Telephone lines (per 100 people) - Communications - Infrastructure - World Development Indicators



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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.
Telephone lines (per 100 people) - Communications - Infrastructure - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Bermuda89.72
2Cayman Islands70.05
3San Marino68.70
4Virgin Islands (U.S.)67.55
5Switzerland63.22
6Germany62.60
7Iceland60.97
8Barbados58.78
9Hong Kong58.76
10Malta58.53
11Montenegro58.17
12Sweden57.74
13France56.20
14Liechtenstein55.01
15Canada54.79
16United Kingdom54.07
17Luxembourg53.33
18Greece53.17
19United States50.86
20Slovenia49.96
21Ireland49.79
22Euro area49.02
23High income: OECD47.90
24High income47.01
25Denmark45.34
26Cyprus45.08
27Netherlands Antilles45.07
28Andorra44.59
29Netherlands44.49
30Spain44.34
31Israel44.11
32South Korea43.87
33North Korea43.87
34Antigua and Barbuda43.86
35Australia43.72
36Croatia42.36
37Serbia41.97
38Belgium41.62
39St. Kitts and Nevis41.47
40New Zealand40.99
41Greenland40.51
42Norway39.76
43Austria39.40
44Bahamas39.32
45Portugal38.70
46Belarus38.41
47Singapore38.37
48High income: nonOECD38.12
49Japan37.92
50Guam37.31
51Estonia37.16
52Aruba36.47
53Palau36.25
54Italy35.51
55Iran34.47
56Vietnam34.32
57United Arab Emirates33.63
58Macau33.43
59Costa Rica31.81
60Russia31.63
61Finland31.05
62Hungary30.82
63Moldova30.68
64Northern Mariana Islands28.93
65Uruguay28.77
66Mauritius28.73
67Bulgaria28.72
68Ukraine28.49
69Latvia28.42
70Bahrain28.42
71Grenada27.60
72Bosnia and Herzegovina27.33
73Puerto Rico26.25
74China25.73
75Seychelles25.67
76Europe & Central Asia25.64
77New Caledonia25.54
78Poland25.47
79Tonga24.66
80Argentina24.43
81St. Lucia24.05
82Dominica23.91
83Turkey23.68
84Romania23.41
85Lithuania23.37
86Trinidad and Tobago23.02
87Venezuela22.56
88Macedonia22.39
89Kazakhstan22.06
90Czech Republic21.72
91East Asia & Pacific21.72
92Upper middle income21.64
93Brazil21.43
94Chile20.99
95St. Vincent and the Grenadines20.87
96Qatar20.56
97Armenia20.34
98Slovakia20.30
99Kuwait19.83
100Brunei Darussalam19.53
101Mexico19.43
102Latin America & Caribbean18.52
103Colombia17.89
104Lebanon17.88
105Syria17.65
106El Salvador17.56
107Sri Lanka17.10
108Saudi Arabia16.64
109Libya16.41
110Guyana16.37
111Middle East & North Africa16.23
112Samoa16.10
113Malaysia15.89
114Suriname15.82
115American Samoa15.73
116Panama15.42
117Maldives15.38
118Fiji15.30
119Middle income15.22
120Azerbaijan15.10
121Egypt14.64
122Cape Verde14.41
123Georgia14.35
124Ecuador14.12
125Lower middle income13.57
126Low & middle income13.47
127Indonesia13.36
128Tunisia12
129Jamaica11.78
130Honduras11.28
131Albania10.93
132Guatemala10.59
133Thailand10.42
134Peru9.98
135Dominican Republic9.90
136Cuba9.85
137Oman9.84
138Belize9.66
139Algeria9.64
140Turkmenistan9.47
141Morocco9.46
142Kyrgyzstan9.37
143South Africa9.09
144West Bank and Gaza8.84
145Jordan8.79
146Micronesia7.88
147Paraguay7.87
148Mongolia7.59
149Botswana7.41
150Marshall Islands7.37
151Bolivia7.12
152Uzbekistan6.77
153Namibia6.57
154Nicaragua5.51
155Mayotte5.23
156Yemen4.87
157Sao Tome and Principe4.81
158Low income4.56
159Philippines4.51
160Vanuatu4.45
161Tajikistan4.20
162Kiribati4.14
163Bhutan4
164Swaziland3.77
165Comoros3.62
166Iraq3.52
167India3.32
168Lesotho3.18
169South Asia3.11
170Gambia2.94
171Nepal2.79
172Zimbabwe2.79
173Pakistan2.66
174Mauritania2.37
175Togo2.18
176Laos2.06
177Senegal1.95
178Benin1.84
179Gabon1.83
180Djibouti1.76
181Ivory Coast1.73
182Burma1.64
183Solomon Islands1.57
184Equatorial Guinea1.52
185Sub-Saharan Africa1.51
186Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)1.23
187Malawi1.18
188Somalia1.12
189Ethiopia1.11
190Haiti1.09
191Least developed countries: UN classification1.08
192Cameroon1.04
193Burkina Faso0.95
194Papua New Guinea0.91
195Sudan0.89
196Madagascar0.86
197Nigeria0.86
198Bangladesh0.84
199Eritrea0.82
200Zambia0.72
201Mali0.64
202Angola0.63
203Kenya0.63
204Ghana0.62
205Republic of the Congo0.61
206Sierra Leone0.57
207Uganda0.53
208Niger0.44
209Burundi0.38
210Afghanistan0.35
211Mozambique0.35
212Cambodia0.30
213Tanzania0.29
214Guinea-Bissau0.29
215Central African Republic0.28
216Guinea0.21
217Rwanda0.17
218Chad0.12
219Liberia0.05
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