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World's top 20 nations with telephone connections

Last updated on: May 21, 2013 12:55 IST

From being an inevitable part of the telecommunication services, landlines are becoming outdated.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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An aerial view of the Manhattan skyline as seen from Lower Manhattan in New York.

United States

Rank: 2

Number of main telephones: 151 million

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A house decorated with Christmas lights and figurines is lit up in Freising, about 30 km (18.6 miles) north of Munich.

Germany

Rank: 3

Number of main telephones: 45.6 million

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Russia

Rank: 4

Number of main telephones: 44.95 million

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Brazilian National Congress in Brasilia.

Brazil

Rank: 5

Number of main telephones: 43.02 million

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Japan's Mt Fuji, covered with snow, is seen through Shinjuku skyscrapers in Tokyo.

Japan

Rank: 6

Number of main telephones: 40.41 million

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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.

Indonesia

Rank: 7

Number of main telephones: 37.96 million

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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.

France

Rank: 8

Number of main telephones: 36.15 million

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A horse-cart passes in front of the Queen Victoria Memorial in Kolkata.

India

Rank: 9

Number of main telephones: 35.09 million

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Workers sit in gondolas as they perform tests on the new cable car link across the River Thames in London.

United Kingdom

Rank: 10

Number of main telephones: 33.32 million

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Part of Gangnam area is seen down the Han River in Seoul.

South Korea

Rank: 11

Number of main telephones: 28.5 million

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Iran

Rank: 12

Number of main telephones: 26.84 million

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Tourists pass a Louis Vuitton shop closed for refurbishment, its facade covered with a faux suitcase, in Rome.

Italy

Rank: 13

Number of main telephones: 21.60 million

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Spain

Rank: 14

Number of main telephones: 19.90 million

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Pedestrians walk past the Torre Latinoamericana illuminated by LED lights, as part of an artistic intervention, in downtown Mexico City.

Mexico

Rank: 15

Number of main telephones: 19.89 million

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People go shopping in a mall in downtown Toronto.

Canada

Rank: 16

Number of main telephones: 16.43 million

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People visit a giant replica of Lemuel Gulliver built in a park in central Taiwan's city of Taichung.

Taiwan

Rank: 17

Number of main telephones: 16.43 million

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Vietnam

Rank: 18

Number of main telephones: 16.40 million

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Turkey

Rank: 19

Number of main telephones: 16.20 million

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A Jewish Menorah Center in Dnipropetrovsk.

Ukraine

Rank: 20

Number of main telephones: 12.94 million