Telephone Lines by Country

Telephone Lines by country, shown on a world map with full country rankings. Data covers 206 countries for 2024, sourced from World Bank Open Data. See also Fixed Broadband and Internet Users.

Telephone Lines reaches its highest value in Monaco, at 95.5, and its lowest in Sierra Leone, at under 0.01.

The average across 206 countries and territories is 15.4 for 2024.

HighestMonaco95.5

LowestSierra Leone0

Average15.4206 countries

Year2024latest available

Fixed telephone lines have declined sharply as mobile networks expanded.

Top 10 countries

Monaco95.5

Virgin Islands (U.S.)87.7

Andorra64.9

British Virgin Islands61.9

France56.1

Portugal53

Cayman Islands50

Japan47.7

Malta47.3

San Marino46.9

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Telephone Lines: full country ranking (2024)

#	Country	Telephone Lines
1	Monaco	95.5
2	Virgin Islands (U.S.)	87.7
3	Andorra	64.9
4	British Virgin Islands	61.9
5	France	56.1
6	Portugal	53
7	Cayman Islands	50
8	Japan	47.7
9	Malta	47.3
10	San Marino	46.9
11	Greece	46.7
12	Belarus	45.8
13	Gibraltar	45.6
14	Germany	45.4
15	Palau	45.1
16	Hong Kong SAR, China	44.6
17	Bermuda	43.6
18	Guam	43.2
19	Barbados	43
20	Northern Mariana Islands	42.3
21	Korea, Rep.	41.2
22	Luxembourg	39.8
23	Austria	38.2
24	Spain	38
25	Mauritius	36.9
26	Serbia	36.7
27	Uruguay	35.6
28	Singapore	35
29	United Kingdom	34.4
30	Italy	34.2
31	St. Kitts and Nevis	33.4
32	Aruba	32.1
33	Iran, Islamic Rep.	30.8
34	Switzerland	30.6
35	Montenegro	30.1
36	Antigua and Barbuda	29.4
37	Slovenia	28.7
38	Croatia	28.5
39	Brunei Darussalam	27.7
40	Faroe Islands	27.7
41	Israel	27.7
42	Canada	27.6
43	Hungary	26
44	Cyprus	25.4
45	North Macedonia	25
46	Liechtenstein	24.8
47	Curacao	24.8
48	Moldova	24.2
49	Puerto Rico (US)	23.8
50	United States	23.6
51	French Polynesia	23.5
52	Bahamas, The	23.2
53	Malaysia	23.1
54	Mexico	22.6
55	Australia	22.3
56	Netherlands	21.8
57	Belgium	21.2
58	Tuvalu	21.1
59	United Arab Emirates	20.8
60	Ireland	20.5
61	American Samoa	20.1
62	Saudi Arabia	19.7
63	Trinidad and Tobago	19.7
64	Suriname	19.6
65	Bosnia and Herzegovina	18.4
66	Iceland	17.4
67	Uzbekistan	17.4
68	Panama	17.4
69	Qatar	17.2
70	St. Lucia	17.1
71	Libya	16.9
72	Estonia	16.7
73	New Caledonia	16.2
74	Lao PDR	16.1
75	Lebanon	16.1
76	Jamaica	16
77	Tunisia	16
78	Bahrain	15.9
79	Guyana	15
80	Mongolia	14.9
81	Algeria	14.8
82	Grenada	14.5
83	Cuba	14.5
84	Russian Federation	14.3
85	Argentina	14.1
86	El Salvador	14
87	Azerbaijan	12.8
88	Seychelles	12.4
89	Colombia	11.9
90	Costa Rica	11.9
91	Kazakhstan	11.9
92	Kuwait	11.8
93	China	11.7
94	Cabo Verde	11.7
95	Denmark	11.7
96	Syrian Arab Republic	11.5
97	Iraq	11.5
98	Poland	11.5
99	Egypt, Arab Rep.	11.4
100	Macao SAR, China	11.3
101	Dominica	11.1
102	Latvia	10.9
103	New Zealand	10.8
104	Czechia	10.8
105	Guatemala	10.8
106	Brazil	10.6
107	Turkiye	10.3
108	Turkmenistan	10.2
109	Dominican Republic	10.1
110	Armenia	10
111	Romania	9.1
112	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	9
113	Greenland	8.9
114	Turks and Caicos Islands	8.8
115	Chile	8.8
116	Venezuela, RB	8.5
117	Fiji	8.4
118	Oman	8.3
119	Slovak Republic	8.3
120	Bulgaria	8.2
121	Morocco	8
122	Sweden	7.5
123	West Bank and Gaza	7.1
124	Lithuania	7
125	Sri Lanka	6.8
126	Georgia	6.8
127	Ecuador	6.7
128	Kosovo	6.5
129	Albania	5.9
130	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	5.8
131	Thailand	5.4
132	Marshall Islands	4.9
133	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	4.5
134	Belize	4.4
135	Honduras	4.2
136	Jordan	4.2
137	Peru	4.1
138	Philippines	3.8
139	Ukraine	3.8
140	Nicaragua	3.5
141	Botswana	3.3
142	Tonga	3.1
143	Paraguay	3
144	Bolivia	3
145	Eswatini	2.9
146	India	2.7
147	Finland	2.7
148	Gabon	2.6
149	Viet Nam	2.6
150	Namibia	2.6
151	Djibouti	2.5
152	Maldives	2.3
153	Tajikistan	2.2
154	Kyrgyz Republic	2.2
155	Samoa	2.1
156	Eritrea	2
157	Yemen, Rep.	1.9
158	Zimbabwe	1.8
159	Papua New Guinea	1.7
160	Indonesia	1.6
161	Senegal	1.6
162	Gambia, The	1.6
163	South Africa	1.6
164	Nepal	1.4
165	Mali	1.3
166	Norway	1.3
167	Comoros	1
168	Myanmar	1
169	Pakistan	1
170	Vanuatu	0.93
171	Solomon Islands	0.89
172	Togo	0.83
173	Ghana	0.78
174	Cote d'Ivoire	0.77
175	Sao Tome and Principe	0.76
176	Equatorial Guinea	0.63
177	Ethiopia	0.58
178	Afghanistan	0.44
179	Niger	0.43
180	Uganda	0.39
181	Burkina Faso	0.35
182	Zambia	0.35
183	Lesotho	0.34
184	Sudan	0.32
185	Mauritania	0.31
186	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	0.3
187	Congo, Rep.	0.29
188	Cameroon	0.23
189	Angola	0.21
190	Cambodia	0.16
191	Bangladesh	0.16
192	Timor-Leste	0.12
193	Liberia	0.12
194	Tanzania	0.11
195	Burundi	0.1
196	Kenya	0.1
197	Mozambique	0.08
198	Rwanda	0.06
199	Nigeria	0.04
200	Central African Republic	0.04
201	Malawi	0.02
202	Haiti	0.01
203	Madagascar	0.01
204	Kiribati	0.01
205	Benin	0.01
206	Sierra Leone	0

Source: World Bank Open Data. Latest available year: 2024. Values shown are the most recent reported figure per country.

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