Telephone lines - 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 - Communications - Infrastructure - World Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Low & middle income749,104,011
2Middle income707,562,350
3Lower middle income502,166,507
4High income502,142,206
5High income: OECD465,286,319
6East Asia & Pacific418,830,649
7China340,809,984
8Upper middle income205,395,843
9Euro area159,842,915
10United States154,654,848
11Europe & Central Asia113,175,198
12Latin America & Caribbean104,866,096
13Middle East & North Africa52,777,912
14Germany51,400,000
15Japan48,427,000
16South Asia48,087,869
17Russia44,897,000
18Low income41,541,661
19Brazil41,141,400
20India37,900,000
21High income: nonOECD36,855,887
22France35,000,000
23United Kingdom33,209,192
24Indonesia30,378,072
25Vietnam29,591,000
26Iran24,800,000
27South Korea21,325,418
28North Korea21,325,418
29Italy21,246,000
30Mexico20,667,736
31Spain20,200,320
32Canada18,250,000
33Turkey17,502,204
34Ukraine13,176,871
35Egypt11,936,037
36Sub-Saharan Africa11,366,287
37Argentina9,742,833
38Poland9,711,073
39Australia9,370,000
40Least developed countries: UN classification8,107,920
41Colombia8,053,796
42Netherlands7,317,200
43Thailand7,024,000
44Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)6,697,321
45Venezuela6,303,488
46Greece5,975,242
47Sweden5,323,000
48Romania5,036,000
49Switzerland4,834,963
50Belgium4,456,624
51South Africa4,425,000
52Pakistan4,416,417
53Malaysia4,292,000
54Portugal4,110,897
55Saudi Arabia4,100,000
56Hong Kong4,099,912
57Philippines4,076,140
58Belarus3,718,094
59Syria3,633,443
60Chile3,526,447
61Kazakhstan3,458,440
62Sri Lanka3,446,411
63Algeria3,314,000
64Austria3,285,000
65Israel3,224,000
66Hungary3,093,996
67Serbia3,084,872
68Morocco2,991,158
69Peru2,878,205
70Denmark2,490,938
71Czech Republic2,264,249
72Ireland2,203,596
73Bulgaria2,189,773
74Ecuador1,904,177
75Norway1,895,917
76Croatia1,878,080
77Singapore1,857,100
78Uzbekistan1,849,563
79New Zealand1,750,000
80Finland1,650,000
81United Arab Emirates1,508,289
82Guatemala1,449,364
83Costa Rica1,437,733
84Bangladesh1,344,456
85Azerbaijan1,310,600
86Nigeria1,307,625
87Tunisia1,239,074
88Yemen1,117,000
89Moldova1,114,564
90Cuba1,103,562
91Slovakia1,097,807
92Iraq1,082,300
93El Salvador1,077,179
94Puerto Rico1,038,000
95Libya1,033,000
96Bosnia and Herzegovina1,031,355
97Slovenia1,009,767
98Dominican Republic985,711
99Uruguay959,286
100Ethiopia897,287
101Honduras825,769
102Burma811,372
103Nepal805,061
104Lithuania784,935
105Lebanon750,000
106Bolivia690,000
107Latvia644,000
108Armenia626,000
109Georgia618,028
110Kuwait541,000
111Panama523,999
112Jordan518,990
113Estonia498,129
114Kyrgyzstan494,503
115Paraguay491,000
116Turkmenistan477,670
117Macedonia457,122
118Cyprus388,747
119Sudan366,200
120Mauritius364,536
121Montenegro362,000
122Ivory Coast356,502
123West Bank and Gaza348,000
124Zimbabwe348,000
125Albania343,591
126Jamaica316,591
127Nicaragua312,000
128Trinidad and Tobago307,000
129Tajikistan286,940
130Oman274,178
131Qatar263,363
132Luxembourg260,600
133Kenya243,741
134Malta241,115
135Senegal237,752
136Bahrain220,386
137Mongolia200,494
138Cameroon198,321
139Iceland193,512
140Macau175,920
141Malawi175,000
142Uganda168,481
143Madagascar164,851
144Benin159,000
145Barbados150,000
146Burkina Faso144,000
147Ghana143,900
148Botswana142,282
149Togo140,919
150Namibia140,000
151Bahamas132,756
152Fiji129,100
153Laos127,799
154Guyana125,000
155Tanzania123,809
156Angola114,296
157Haiti108,000
158Afghanistan101,124
159Somalia100,000
160Zambia90,600
161Netherlands Antilles88,000
162Suriname81,500
163Mali81,076
164Mozambique78,324
165Brunei Darussalam76,600
166Mauritania76,354
167Virgin Islands (U.S.)74,200
168Cape Verde71,860
169Guam65,500
170Lesotho65,200
171Niger64,738
172New Caledonia63,006
173Papua New Guinea60,000
174Bermuda57,600
175Gambia48,868
176Maldives46,925
177Swaziland44,000
178Cambodia43,100
179St. Lucia40,940
180Eritrea40,415
181Aruba38,461
182Cayman Islands38,000
183Antigua and Barbuda38,000
184Andorra37,375
185Sierra Leone31,500
186Belize31,124
187Burundi30,411
188Samoa28,800
189Grenada28,579
190Bhutan27,475
191Gabon26,500
192Tonga25,536
193Northern Mariana Islands24,700
194Comoros23,300
195Greenland22,818
196St. Vincent and the Grenadines22,777
197Seychelles22,322
198Republic of the Congo22,200
199San Marino21,300
200Guinea21,000
201St. Kitts and Nevis20,400
202Liechtenstein19,600
203Dominica17,500
204Rwanda16,770
205Djibouti14,910
206Chad13,000
207Central African Republic12,000
208American Samoa10,400
209Vanuatu10,400
210Mayotte10,000
211Equatorial Guinea10,000
212Micronesia8,700
213Solomon Islands8,000
214Sao Tome and Principe7,700
215Palau7,352
216Guinea-Bissau4,647
217Marshall Islands4,400
218Kiribati4,000
219Liberia2,000
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