The 2008 CIA World Factbook

by United States. Central Intelligence Agency

Rank code: @2150

Rank Country Telephones - main lines in use Date of Information

1 World 1,263,367,600 2005 2 China 365,400,000 2007 3 European Union 238,000,000 2005 4 United States 163,200,000 2007 5 Germany 53,750,000 2007 6 Japan 51,232,000 2007 7 Russia 43,900,000 2006 8 Brazil 39,400,000 2007 9 India 38,760,000 2008 10 France 35,533,000 2007 11 United Kingdom 33,682,000 2007 12 Italy 26,890,000 2006 13 Korea, South 23,905,000 2007 14 Iran 23,835,000 2007 15 Canada 21,000,000 2006 16 Mexico 19,754,000 2007 17 Spain 18,583,000 2007 18 Turkey 18,413,000 2007 19 Indonesia 17,828,000 2007 20 Taiwan 14,313,000 2007 21 Ukraine 12,858,000 2007 22 Egypt 11,229,000 2007 23 Vietnam 10,800,000 2007 24 Poland 10,336,000 2007 25 Australia 9,760,000 2007 26 Argentina 9,500,000 2007 27 Colombia 7,936,000 2007 28 Netherlands 7,334,000 2007 29 Thailand 7,024,000 2007 30 Greece 6,227,000 2007 31 Sweden 5,506,000 2007 32 Venezuela 5,082,000 2007 33 Switzerland 5,000,000 2007 34 Belgium 4,668,000 2007 35 South Africa 4,642,000 2007 36 Pakistan 4,546,000 2008 37 Malaysia 4,350,000 2007 38 Romania 4,300,000 2007 39 Portugal 4,139,000 2007 40 Saudi Arabia 3,996,000 2007 41 Hong Kong 3,875,000 2007 42 Belarus 3,672,000 2007 43 Philippines 3,633,000 2006 44 Syria 3,452,000 2007 45 Chile 3,379,000 2007 46 Austria 3,374,000 2007 47 Hungary 3,251,000 2007 48 Kazakhstan 3,237,000 2007 49 Algeria 3,068,000 2007 50 Israel 3,005,000 2006 51 Serbia 2,993,000 2007 52 Czech Republic 2,888,000 2006 53 Denmark 2,824,000 2007 54 Sri Lanka 2,742,000 2007 55 Peru 2,673,000 2007 56 Morocco 2,394,000 2007 57 Bulgaria 2,300,000 2007 58 Ireland 2,112,000 2007 59 Norway 1,988,000 2007 60 Singapore 1,859,000 2007 61 Croatia 1,825,000 2007 62 Ecuador 1,805,000 2007 63 Uzbekistan 1,793,000 2005 64 Finland 1,740,000 2007 65 New Zealand 1,706,000 2007 66 Nigeria 1,580,000 2007 67 Iraq 1,547,000 2005 68 Costa Rica 1,437,000 2007 69 United Arab Emirates 1,385,000 2007 70 Guatemala 1,355,000 2006 71 Tunisia 1,273,000 2007 72 Azerbaijan 1,254,000 2007 73 Bangladesh 1,187,000 2007 74 Korea, North 1,180,000 2007 75 Slovakia 1,151,000 2007 76 El Salvador 1,080,000 2007 77 Moldova 1,080,000 2007 78 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,065,000 2007 79 Cuba 1,043,000 2007 80 Puerto Rico 1,038,000 2005 81 Yemen 968,300 2006 82 Uruguay 965,200 2007 83 Dominican Republic 907,000 2007 84 Ethiopia 880,100 2007 85 Slovenia 857,100 2007 86 Libya 852,300 2005 87 Lithuania 799,400 2007 88 Nepal 766,400 2007 89 Cote d'Ivoire 730,000 2007 90 Honduras 713,600 2006 91 Lebanon 681,400 2006 92 Bolivia 678,200 2007 93 Latvia 644,000 2007 94 Armenia 603,900 2006 95 Jordan 585,500 2007 96 Georgia 544,000 2007 97 Kuwait 517,000 2006 98 Burma 503,900 2005 99 Estonia 495,500 2007 100 Panama 491,900 2007 101 Kyrgyzstan 482,100 2007 102 Macedonia 463,600 2007 103 Paraguay 453,800 2007 104 Turkmenistan 398,100 2005 105 Ghana 376,500 2007 106 Cyprus 376,000 107 Mauritius 357,300 2006 108 Albania 353,600 2005 109 Montenegro 353,300 2006 110 Gaza Strip 350,400 2007 111 West Bank 350,400 2007 112 Sudan 345,200 2007 113 Zimbabwe 344,500 2007 114 Jamaica 342,000 2006 115 Trinidad and Tobago 323,800 2007 116 Tajikistan 280,200 2005 117 Afghanistan 280,000 2005 118 Senegal 269,100 2007 119 Oman 268,100 2007 120 Kenya 264,800 2007 121 Luxembourg 248,200 2007 122 Nicaragua 247,900 2006 123 Qatar 237,400 2007 124 Malta 198,100 2007 125 Bahrain 194,200 2006 126 Iceland 186,700 2007 127 Macau 177,851 2008 128 Malawi 175,200 2007 129 Tanzania 165,013 2008 130 Uganda 162,300 2007 131 Mongolia 158,900 2006 132 Haiti 150,000 2006 133 Namibia 138,100 2007 134 Botswana 136,900 2006 135 Barbados 134,900 2005 136 Madagascar 133,900 2007 137 Bahamas, The 132,900 2007 138 Cameroon 130,700 2006 139 Benin 110,300 2007 140 Guyana 110,100 2005 141 Fiji 108,400 2007 142 Kosovo 106,300 2006 143 Somalia 100,000 2007 144 Angola 98,200 2006 145 Laos 94,800 2007 146 Burkina Faso 94,800 2006 147 Zambia 91,800 2007 148 Mali 85,000 2007 149 Togo 82,100 2006 150 Suriname 81,500 2006 151 Netherlands Antilles 81,000 2001 152 Brunei 79,200 2007 153 Gambia, The 76,400 2007 154 Jersey 73,900 2001 155 Virgin Islands 71,700 2005 156 Cape Verde 71,600 2006 157 Mozambique 67,000 2006 158 Guam 65,500 2003 159 New Caledonia 60,200 2007 160 Papua New Guinea 60,000 2007 161 Bermuda 57,700 2006 162 French Polynesia 53,600 2006 163 Lesotho 53,100 2006 164 Saint Lucia 51,100 2002 165 Isle of Man 51,000 1999 166 Guernsey 45,100 2005 167 Swaziland 44,000 2006 168 Aruba 38,700 2006 169 Cayman Islands 38,000 2002 170 Antigua and Barbuda 37,500 2006 171 Eritrea 37,500 2006 172 Cambodia 37,500 2007 173 Andorra 37,200 2007 174 Greenland 36,000 2006 175 Burundi 35,000 2006 176 Mauritania 34,900 2006 177 Monaco 34,000 2005 178 Belize 33,900 2007 179 Maldives 33,200 2007 180 Bhutan 29,900 2007 181 Grenada 27,700 2006 182 Gabon 26,500 2007 183 Guinea 26,300 2005 184 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25,000 2004 185 Gibraltar 24,512 2002 186 Niger 24,000 2005 187 Sierra Leone 24,000 2002 188 Rwanda 23,100 2007 189 Faroe Islands 23,000 2006 190 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 22,800 2007 191 Seychelles 22,700 2007 192 Northern Mariana Islands 21,000 2000 193 San Marino 21,000 2006 194 Tonga 21,000 2007 195 Dominica 21,000 2004 196 Liechtenstein 20,000 2005 197 Samoa 19,500 2005 198 Comoros 19,100 2006 199 Congo, Republic of the 15,900 2005 200 Chad 13,000 2006 201 Central African Republic 12,000 2006 202 British Virgin Islands 11,700 2002 203 Djibouti 10,800 2005 204 American Samoa 10,400 2004 205 Equatorial Guinea 10,000 2005 206 Mayotte 10,000 2002 207 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9,700 2006 208 Vanuatu 8,800 2007 209 Micronesia, Federated States of 8,700 2007 210 Sao Tome and Principe 7,700 2007 211 Solomon Islands 7,600 2006 212 Liberia 6,900 2002 213 Palau 6,700 2002 214 Anguilla 6,200 2002 215 Cook Islands 6,200 2002 216 Turks and Caicos Islands 5,700 2002 217 Holy See (Vatican City) 5,120 2005 218 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 4,800 2002 219 Guinea-Bissau 4,600 2007 220 Kiribati 4,500 2002 221 Marshall Islands 4,500 2004 222 Norfolk Island 2,532 2004 223 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 2,400 2002 224 Timor-Leste 2,400 2006 225 Saint Helena 2,200 2002 226 Nauru 1,900 2002 227 Wallis and Futuna 1,900 2002 228 Niue 1,100 2002 est. 229 Tuvalu 900 2005 230 Tokelau 300 2002 231 Cocos (Keeling) Islands 287 1992 232 Pitcairn Islands 1 2004 233 Antarctica 0 2001

This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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Rank code: @2151

Rank Country Telephones - mobile cellular Date of Information

1 World 2,168,433,600 2005 2 China 547,286,000 2007 3 European Union 466,000,000 2005 4 India 296,080,000 2008 5 United States 255,000,000 2007 6 Russia 170,000,000 2007 7 Brazil 120,980,000 2007 8 Japan 107,339,000 2007 9 Germany 97,151,000 2007 10 Pakistan 88,020,000 2008 11 Indonesia 81,835,000 2007 12 Italy 78,571,000 2006 13 United Kingdom 71,992,000 2007 14 Mexico 68,254,000 2007 15 Turkey 61,976,000 2007 16 France 56,719,000 2007 17 Ukraine 55,240,000 2007 18 Philippines 51,795,000 2007 19 Thailand 51,377,000 2007 20 Spain 48,813,000 2007 21 Korea, South 43,500,000 2007 22 South Africa 42,300,000 2007 23 Poland 41,389,000 2007 24 Argentina 40,402,000 2007 25 Nigeria 40,395,000 2007 26 Bangladesh 34,370,000 2007 27 Colombia 33,941,000 2007 28 Vietnam 33,200,000 2007 29 Egypt 30,065,000 2007 30 Iran 29,770,000 2007 31 Saudi Arabia 28,381,000 2007 32 Algeria 27,563,000 2007 33 Taiwan 24,302,000 2007 34 Venezuela 23,820,000 2007 35 Malaysia 23,347,000 2007 36 Romania 22,875,000 2007 37 Australia 21,260,000 2007 38 Morocco 20,029,000 2007 39 Canada 18,749,000 2006 40 Netherlands 17,300,000 2006 41 Peru 15,417,000 2007 42 Iraq 14,021,000 2007 43 Chile 13,955,000 2007 44 Portugal 13,413,000 2007 45 Czech Republic 13,075,000 2007 46 Kazakhstan 12,588,000 2007 47 Greece 11,997,000 2007 48 Kenya 11,440,000 2007 49 Hungary 11,030,000 2007 50 Hong Kong 10,550,000 2007 51 Sweden 10,371,000 2007 52 Belgium 10,230,000 2007 53 Guatemala 10,150,000 2007 54 Ecuador 10,086,000 2007 55 Bulgaria 9,897,000 2007 56 Austria 9,768,000 2007 57 Tanzania 9,358,000 2008 58 Israel 8,902,000 2007 59 Serbia 8,453,000 2007 60 Switzerland 8,096,000 2007 61 Sri Lanka 7,983,000 2007 62 Tunisia 7,842,000 2007 63 Ghana 7,604,000 2007 64 United Arab Emirates 7,595,000 2007 65 Sudan 7,464,000 2007 66 Cote d'Ivoire 7,050,000 2007 67 Syria 6,700,000 2007 68 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 6,592,000 2007 69 Denmark 6,243,000 2007 70 El Salvador 6,137,000 2007 71 Finland 6,080,000 2007 72 Slovakia 6,068,000 2007 73 Belarus 5,960,000 2006 74 Uzbekistan 5,800,000 2007 75 Singapore 5,619,000 2007 76 Dominican Republic 5,513,000 2007 77 Afghanistan 5,400,000 2008 78 Norway 5,192,000 2007 79 Croatia 5,035,000 2007 80 Ireland 4,940,000 2007 81 Lithuania 4,912,000 2007 82 Jordan 4,771,000 2007 83 Cameroon 4,536,000 2007 84 Libya 4,500,000 2007 85 Paraguay 4,330,000 2007 86 Azerbaijan 4,300,000 2007 87 New Zealand 4,245,000 2007 88 Uganda 4,195,000 2007 89 Senegal 4,123,000 2007 90 Puerto Rico 3,354,000 2005 91 Angola 3,307,000 2007 92 Mozambique 3,300,000 2007 93 Bolivia 3,254,000 2007 94 Uruguay 3,004,000 2007 95 Yemen 2,978,000 2006 96 Kuwait 2,774,000 2007 97 Zambia 2,639,000 2007 98 Cambodia 2,583,000 2007 99 Oman 2,500,000 2007 100 Jamaica 2,495,000 2006 101 Mali 2,483,000 2007 102 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,450,000 2007 103 Georgia 2,400,000 2007 104 Panama 2,392,000 2007 105 Albania 2,300,000 2007 106 Honduras 2,241,000 2006 107 Madagascar 2,218,000 2007 108 Latvia 2,217,000 2007 109 Haiti 2,200,000 2007 110 Kyrgyzstan 2,152,000 2007 111 Nicaragua 2,123,000 2007 112 Estonia 1,982,000 2007 113 Slovenia 1,928,000 2007 114 Benin 1,895,000 2007 115 Moldova 1,883,000 2007 116 Burkina Faso 1,611,000 2007 117 Macedonia 1,518,000 2007 118 Costa Rica 1,503,000 2007 119 Laos 1,478,000 2007 120 Botswana 1,427,000 2007 121 Congo, Republic of the 1,334,000 2007 122 Mauritania 1,300,000 2007 123 Qatar 1,264,000 2007 124 Lebanon 1,260,000 2007 125 Zimbabwe 1,226,000 2007 126 Ethiopia 1,208,000 2007 127 Togo 1,190,000 2007 128 Armenia 1,185,400 2006 129 Gabon 1,169,000 2007 130 Nepal 1,157,000 2006 131 Bahrain 1,116,000 2007 132 Malawi 1,051,000 2007 133 Gaza Strip 1,026,000 2007 134 West Bank 1,026,000 2007 135 Trinidad and Tobago 1,008,000 2007 136 Cyprus 962,200 137 Mauritius 936,000 2007 138 Chad 918,400 2007 139 Niger 900,000 2007 140 Macau 856,200 2008 141 Namibia 800,300 2007 142 Gambia, The 795,900 2007 143 Sierra Leone 776,000 2007 144 Mongolia 775,300 2006 145 Montenegro 643,700 2006 146 Rwanda 635,100 2007 147 Luxembourg 604,200 2007 148 Somalia 600,000 2007 149 Liberia 563,000 2007 150 Kosovo 562,000 2006 151 Lesotho 456,000 2007 152 Fiji 437,000 2007 153 Swaziland 380,000 2007 154 Bahamas, The 374,000 2007 155 Malta 371,500 2007 156 Iceland 347,500 2007 157 Brunei 339,800 2007 158 Suriname 320,000 2006 159 Maldives 317,800 2007 160 Papua New Guinea 300,000 2007 161 Guinea-Bissau 296,200 2007 162 Guyana 281,400 2005 163 Tajikistan 265,000 2005 164 Burundi 250,000 2007 165 Barbados 237,100 2006 166 Equatorial Guinea 220,000 2007 167 Turkmenistan 216,900 2006 168 Burma 214,200 2006 169 Netherlands Antilles 200,000 2004 170 Cuba 198,300 2007 171 Guinea 189,000 2005 172 New Caledonia 176,400 2007 173 French Polynesia 174,800 2007 174 Bhutan 149,400 2007 175 Cape Verde 148,000 2007 176 Central African Republic 130,000 2007 177 Belize 118,300 2007 178 Antigua and Barbuda 110,200 2006 179 Aruba 105,700 2006 180 Saint Lucia 105,700 2005 181 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 104,000 2007 182 Guam 98,000 2004 183 Samoa 86,000 2007 184 Jersey 83,900 2004 185 Virgin Islands 80,300 2005 186 Seychelles 77,300 2007 187 Eritrea 70,000 2007 188 Timor-Leste 69,000 2007 189 Andorra 68,500 2007 190 Greenland 66,400 2007 191 Bermuda 60,100 2006 192 Faroe Islands 50,000 2006 193 Mayotte 48,100 2005 194 Tonga 46,500 2007 195 Grenada 46,200 2006 196 Djibouti 45,000 2007 197 Guernsey 43,800 2004 198 Dominica 41,800 2004 199 Comoros 40,000 2007 200 Cayman Islands 33,800 2004 201 Sao Tome and Principe 30,100 2007 202 Liechtenstein 27,500 2005 203 Micronesia, Federated States of 27,400 2007 204 Vanuatu 26,000 2007 205 Northern Mariana Islands 20,500 2004 206 San Marino 17,390 2006 207 Monaco 17,200 2005 208 Solomon Islands 10,900 2007 209 Saint Kitts and Nevis 10,000 2004 210 Gibraltar 9,797 2002 211 British Virgin Islands 8,000 2002 212 American Samoa 2,200 2004 213 Anguilla 1,800 2002 214 Turks and Caicos Islands 1,700 1999 215 Cook Islands 1,500 2002 216 Nauru 1,500 2002 217 Tuvalu 1,300 2005 218 Palau 1,000 2002 219 Kiribati 700 2005 220 Marshall Islands 700 2005 221 Niue 400 2002 222 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0 2001 223 Norfolk Island 0 2002 224 Western Sahara 0 1999

This file was last updated on 18 December, 2008

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