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Rank Order - Telephones - main lines in use

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Rank	Country	Telephones - main lines in use	Date of Information
1	United States	194,000,000	1997
2	China	135,000,000	2000
3	Japan	60,381,000	1997
4	Germany	50,900,000	March 2001
5	United Kingdom	34,878,000	1997
6	France	34,860,000	yearend 1998
7	Russia	30,000,000	1998
8	India	27,700,000	October 2000
9	Italy	25,000,000	1999
10	Korea, South	24,000,000	2000
11	Canada	20,802,900	1999
12	Turkey	19,500,000	1999
13	Spain	17,336,000	1999
14	Brazil	17,039,000	1997
15	Taiwan	12,490,000	September 2000
16	Mexico	12,332,000	2000
17	Australia	10,050,000	2000
18	Ukraine	9,450,000	April 1999
19	Netherlands	9,132,400	1999
20	Poland	8,070,000	1998
21	Argentina	7,500,000	1998
22	Philippines	6,980,000	2001
23	Iran	6,313,000	1997
24	Sweden	6,017,000	December 1998
25	Thailand	5,600,000	2000
26	Indonesia	5,588,310	1998
27	Colombia	5,433,565	December 1997
28	Greece	5,431,000	1997
29	Portugal	5,300,000	yearend 1998
30	South Africa	5,000,000	2001
31	Switzerland	4,820,000	1998
32	Denmark	4,785,000	1997
33	Belgium	4,769,000	1997
34	Malaysia	4,600,000	2000
35	Austria	4,000,000	2001
36	Egypt	3,971,500	December 1998
37	Saudi Arabia	3,900,000	2002 est.
38	Czech Republic	3,869,000	2000
39	Hong Kong	3,839,000	1999
40	Romania	3,777,000	1997
41	Bulgaria	3,186,731	2001
42	Hungary	3,095,000	1997
43	Pakistan	2,861,000	NA
44	Finland	2,847,900	2001
45	Israel	2,800,000	1999
46	Norway	2,735,000	1998
47	Chile	2,603,000	1998
48	Venezuela	2,600,000	1998
49	Vietnam	2,600,000	2000
50	Belarus	2,313,000	1997
51	Algeria	2,300,000	1998
52	Serbia and Montenegro	2,017,000	1995
53	Uzbekistan	1,980,000	1999
54	Singapore	1,950,000	2000
55	Slovakia	1,934,558	1998
56	Kazakhstan	1,920,000	2001
57	New Zealand	1,920,000	2000
58	Peru	1,800,000	2000
59	Croatia	1,721,139	2000
60	Ireland	1,600,000	2002
61	Morocco	1,391,000	1998
62	Puerto Rico	1,322,000	1997
63	Syria	1,313,000	1997
64	Lithuania	1,142,000	2001
65	Ecuador	1,115,272	1999
66	Korea, North	1,100,000	1997
67	Uruguay	929,141	2001
68	United Arab Emirates	915,223	1998
69	Azerbaijan	865,000	2002
70	Latvia	734,693	2000
71	Slovenia	722,000	1997
72	Dominican Republic	709,000	1997
73	Lebanon	700,000	1999
74	Iraq	675,000	NA
75	Guatemala	665,061	June 2000
76	Tunisia	654,000	1997
77	Moldova	627,000	1997
78	Georgia	620,000	1997
79	Armenia	600,000	2002
80	Rwanda	600,000	2002
81	Estonia	501,691	2000
82	Bangladesh	500,000	2000
83	Libya	500,000	1998
84	Nigeria	500,000	2000 est.
85	Sri Lanka	494,509	1998
86	Cuba	473,031	2000
87	Costa Rica	450,000	NA
88	Kuwait	412,000	1997
89	Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	408,000	1997
90	Cyprus	405,000	NA
91	Jordan	403,000	1997
92	Sudan	400,000	2000
93	Panama	396,000	1997
94	El Salvador	380,000	1998
95	Tajikistan	363,000	1997
96	Turkmenistan	363,000	1997
97	Jamaica	353,000	1996
98	Kyrgyzstan	351,000	1997
99	Bolivia	327,600	1996
100	Luxembourg	314,700	1999
101	Kenya	310,000	2001
102	Bosnia and Herzegovina	303,000	1997
103	Yemen	291,359	1999
104	Paraguay	290,475	2001
105	Mauritius	280,900	2000
106	Reunion	268,500	1999
107	Cote d'Ivoire	263,700	2000
108	Trinidad and Tobago	252,000	1999
109	Burma	250,000	2000
110	Ghana	240,000	2001
111	Nepal	236,816	January 2000
112	Senegal	234,916	2001
113	Honduras	234,000	1997
114	Ethiopia	231,900	2000
115	Zimbabwe	212,000	1997
116	Oman	201,000	1997
117	Iceland	196,984	2001
118	Malta	187,000	1997
119	Macau	176,902	November 2001
120	Guadeloupe	171,000	1996
121	Martinique	170,000	1997
122	Bahrain	152,000	1997
123	Qatar	142,000	1997
124	Nicaragua	140,000	1996
125	Botswana	131,000	September 2001
126	Zambia	130,000	2002
127	Tanzania	127,000	1998
128	Albania	120,000	2001
129	Namibia	110,200	2000
130	Barbados	108,000	1997
131	Mongolia	104,100	1999
132	Bahamas, The	96,000	1997
133	Gaza Strip	95,729	1997
134	West Bank	95,729	1997
135	Cameroon	95,000	2001
136	Mozambique	90,000	2001
137	Guam	84,134	1998
138	Cyprus	83,162	NA
139	Fiji	80,901	1999
140	Brunei	79,000	1996
141	Netherlands Antilles	76,000	1995
142	Angola	72,000	1998
143	Guyana	70,000	2000
144	Jersey	65,500	1997
145	Virgin Islands	65,000	1997
146	Suriname	64,000	1997
147	Papua New Guinea	61,152	1999
148	Cape Verde	60,935	2002
149	Haiti	60,000	1997
150	Madagascar	55,000	2000
151	Burkina Faso	53,200	2000
152	Bermuda	52,000	1997
153	French Polynesia	52,000	1997
154	Benin	51,000	2000
155	Man, Isle of	51,000	1999
156	French Guiana	47,000	1997
157	New Caledonia	47,000	1997
158	Malawi	45,000	2000
159	Mali	45,000	2000
160	Guernsey	44,000	1996
161	Gabon	39,000	1998
162	Swaziland	38,500	2001
163	Guinea	37,000	1998
164	Saint Lucia	37,000	1997
165	Aruba	33,000	1997
166	Andorra	32,946	December 1998
167	Gambia, The	31,900	2000
168	Monaco	31,027	1995
169	Belize	31,000	1997
170	Eritrea	30,000	2001
171	Afghanistan	29,000	NA
172	Antigua and Barbuda	28,000	1996
173	Grenada	27,000	1997
174	Mauritania	26,500	2001
175	Greenland	25,617	yearend 1999
176	Laos	25,000	1997
177	Sierra Leone	25,000	2001
178	Togo	25,000	1997
179	Faroe Islands	24,851	1999
180	Lesotho	22,200	2000
181	Congo, Republic of the	22,000	1998
182	Cambodia	21,800	mid-1998
183	Northern Mariana Islands	21,000	1996
184	Maldives	21,000	1999
185	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20,500	1998
186	Liechtenstein	20,072	2000
187	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	20,000	2000
188	Niger	20,000	2001
189	Seychelles	19,635	1997
190	Cayman Islands	19,000	1995
191	Dominica	19,000	1996
192	Gibraltar	19,000	1997
193	Burundi	18,000	2002
194	San Marino	18,000	1998
195	Saint Kitts and Nevis	17,000	1997
196	Somalia	15,000	2000
197	American Samoa	13,000	1997
198	Mayotte	12,000	1998
199	Micronesia, Federated States of	11,000	2001
200	Djibouti	10,000	2002
201	British Virgin Islands	10,000	1996
202	Guinea-Bissau	10,000	2001
203	Chad	9,700	1999
204	Central African Republic	9,500	2000
205	Samoa	8,183	1998
206	Solomon Islands	8,000	1997
207	Tonga	8,000	1996
208	Comoros	7,000	2000
209	Liberia	6,700	2000
210	Palau	6,700	2002
211	Bhutan	6,000	1997
212	Equatorial Guinea	6,000	1998
213	Vanuatu	5,500	1998
214	Cook Islands	5,000	1997
215	Anguilla	4,974	2000
216	Sao Tome and Principe	4,600	2000
217	Marshall Islands	4,186	2001
218	Montserrat	4,000	1997
219	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	4,000	1997
220	Kiribati	3,800	1999
221	Turks and Caicos Islands	3,000	1994
222	Nauru	2,000	1996
223	Saint Helena	2,000	1997
224	Wallis and Futuna	1,125	1994
225	Norfolk Island	1,087	1983
226	Tuvalu	1,000	1997
227	Niue	376	1991
228	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	287	1992
229	Pitcairn Islands	1	1997
230	Antarctica	0	2001

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