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Media > Telecoms > Telephone lines: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Telephone lines. Telephone lines are fixed telephone lines that connect a subscriber's terminal equipment to the public switched telephone network and that have a port on a telephone exchange. Integrated services digital network channels ands fixed wireless subscribers are included.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 China 278.86 million 2012
2 European Union 228.02 million 2011
3 United States 139 million 2012
4 Japan 64.27 million 2012
Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) 52.28 million 2012
5 Germany 50.7 million 2012
6 Brazil 44.31 million 2012
7 Russia 42.9 million 2012
8 France 39.29 million 2012
9 Indonesia 37.98 million 2012
Non-religious countries average (profile) 35.22 million 2012
10 United Kingdom 33.01 million 2012
11 India 31.08 million 2012
12 South Korea 30.1 million 2012
13 Iran 28.76 million 2012
Emerging markets average (profile) 22.18 million 2012
14 Italy 21.66 million 2012
15 Mexico 20.22 million 2012
16 Spain 19.22 million 2012
17 Canada 18.01 million 2012
East Asia and Pacific average (profile) 16.8 million 2012
High income OECD countries average (profile) 15.68 million 2012
Cold countries average (profile) 15.15 million 2012
18 Turkey 13.86 million 2012
19 Ukraine 12.18 million 2012
20 Australia 10.47 million 2012
Heavily indebted countries average (profile) 10.32 million 2012
21 Vietnam 10.19 million 2012
22 Argentina 10 million 2012
NATO countries average (profile) 9.09 million 2012
Eurozone average (profile) 9.03 million 2012
23 Egypt 8.56 million 2012
European Union average (profile) 7.95 million 2012
24 Venezuela 7.65 million 2012
South Asia average (profile) 7.58 million 2012
25 Netherlands 7.09 million 2012
Europe average (profile) 6.49 million 2012
26 Thailand 6.39 million 2012
27 Colombia 6.29 million 2012
28 Poland 6.12 million 2012
29 Pakistan 5.8 million 2012
30 Greece 5.46 million 2012
Catholic countries average (profile) 5.19 million 2012
Religious countries average (profile) 5.18 million 2012
Former Soviet republics average (profile) 4.91 million 2012
31 Saudi Arabia 4.8 million 2012
Eastern Europe average (profile) 4.75 million 2012
Former British colonies average (profile) 4.69 million 2012
32 Romania 4.68 million 2012
Christian countries average (profile) 4.65 million 2012
33 Belgium 4.63 million 2012
OPEC countries average (profile) 4.6 million 2012
34 Malaysia 4.59 million 2012
35 Portugal 4.56 million 2012
36 Syria 4.42 million 2012
37 Belarus 4.41 million 2012
38 Switzerland 4.38 million 2012
39 Hong Kong 4.36 million 2012
40 Kazakhstan 4.34 million 2012
41 Sweden 4.32 million 2012
42 South Africa 4.03 million 2012
43 Philippines 3.94 million 2012
South and Central Asia average (profile) 3.84 million 2012
Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) 3.68 million 2012
44 Israel 3.59 million 2012
45 Sri Lanka 3.45 million 2012
46 Peru 3.42 million 2012
Former Spanish colonies average (profile) 3.35 million 2012
47 Austria 3.34 million 2012
48 Morocco 3.28 million 2012
49 Chile 3.28 million 2012
50 Algeria 3.2 million 2012
Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) 3.02 million 2012
Muslim countries average (profile) 2.99 million 2012
51 Serbia 2.98 million 2012
52 Hungary 2.96 million 2012
Potential Future EU Members average (profile) 2.68 million 2012
Sparsely populated countries average (profile) 2.61 million 2012
53 Denmark 2.43 million 2012
Hot countries average (profile) 2.36 million 2012
54 Ecuador 2.31 million 2012
Tourist destinations average (profile) 2.26 million 2012
55 Bulgaria 2.25 million 2012
56 Czech Republic 2.1 million 2012
57 Ireland 2.01 million 2012
58 Singapore 1.99 million 2012
59 United Arab Emirates 1.97 million 2012
60 Uzbekistan 1.96 million 2012
61 New Zealand 1.88 million 2012
62 Iraq 1.87 million 2012
63 Guatemala 1.74 million 2012
64 Azerbaijan 1.73 million 2012
65 Croatia 1.64 million 2012
66 Norway 1.47 million 2012
67 Georgia 1.28 million 2012
68 Cuba 1.22 million 2012
69 Moldova 1.21 million 2012
70 North Korea 1.18 million 2012
71 Tunisia 1.11 million 2012
72 Yemen 1.1 million 2012
73 Dominican Republic 1.07 million 2012
74 El Salvador 1.06 million 2012
75 Costa Rica 1.02 million 2012
Former French colonies average (profile) 1.01 million 2012
76 Uruguay 1.01 million 2012
77 Slovakia 974,762 2012
78 Bangladesh 961,589 2012
Landlocked countries average (profile) 895,954.93 2012
79 Finland 890,000 2012
80 Bolivia 880,625 2012
81 Bosnia and Herzegovina 878,442 2012
82 Lebanon 878,105 2012
83 Nepal 845,000 2012
84 Slovenia 824,771 2012
85 Libya 814,000 2012
86 Ethiopia 797,501 2012
87 Puerto Rico 780,229 2012
88 Cameroon 737,445 2012
89 Lithuania 667,262 2012
failed states average (profile) 654,443.31 2012
90 Panama 640,057 2012
91 Honduras 610,506 2012
92 Cambodia 584,475 2012
93 Armenia 584,228 2012
94 Turkmenistan 575,000 2012
95 Burma 556,000 2012
96 Kuwait 510,000 2012
97 Latvia 501,000 2012
98 Kyrgyzstan 488,853 2012
99 Estonia 448,212 2012
100 Jordan 434,437 2012
101 Sudan 424,586 2012
102 Nigeria 418,166 2012
103 Republic of Macedonia 407,896 2012
104 Tajikistan 393,000 2012
105 Paraguay 376,030 2012
106 Cyprus 373,196 2012
107 Mauritius 349,100 2012
108 Senegal 338,167 2012
109 Qatar 327,000 2012
110 Nicaragua 320,000 2012
111 Uganda 314,956 2012
112 Albania 312,000 2012
113 Oman 304,545 2012
114 Angola 303,000 2012
115 Zimbabwe 301,650 2012
116 Bahrain 289,990 2012
117 Trinidad and Tobago 286,605 2012
118 Ghana 284,981 2012
119 Cote d'Ivoire 267,997 2012
120 Luxembourg 266,700 2012
121 Jamaica 264,465 2012
122 Kenya 251,567 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) 232,226.51 2012
123 Malta 229,736 2012
124 Malawi 227,295 2012
125 Togo 225,000 2012
126 Iceland 189,000 2012
127 Mongolia 176,706 2012
128 Tanzania 176,367 2012
129 Namibia 171,249 2012
130 Montenegro 163,000 2012
131 Macau 162,533 2012
132 Botswana 160,488 2012
133 Benin 156,715 2012
134 Guyana 154,207 2012
135 Barbados 144,000 2012
136 Madagascar 143,690 2012
137 Burkina Faso 141,358 2012
138 Papua New Guinea 139,000 2012
139 The Bahamas 137,000 2012
140 Laos 112,000 2012
141 Mali 111,979 2012
142 Niger 100,537 2012
143 Somalia 100,000 2012
144 Fiji 88,417 2012
145 Mozambique 88,140 2012
146 Suriname 83,000 2012
147 Zambia 82,542 2012
148 New Caledonia 80,000 2012
149 Brunei 70,933 2012
150 Cape Verde 70,220 2012
151 Bermuda 69,000 2012
152 Guam 67,000 2012
153 Mauritania 65,069 2012
154 The Gambia 64,196 2012
155 Eritrea 60,090 2012
156 Democratic Republic of the Congo 58,197 2012
157 French Polynesia 55,000 2012
158 Haiti 50,000 2012
159 Swaziland 48,645 2012
160 Monaco 44,495 2012
161 Rwanda 44,363 2012
162 Lesotho 43,097 2012
163 Aruba 43,000 2012
164 Andorra 39,000 2012
165 Cayman Islands 37,392 2012
166 Saint Lucia 36,842 2012
167 Antigua and Barbuda 35,000 2012
168 Tonga 30,000 2012
169 Chad 29,886 2012
170 Seychelles 28,865 2012
171 Grenada 28,500 2012
172 Bhutan 27,005 2012
173 Belize 25,415 2012
=174 Faeroe Islands 24,000 2012
=174 Comoros 24,000 2012
176 Maldives 23,140 2012
177 Northern Mariana Islands 23,000 2012
=178 Liechtenstein 20,000 2012
=178 Saint Kitts and Nevis 20,000 2012
180 Samoa 19,500 2005
181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19,379 2012
182 Greenland 18,910 2012
183 San Marino 18,700 2012
=184 Guinea 18,000 2012
=184 Sierra Leone 18,000 2012
=184 Djibouti 18,000 2012
187 Burundi 17,394 2012
188 Gabon 17,000 2012
189 Republic of the Congo 14,932 2012
190 Equatorial Guinea 14,868 2012
191 Dominica 14,579 2012
192 Afghanistan 13,500 2012
193 American Samoa 10,000 2012
194 Kiribati 9,000 2012
195 Federated States of Micronesia 8,400 2012
196 Solomon Islands 8,060 2012
197 Sao Tome and Principe 8,000 2012
198 Palau 7,280 2012
199 Vanuatu 5,800 2012
200 Central African Republic 5,641 2012
201 Marshall Islands 5,510 2004
202 Guinea-Bissau 5,000 2012
203 East Timor 3,000 2012
204 Tuvalu 1,450 2012
205 South Sudan 150 2012
206 Liberia 10 2012

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