
| #32 | Norway: |
460.494
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #33 | Japan: |
460.031
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #34 | Belgium: |
450.344
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #35 | Austria: |
450.002
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #36 | Greenland: |
446.996
per 1,000 people | 2002 ... | |
| #37 | Italy: |
427.406
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #38 | Singapore: |
425.63
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #39 | Croatia: |
425.355
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #40 | Israel: |
424.057
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #41 | Spain: |
422.184
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #42 | New Zealand: |
421.82
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #43 | Bahamas, The: |
411.994
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #44 | Slovenia: |
408.098
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #45 | Finland: |
404.11
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #46 | Portugal: |
401.348
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #47 | Aruba: |
381.854
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #48 | Macau: |
378.997
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #49 | Palau: |
340.102
per 1,000 people | 2002 ... | |
| #50 | Serbia and Montenegro: |
337.167
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #51 | Belarus: |
335.969
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #52 | Hungary: |
332.704
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #53 | Estonia: |
328.356
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #54 | Saint Lucia: |
321.115
per 1,000 people | 2002 ... | |
| #55 | Bulgaria: |
320.801
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #56 | Costa Rica: |
320.76
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #57 | Latvia: |
317.757
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #58 | Czech Republic: |
314.371
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #59 | Poland: |
309.259
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #60 | Dominica: |
293.825
per 1,000 people | 2004 ... | |
| #61 | Mauritius: |
288.759
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #62 | Uruguay: |
284.997
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #63 | Russia: |
280.197
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #64 | Iran: |
278.179
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #65 | Lebanon: |
276.782
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #66 | United Arab Emirates: |
272.879
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #67 | Northern Mariana Islands: |
272.727
per 1,000 people | 2000 ... | |
| #68 | Bahrain: |
270.431
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #69 | China: |
268.634
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #70 | Puerto Rico: |
265.334
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #71 | Turkey: |
263.346
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #72 | Ukraine: |
262.154
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #73 | Macedonia, Republic of: |
262.136
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #74 | Grenada: |
260.094
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #75 | Seychelles: |
253.271
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #76 | Qatar: |
252.694
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #77 | Bosnia and Herzegovina: |
247.986
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #78 | Trinidad and Tobago: |
247.848
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #79 | New Caledonia: |
235.842
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #80 | Lithuania: |
234.631
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #81 | Argentina: |
227.113
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #82 | Slovakia: |
222.202
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #83 | Moldova: |
220.983
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #84 | Brunei: |
214.542
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #85 | Chile: |
210.861
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #86 | Brazil: |
208.149
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #87 | French Polynesia: |
208.104
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #88 | Romania: |
202.733
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #89 | Kuwait: |
201.266
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #90 | Armenia: |
197.062
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #91 | Kazakhstan: |
193.317
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #92 | Vietnam: |
190.63
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #93 | Mexico: |
189.273
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #94 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: |
188.995
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #95 | American Samoa: |
182.456
per 1,000 people | 2004 ... | |
| #96 | Suriname: |
181.418
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #97 | Malaysia: |
172.247
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #98 | Colombia: |
168.394
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #99 | Saudi Arabia: |
164.367
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #100 | Syria: |
152.441
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #101 | Guyana: |
146.562
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #102 | El Salvador: |
141.187
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #103 | Cape Verde: |
140.882
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #104 | Egypt: |
140.424
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #105 | Panama: |
136.191
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #106 | Venezuela: |
135.644
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #107 | Tonga: |
133.905
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #108 | Fiji: |
132.711
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #109 | Azerbaijan: |
130.067
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #110 | Ecuador: |
128.587
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #111 | Tunisia: |
125.436
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #112 | Georgia: |
123.614
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #113 | Jamaica: |
120.173
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #114 | Jordan: |
114.782
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #115 | Belize: |
114.119
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #116 | Albania: |
112.983
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #117 | Micronesia, Federated States of: |
112.23
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #118 | Thailand: |
109.524
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #119 | Samoa: |
105.415
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #120 | Oman: |
103.312
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #121 | Turkmenistan: |
102.415
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #122 | South Africa: |
100.857
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #123 | Dominican Republic: |
100.563
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #124 | Guatemala: |
99.055
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #125 | Maldives: |
98.117
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #126 | Kyrgyzstan: |
85.623
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #127 | Libya: |
82.515
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #128 | Peru: |
80.448
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #129 | Algeria: |
78.286
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #130 | Cuba: |
75.417
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #131 | Botswana: |
74.791
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #132 | Marshall Islands: |
73.508
per 1,000 people | 2004 ... | |
| #133 | Bolivia: |
70.388
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #134 | Honduras: |
68.622
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #135 | Uzbekistan: |
68.52
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #136 | Namibia: |
68.381
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #137 | Sri Lanka: |
63.387
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #138 | Mongolia: |
61.081
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #139 | Mayotte: |
60.241
per 1,000 people | 2002 ... | |
| #140 | Indonesia: |
57.908
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #141 | Paraguay: |
54.301
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #142 | Bhutan: |
51.364
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #143 | Kiribati: |
47.517
per 1,000 people | 2002 ... | |
| #144 | Yemen: |
46.17
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #145 | India: |
45.451
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #146 | São Tomé and Príncipe: |
45.361
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #147 | Morocco: |
44.451
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #148 | Korea, North: |
44.004
per 1,000 people | 2003 ... | |
| #149 | Tajikistan: |
43.061
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #150 | Nicaragua: |
42.899
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #151 | Philippines: |
40.54
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #152 | Pakistan: |
33.88
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #153 | Vanuatu: |
33.118
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #154 | Swaziland: |
30.946
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #155 | Gambia, The: |
29.003
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #156 | Gabon: |
28.255
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #157 | Comoros: |
28.144
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #158 | Iraq: |
27.709
per 1,000 people | 1999 ... | |
| #159 | Lesotho: |
26.744
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #160 | Zimbabwe: |
25.212
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #161 | Senegal: |
22.868
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #162 | Equatorial Guinea: |
19.86
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #163 | Sudan: |
18.491
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #164 | Haiti: |
17.038
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #165 | Nepal: |
16.534
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #166 | Solomon Islands: |
15.49
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #167 | Laos: |
15.203
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #168 | Ghana: |
14.539
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #169 | Côte d'Ivoire: |
14.372
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #170 | Djibouti: |
13.618
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #171 | Mauritania: |
13.361
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #172 | East Timor: |
12.301
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #173 | Somalia: |
12.154
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #174 | Papua New Guinea: |
10.82
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #175 | Burma: |
9.974
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #176 | Togo: |
9.536
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #177 | Nigeria: |
9.298
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #178 | Benin: |
9.042
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #179 | Eritrea: |
8.566
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #180 | Ethiopia: |
8.565
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #181 | Kenya: |
8.226
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #182 | Zambia: |
8.116
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #183 | Malawi: |
7.971
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #184 | Bangladesh: |
7.545
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #185 | Burkina Faso: |
7.363
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #186 | Guinea-Bissau: |
6.43
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #187 | Cameroon: |
6.145
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #188 | Angola: |
5.915
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #189 | Mali: |
5.548
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #190 | Sierra Leone: |
4.906
per 1,000 people | 2002 ... | |
| #191 | Tanzania: |
4.413
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #192 | Burundi: |
4.121
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #193 | Congo, Republic of the: |
3.976
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #194 | Madagascar: |
3.596
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #195 | Uganda: |
3.498
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #196 | Mozambique: |
3.385
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #197 | Guinea: |
2.797
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #198 | Central African Republic: |
2.477
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #199 | Rwanda: |
2.434
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #200 | Cambodia: |
2.331
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #201 | Liberia: |
2.152
per 1,000 people | 2002 ... | |
| #202 | Afghanistan: |
2.005
per 1,000 people | 1983 ... | |
| #203 | Niger: |
1.72
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #204 | Chad: |
1.333
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
| #205 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
0.184
per 1,000 people | 2005 ... | |
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Weighted average: |
216.2
per 1,000 people |
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DEFINITION: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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