| Rank | Country | Telephones - main lines in use |
|---|
| 1 | China | 313,680,000 |  |
| 2 | United States | 141,000,000 | |
| 3 | Germany | 48,700,000 | |
| 4 | Russia | 44,802,000 | |
| 5 | Japan | 44,364,000 | |
| 6 | Brazil | 41,497,000 | |
| 7 | France | 36,441,000 | |
| 8 | India | 35,770,000 | |
| 9 | Indonesia | 33,958,000 | |
| 10 | United Kingdom | 32,117,000 | |
| 11 | Iran | 25,804,000 | |
| 12 | Italy | 21,300,000 | |
| 13 | Spain | 20,057,000 | |
| 14 | Mexico | 19,425,000 | |
| 15 | Korea, South | 19,289,000 | |
| 16 | Canada | 18,251,000 | |
| 17 | Vietnam | 17,427,000 | |
| 18 | Turkey | 16,534,000 | |
| 19 | Taiwan | 14,596,000 | |
| 20 | Ukraine | 13,026,000 | |
| 21 | Egypt | 10,313,000 | |
| 22 | Argentina | 9,764,000 | |
| 23 | Poland | 9,556,000 | |
| 24 | Australia | 9,020,000 | |
| 25 | Colombia | 7,500,000 | |
| 26 | Netherlands | 7,320,000 | |
| 27 | Thailand | 7,024,000 | |
| 28 | Venezuela | 6,867,000 | |
| 29 | Philippines | 6,783,000 | |
| 30 | Greece | 5,930,000 | |
| 31 | Romania | 5,313,000 | |
| 32 | Sweden | 5,146,000 | |
| 33 | Switzerland | 4,650,000 | |
| 34 | South Africa | 4,320,000 | |
| 35 | Malaysia | 4,312,000 | |
| 36 | Belgium | 4,255,000 | |
| 37 | Hong Kong | 4,188,000 | |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 4,171,000 | |
| 39 | Pakistan | 4,058,000 | |
| 40 | Portugal | 4,049,000 | |
| 41 | Belarus | 3,969,000 | |
| 42 | Syria | 3,871,000 | |
| 43 | Kazakhstan | 3,763,000 | |
| 44 | Chile | 3,575,000 | |
| 45 | Sri Lanka | 3,523,000 | |
| 46 | Morocco | 3,516,000 | |
| 47 | Austria | 3,253,000 | |
| 48 | Israel | 3,250,000 | |
| 49 | Serbia | 3,106,000 | |
| 50 | Hungary | 3,069,000 | |