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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone > Landlines: Countries Compared

DEFINITION: Number of telephone lines.

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# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH
1 China 269.91 million 2010
2 United States 114 million 2010
3 Germany 48.7 million 2010
4 Japan 47.58 million 2010
5 Russia 44.96 million 2010
6 Brazil 41.5 million 2010
7 France 36.43 million 2010
8 United Kingdom 33.21 million 2010
9 India 30.79 million 2010
10 Indonesia 30.38 million 2010
11 South Korea 29.47 million 2010
12 Iran 27.77 million 2010
13 Mexico 20.67 million 2010
14 Spain 20.2 million 2010
15 Italy 20.03 million 2010
16 Canada 18.25 million 2010
17 Turkey 17.5 million 2010
18 Taiwan 14.27 million 2010
19 Ukraine 13.18 million 2010
20 Poland 10.34 million 2010
21 Vietnam 10.18 million 2010
22 Argentina 9.63 million 2010
23 Egypt 9.6 million 2010
24 Australia 9.37 million 2010
25 Netherlands 7.32 million 2010
26 Colombia 7.22 million 2010
27 Thailand 7.02 million 2010
28 Venezuela 6.3 million 2010
29 Greece 5.97 million 2010
30 Sweden 5.32 million 2010
31 Romania 5.31 million 2010
32 Switzerland 4.82 million 2010
33 Pakistan 4.55 million 2010
34 Belgium 4.46 million 2010
35 South Africa 4.42 million 2010
36 Malaysia 4.29 million 2010
37 Portugal 4.12 million 2010
38 Hong Kong 4.11 million 2010
39 Saudi Arabia 4.1 million 2010
40 Philippines 3.9 million 2010
41 Belarus 3.72 million 2010
42 Syria 3.63 million 2010
43 Peru 3.55 million 2010
44 Chile 3.53 million 2010
45 Sri Lanka 3.45 million 2010
46 Kazakhstan 3.41 million 2010
47 Algeria 3.31 million 2010
48 Austria 3.29 million 2010
49 Israel 3.1 million 2010
50 Hungary 3.09 million 2010
51 Serbia 3.08 million 2010
52 Morocco 2.99 million 2010
53 Czech Republic 2.28 million 2010
54 Bulgaria 2.26 million 2010
55 Ireland 2.2 million 2010
56 Denmark 2.06 million 2010
57 Norway 1.93 million 2010
58 Ecuador 1.91 million 2010
59 Singapore 1.86 million 2010
60 Croatia 1.85 million 2010
61 Uzbekistan 1.85 million 2010
62 New Zealand 1.75 million 2010
63 Finland 1.65 million 2010
64 United Arab Emirates 1.51 million 2010
65 Guatemala 1.45 million 2010
66 Costa Rica 1.44 million 2010
67 Bangladesh 1.39 million 2010
68 Azerbaijan 1.31 million 2010
69 Nigeria 1.31 million 2010
70 Tunisia 1.23 million 2010
71 North Korea 1.18 million 2010
72 Yemen 1.12 million 2010
73 Moldova 1.11 million 2010
74 Cuba 1.1 million 2010
75 Slovakia 1.1 million 2010
76 Iraq 1.08 million 2010
77 El Salvador 1.08 million 2010
78 Puerto Rico 1.04 million 2010
79 Libya 1.03 million 2010
80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.03 million 2010
81 Slovenia 1.01 million 2010
82 Dominican Republic 985,700 2010
83 Uruguay 959,300 2010
84 Ethiopia 908,900 2010
85 Burma 829,000 2010
86 Honduras 825,800 2010
87 Nepal 805,100 2010
88 Lithuania 784,900 2010
89 Lebanon 714,000 2010
90 Bolivia 690,000 2010
91 Armenia 650,000 2010
92 Latvia 644,000 2010
93 Georgia 618,000 2010
94 Kuwait 541,000 2010
95 Panama 524,000 2010
96 Jordan 503,000 2010
97 Estonia 498,100 2010
98 Kyrgyzstan 494,500 2010
99 Paraguay 491,000 2010
100 Turkmenistan 478,000 2010

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