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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. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 1,184.04 | 2012 | ||
| 2 | Bermuda | 1,064.72 | 2012 | ||
| 3 | Cayman Islands | 649.5 | 2012 | ||
| 4 | Germany | 619.12 | 2012 | ||
| 5 | Hong Kong | 609.64 | 2012 | ||
| 6 | South Korea | 601.94 | 2012 | ||
| 7 | San Marino | 598.46 | 2012 | ||
| 8 | France | 598.05 | 2012 | ||
| 9 | Iceland | 590.37 | 2012 | ||
| 10 | Malta | 549.13 | 2012 | ||
| 11 | Switzerland | 547.95 | 2012 | ||
| 12 | Liechtenstein | 545.61 | 2012 | ||
| 13 | United Kingdom | 522.08 | 2012 | ||
| 14 | Canada | 516.33 | 2012 | ||
| 15 | Barbados | 508.44 | 2012 | ||
| Group of 7 countries (G7) average (profile) | 508.25 | 2012 | |||
| 16 | Japan | 503.86 | 2012 | ||
| 17 | Luxembourg | 501.84 | 2012 | ||
| 18 | Andorra | 497.7 | 2012 | ||
| 19 | Faeroe Islands | 484.79 | 2012 | ||
| 20 | Greece | 484.14 | 2012 | ||
| 21 | Belarus | 465.66 | 2012 | ||
| 22 | Australia | 461.61 | 2012 | ||
| 23 | Israel | 454.48 | 2012 | ||
| 24 | Sweden | 454.08 | 2012 | ||
| 25 | European Union | 449.05 | 2011 | ||
| 26 | United States | 442.8 | 2012 | ||
| 27 | Ireland | 437.53 | 2012 | ||
| 28 | Denmark | 434.9 | 2012 | ||
| 29 | Portugal | 432.99 | 2012 | ||
| 30 | Northern Mariana Islands | 431.48 | 2012 | ||
| 31 | New Zealand | 424.08 | 2012 | ||
| Tourist destinations average (profile) | 424.02 | 2012 | |||
| 32 | Netherlands | 422.6 | 2012 | ||
| 33 | Aruba | 419.99 | 2012 | ||
| High income OECD countries average (profile) | 417.77 | 2012 | |||
| 34 | Spain | 415.85 | 2012 | ||
| 35 | Belgium | 415.62 | 2012 | ||
| 36 | Serbia | 412.08 | 2012 | ||
| 37 | Guam | 411.52 | 2012 | ||
| Eurozone average (profile) | 404.73 | 2012 | |||
| 38 | Slovenia | 400.73 | 2012 | ||
| 39 | Austria | 394.92 | 2012 | ||
| 40 | Antigua and Barbuda | 392.95 | 2012 | ||
| 41 | Croatia | 384.34 | 2012 | ||
| Europe average (profile) | 378.42 | 2012 | |||
| 42 | Iran | 376.3 | 2012 | ||
| European Union average (profile) | 374.58 | 2012 | |||
| 43 | Singapore | 374.5 | 2012 | ||
| Non-religious countries average (profile) | 373.52 | 2012 | |||
| 44 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 373.25 | 2012 | ||
| 45 | The Bahamas | 368.32 | 2012 | ||
| NATO countries average (profile) | 364.53 | 2012 | |||
| 46 | Italy | 355.49 | 2012 | ||
| 47 | Palau | 350.78 | 2012 | ||
| 48 | Moldova | 338.74 | 2012 | ||
| 49 | Estonia | 334.64 | 2012 | ||
| 50 | Greenland | 332.69 | 2012 | ||
| 51 | Cyprus | 330.56 | 2012 | ||
| 52 | Seychelles | 328.82 | 2012 | ||
| 53 | New Caledonia | 309.93 | 2012 | ||
| Heavily indebted countries average (profile) | 309.36 | 2012 | |||
| 54 | Bulgaria | 308.37 | 2012 | ||
| Cold countries average (profile) | 306.51 | 2012 | |||
| 55 | Russia | 298.9 | 2012 | ||
| 56 | Uruguay | 297.75 | 2012 | ||
| 57 | Hungary | 297.74 | 2012 | ||
| 58 | Norway | 292.02 | 2012 | ||
| 59 | Macau | 291.91 | 2012 | ||
| 60 | Tonga | 285.87 | 2012 | ||
| 61 | Georgia | 282.84 | 2012 | ||
| Potential Future EU Members average (profile) | 281.96 | 2012 | |||
| Eastern Europe average (profile) | 273.07 | 2012 | |||
| 62 | Mauritius | 270.32 | 2012 | ||
| 63 | Grenada | 270.19 | 2012 | ||
| 64 | Ukraine | 267.19 | 2012 | ||
| 65 | Montenegro | 262.45 | 2012 | ||
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 258.39 | 2012 | ||
| 67 | Venezuela | 255.33 | 2012 | ||
| 68 | Latvia | 247.35 | 2012 | ||
| 69 | Argentina | 243.31 | 2012 | ||
| Christian countries average (profile) | 241.73 | 2012 | |||
| Catholic countries average (profile) | 236.98 | 2012 | |||
| Latin America and Caribbean average (profile) | 230.31 | 2012 | |||
| 70 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 229.12 | 2012 | ||
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 227.61 | 2012 | |||
| 71 | Lithuania | 223.5 | 2012 | ||
| 72 | Brazil | 223.03 | 2012 | ||
| 73 | Bahrain | 220.05 | 2012 | ||
| 74 | Romania | 219.44 | 2012 | ||
| 75 | Trinidad and Tobago | 214.29 | 2012 | ||
| 76 | United Arab Emirates | 213.73 | 2012 | ||
| 77 | Puerto Rico | 212.77 | 2012 | ||
| 78 | Costa Rica | 211.76 | 2012 | ||
| 79 | China | 206.46 | 2012 | ||
| 80 | Saint Lucia | 203.69 | 2012 | ||
| 81 | Dominica | 203.38 | 2012 | ||
| 82 | French Polynesia | 200.87 | 2012 | ||
| 83 | Czech Republic | 199.72 | 2012 | ||
| 84 | Lebanon | 198.45 | 2012 | ||
| 85 | Syria | 197.48 | 2012 | ||
| 86 | Armenia | 196.77 | 2012 | ||
| 87 | Guyana | 193.88 | 2012 | ||
| 88 | Republic of Macedonia | 193.72 | 2012 | ||
| 89 | Chile | 187.56 | 2012 | ||
| 90 | Turkey | 187.3 | 2012 | ||
| 91 | Azerbaijan | 186.45 | 2012 | ||
| Emerging markets average (profile) | 186.23 | 2012 | |||
| 92 | American Samoa | 181.4 | 2012 | ||
| 93 | Slovakia | 180.17 | 2012 | ||
| 94 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 177.18 | 2012 | ||
| 95 | Brunei | 172.07 | 2012 | ||
| East Asia and Pacific average (profile) | 170.35 | 2012 | |||
| 96 | Saudi Arabia | 169.75 | 2012 | ||
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 169.69 | 2012 | ||
| 98 | Panama | 168.34 | 2012 | ||
| 99 | El Salvador | 168.16 | 2012 | ||
| 100 | Mexico | 167.3 | 2012 | ||
| 101 | Finland | 164.38 | 2012 | ||
| Middle Eastern and North Africa average (profile) | 163.1 | 2012 | |||
| 102 | Qatar | 159.47 | 2012 | ||
| 103 | Poland | 158.91 | 2012 | ||
| 104 | Malaysia | 156.94 | 2012 | ||
| 105 | Kuwait | 156.9 | 2012 | ||
| 106 | Suriname | 155.27 | 2012 | ||
| 107 | Indonesia | 153.86 | 2012 | ||
| Landlocked countries average (profile) | 153.69 | 2012 | |||
| Former British colonies average (profile) | 153.45 | 2012 | |||
| 108 | Ecuador | 149.02 | 2012 | ||
| OPEC countries average (profile) | 147.4 | 2012 | |||
| 109 | Tuvalu | 147.06 | 2012 | ||
| Sparsely populated countries average (profile) | 143.12 | 2012 | |||
| 110 | Cape Verde | 142.03 | 2012 | ||
| Former Spanish colonies average (profile) | 137.66 | 2012 | |||
| 111 | Libya | 132.26 | 2012 | ||
| 112 | Colombia | 131.87 | 2012 | ||
| Religious countries average (profile) | 126.53 | 2012 | |||
| Hot countries average (profile) | 119.34 | 2012 | |||
| 113 | Guatemala | 115.62 | 2012 | ||
| 114 | Vietnam | 114.8 | 2012 | ||
| 115 | Peru | 114.16 | 2012 | ||
| 116 | Turkmenistan | 111.16 | 2012 | ||
| 117 | Samoa | 108.38 | 2005 | ||
| 118 | Cuba | 107.93 | 2012 | ||
| 119 | Egypt | 106.01 | 2012 | ||
| 120 | Marshall Islands | 105.81 | 2004 | ||
| 121 | Dominican Republic | 103.69 | 2012 | ||
| 122 | Tunisia | 102.58 | 2012 | ||
| 123 | Fiji | 101.08 | 2012 | ||
| 124 | Morocco | 100.83 | 2012 | ||
| 125 | Albania | 98.67 | 2012 | ||
| 126 | Jamaica | 97.51 | 2012 | ||
| 127 | Thailand | 95.7 | 2012 | ||
| Muslim countries average (profile) | 93.5 | 2012 | |||
| 128 | Oman | 91.9 | 2012 | ||
| 129 | Kiribati | 89.3 | 2012 | ||
| 130 | Kyrgyzstan | 87.58 | 2012 | ||
| 131 | Bolivia | 83.9 | 2012 | ||
| 132 | Algeria | 83.21 | 2012 | ||
| 133 | Federated States of Micronesia | 81.24 | 2012 | ||
| 134 | Botswana | 80.09 | 2012 | ||
| 135 | South Africa | 78.75 | 2012 | ||
| 136 | Belize | 78.43 | 2012 | ||
| 137 | Honduras | 76.93 | 2012 | ||
| 138 | Namibia | 75.79 | 2012 | ||
| South and Central Asia average (profile) | 72.43 | 2012 | |||
| 139 | Jordan | 68.76 | 2012 | ||
| 140 | Maldives | 68.37 | 2012 | ||
| 141 | Uzbekistan | 65.94 | 2012 | ||
| 142 | Mongolia | 63.19 | 2012 | ||
| 143 | Iraq | 57.43 | 2012 | ||
| 144 | Paraguay | 56.23 | 2012 | ||
| 145 | Nicaragua | 53.41 | 2012 | ||
| 146 | Tajikistan | 49.07 | 2012 | ||
| 147 | North Korea | 47.65 | 2012 | ||
| 148 | Yemen | 46.28 | 2012 | ||
| 149 | Sao Tome and Principe | 42.53 | 2012 | ||
| Former French colonies average (profile) | 41.12 | 2012 | |||
| 150 | Philippines | 40.73 | 2012 | ||
| 151 | Swaziland | 39.52 | 2012 | ||
| 152 | Cambodia | 39.32 | 2012 | ||
| 153 | Bhutan | 36.4 | 2012 | ||
| 154 | The Gambia | 35.84 | 2012 | ||
| 155 | Cameroon | 33.98 | 2012 | ||
| 156 | Togo | 33.87 | 2012 | ||
| 157 | Comoros | 33.45 | 2012 | ||
| 158 | Pakistan | 32.39 | 2012 | ||
| Sub-Saharan Africa average (profile) | 31.02 | 2012 | |||
| 159 | Nepal | 30.76 | 2012 | ||
| 160 | India | 25.13 | 2012 | ||
| 161 | Senegal | 24.64 | 2012 | ||
| 162 | Vanuatu | 23.46 | 2012 | ||
| 163 | Zimbabwe | 21.98 | 2012 | ||
| 164 | Lesotho | 21.01 | 2012 | ||
| 165 | Djibouti | 20.94 | 2012 | ||
| 166 | Equatorial Guinea | 20.19 | 2012 | ||
| South Asia average (profile) | 20.12 | 2012 | |||
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 19.39 | 2012 | ||
| 168 | Mauritania | 17.14 | 2012 | ||
| 169 | Laos | 16.85 | 2012 | ||
| 170 | Benin | 15.59 | 2012 | ||
| 171 | Solomon Islands | 14.67 | 2012 | ||
| 172 | Angola | 14.55 | 2012 | ||
| 173 | Malawi | 14.29 | 2012 | ||
| 174 | Cote d'Ivoire | 13.51 | 2012 | ||
| failed states average (profile) | 13.11 | 2012 | |||
| 175 | Sudan | 11.42 | 2012 | ||
| 176 | Ghana | 11.23 | 2012 | ||
| 177 | Burma | 10.53 | 2012 | ||
| 178 | Gabon | 10.41 | 2012 | ||
| 179 | Somalia | 9.81 | 2012 | ||
| 180 | Eritrea | 9.8 | 2012 | ||
| 181 | Ethiopia | 8.69 | 2012 | ||
| 182 | Uganda | 8.67 | 2012 | ||
| 183 | Burkina Faso | 8.59 | 2012 | ||
| 184 | Mali | 7.54 | 2012 | ||
| 185 | Madagascar | 6.45 | 2012 | ||
| 186 | Bangladesh | 6.22 | 2012 | ||
| 187 | Zambia | 5.86 | 2012 | ||
| 188 | Niger | 5.86 | 2012 | ||
| 189 | Kenya | 5.83 | 2012 | ||
| 190 | Haiti | 4.91 | 2012 | ||
| 191 | Rwanda | 3.87 | 2012 | ||
| 192 | Tanzania | 3.69 | 2012 | ||
| 193 | Mozambique | 3.5 | 2012 | ||
| 194 | Republic of the Congo | 3.44 | 2012 | ||
| 195 | Sierra Leone | 3.01 | 2012 | ||
| 196 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.01 | 2012 | ||
| 197 | East Timor | 2.48 | 2012 | ||
| 198 | Nigeria | 2.48 | 2012 | ||
| 199 | Chad | 2.4 | 2012 | ||
| 200 | Burundi | 1.77 | 2012 | ||
| 201 | Guinea | 1.57 | 2012 | ||
| 202 | Central African Republic | 1.25 | 2012 | ||
| 203 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.886 | 2012 | ||
| 204 | Afghanistan | 0.453 | 2012 | ||
| 205 | South Sudan | 0.0138 | 2012 | ||
| 206 | Liberia | 0.00239 | 2012 |
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Interesting observations about Media > Telecoms > Telephone lines per 1000
- Monaco ranked first for telecoms > telephone lines per 1000 amongst Christian countries in 2012.
- Canada ranked first for telecoms > telephone lines per 1000 amongst Former British colonies in 2012.
- Iran ranked first for telecoms > telephone lines per 1000 amongst Muslim countries in 2012.
- Bermuda ranked first for telecoms > telephone lines per 1000 amongst Hot countries in 2012.
- Germany ranked first for telecoms > telephone lines per 1000 amongst Heavily indebted countries in 2012.
- France ranked second for telecoms > telephone lines per 1000 amongst Catholic countries in 2012.
- Iraq ranked first for telecoms > telephone lines per 1000 amongst Failed states in 2012.
- South Korea ranked first for telecoms > telephone lines per 1000 amongst East Asia and Pacific in 2012.
- Israel ranked first for telecoms > telephone lines per 1000 amongst Middle Eastern and North Africa in 2012.
- Seychelles ranked first for telecoms > telephone lines per 1000 amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2012.
