World's top 20 nations with telephone connections
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From being an inevitable part of the telecommunication services, landlines are becoming outdated.
With the advent of cheaper mobile phones, the popularity of landphones started declining.
Today, China tops in the total number of main telephone lines.
China
Rank: 1
Number of main telephones: 285.11 million
Take a look at the countries with the highest number of telephone lines according to Indexmundi...
(Total number of main telephone lines in use as of January 1, 2012)
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Photographs: A mother carrying her child in a phone booth.
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United States
Rank: 2
Number of main telephones: 151 million
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Image: An aerial view of the Manhattan skyline as seen from Lower Manhattan in New York.
Photographs: Adrees Latif/Reuters
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Germany
Rank: 3
Number of main telephones: 45.6 million
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Image: A house decorated with Christmas lights and figurines is lit up in Freising, about 30 km (18.6 miles) north of Munich.
Photographs: Michaela Rehle/Reuters
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Russia
Rank: 4
Number of main telephones: 44.95 million
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Image: Moscow, Russia.
Photographs: Viktor Korotayev/Reuters
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Brazil
Rank: 5
Number of main telephones: 43.02 million
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Image: Brazilian National Congress in Brasilia.
Photographs: Ricardo Moraes/Reuters
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Japan
Rank: 6
Number of main telephones: 40.41 million
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Image: Japan's Mt Fuji, covered with snow, is seen through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo.
Photographs: Kimimasa Mayama/Reuters
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Indonesia
Rank: 7
Number of main telephones: 37.96 million
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Image: French climber Alain Robert, a rock climber who has become famous for climbing known buildings worldwide, climbs the 215m (705 feet) high, 50 floors Bakrie Tower building in Jakarta.
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France
Rank: 8
Number of main telephones: 36.15 million
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Image: Christmas holiday lights hang from trees to illuminate Champs Elysees in Paris as rush hour traffic fills the avenue leading up to the Arc de Triomphe.
Photographs: Charles Platiau/Reuters
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India
Rank: 9
Number of main telephones: 35.09 million
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Image: A horse-cart passes in front of the Queen Victoria Memorial in Kolkata.
Photographs: Jayanta Shaw/Reuters
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United Kingdom
Rank: 10
Number of main telephones: 33.32 million
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Image: Workers sit in gondolas as they perform tests on the new cable car link across the River Thames in London.
Photographs: Toby Melville/Reuters
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South Korea
Rank: 11
Number of main telephones: 28.5 million
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Image: Part of Gangnam area is seen down the Han River in Seoul.
Photographs: Lee Jae Won/Reuters
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Iran
Rank: 12
Number of main telephones: 26.84 million
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Image: A man counts notes in Tehran.
Photographs: Reuters
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Italy
Rank: 13
Number of main telephones: 21.60 million
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Image: Tourists pass a Louis Vuitton shop closed for refurbishment, its facade covered with a faux suitcase, in Rome.
Photographs: Chris Helgren/Reuters
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Image: A Spanish flag flutters in the wind in front of the dome of Bank of Spain headquarters in central Madrid.
Photographs: Sergio Perez/Reuters
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Mexico
Rank: 15
Number of main telephones: 19.89 million
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Image: Pedestrians walk past the Torre Latinoamericana illuminated by LED lights, as part of an artistic intervention, in downtown Mexico City.
Photographs: Tomas Bravo/Reuters
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Canada
Rank: 16
Number of main telephones: 16.43 million
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Image: People go shopping in a mall in downtown Toronto.
Photographs: Mark Blinch/Reuters
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Taiwan
Rank: 17
Number of main telephones: 16.43 million
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Image: People visit a giant replica of Lemuel Gulliver built in a park in central Taiwan's city of Taichung.
Photographs: Ralph Jennings/Reuters
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Vietnam
Rank: 18
Number of main telephones: 16.40 million
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Image: A vendor sells T-shirts.
Photographs: Reuters
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Turkey
Rank: 19
Number of main telephones: 16.20 million
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Image: A view of Istanbul's financial district.
Photographs: Murad Sezer/Reuters
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