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07/12/2010 |
Fixed Telephone Statistics in the World
In this page: Statistics of wireline telephones in the world and ranking with the main countries.
Fixed Telephones in the World

Source: UIT
Main Fixed Telephones Markets in the World - 20 biggest markets
Annual Results
| Ranking | Thousands | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ∆Year |
| 1st | China | 340,804 | 313,688 | 294,380 | (6.2%) |
| 2nd | United States | 154,655 | 155,000 | 151,171 | (2.5%) |
| 3rd | Germany | 51,500 | 48,700 | 45,600 | (6.4%) |
| 4th | Russia | 44,200 | 44,802 | 44,960 | 0.4% |
| 5th | Brazil | 41,200 | 41,500 | 42,000 | 1.2% |
| 6th | Japan | 48,427 | 44,400 | 40,418 | (9.0%) |
| 7th | Indonesia | 30,378 | 33,958 | 35,090 | 3.3% |
| 8th | France | 40,651 | 41,172 | 37,959 | (7.8%) |
| 9th | India | 37,900 | 37,060 | 35,200 | (5.0%) |
| 10th | United Kingdom | 33,209 | 33,615 | 33,320 | (0.9%) |
| 11th | Korea | 21,325 | 19,289 | 28,543 | 48.0% |
| 12th | Iran | 24,800 | 25,804 | 26,849 | 4.0% |
| 13th | Italy | 21,246 | 21,300 | 21,600 | 1.4% |
| 14th | Spain | 20,200 | 20,057 | 19,904 | (0.8%) |
| 15th | Mexico | 20,491 | 19,425 | 19,892 | 2.4% |
| 16th | Canada | 18,250 | 18,251 | 17,021 | (6.7%) |
| 17th | Taiwan | 14,369 | 14,596 | 16,434 | 12.6% |
| 18th | Vietnan | 29,591 | 30,693 | 16,400 | (46.6%) |
| 19th | Turkey | 17,502 | 16,534 | 16,202 | (2.0%) |
| 20th | Ukraine | 13,177 | 13,026 | 12,941 | (0.7%) |
| - | World |
1,274 |
1,275 |
1,219 |
(2.48%) |
Source: UIT and Regulation Agencies
| Ranking | Density | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ∆Year |
| 1st | Monaco | 107.0 | 107.9 | 96.4 | (10.6%) |
| 2nd | Bermuda | 89.0 | 89.0 | 89.5 | 0.6% |
| 3rd | British Virgin Islands | 82.9 | 87.2 | 86.5 | (0.9%) |
| 4th | Gibraltar | 77.3 | 77.3 | 82.1 | 6.2% |
| 5th | Niue* | 65.9 | 74.5 | 81.7 | 9.7% |
| 6th | St. Pierre and Miquelon | 79.0 | 79.3 | 79.4 | 0.2% |
| 7th | Virgin Islands | 62.4 | 63.2 | 70.8 | 12.0% |
| 8th | San Marino | 67.7 | 68.5 | 69.5 | 1.5% |
| 9th | Taiwan | 68.3 | 68.6 | 68.8 | 0.4% |
| 10th | Cayman Islands | 68.3 | 67.7 | 66.4 | (1.9%) |
| 11th | Falklands Islands | 76.4 | 65.3 | 65.9 | 1.0% |
| 12th | Iceland | 61.3 | 57.4 | 63.7 | 11.0% |
| 13th | Hong Kong | 58.7 | 59.7 | 61.6 | 3.3% |
| 14th | Malta | 59.2 | 61.8 | 59.4 | (4.0%) |
| 15th | Korea | 44.3 | 39.9 | 59.2 | 48.5% |
| 16th | Switzerland | 63.9 | 61.5 | 58.6 | (4.7%) |
| 17th | Saint Helena | 50.7 | 52.5 | 57.8 | 10.0% |
| 18th | Réunion | 53.8 | 55.6 | 56.8 | 2.2% |
| 19th | France | 56.4 | 56.9 | 56.1 | (1.5%) |
| 20th | Guadaloupe | 53.1 | 53.9 | 55.5 | 3.0% |
| - | World | 19.0 | 18.8 | - | - |
Source: UIT and Ragulation Agencies
*Is one island nation in free association with New Zealand


