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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Media > Telephone subscribers

DEFINITION: Telephone subscribers are the total of fixed-line subscribers plus mobile.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 South Africa 38.69 million 2005
2 Nigeria 19.81 million 2005
3 Kenya 4.89 million 2005
4 Ghana 3.16 million 2005
5 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.76 million 2005
6 Sudan 2.5 million 2005
7 Tanzania 2.09 million 2004
8 Senegal 2 million 2005
9 Cote d'Ivoire 1.93 million 2004
10 Cameroon 1.64 million 2004
11 Uganda 1.63 million 2005
12 Angola 1.19 million 2005
13 Mauritius 1.07 million 2005
14 Zambia 1.04 million 2005
15 Zimbabwe 1.03 million 2005
16 Ethiopia 1.02 million 2005
17 Botswana 955,104 2005
18 Mali 944,576 2005
19 Benin 826,267 2005
20 Mauritania 786,615 2005
21 Mozambique 777,676 2004
22 Gabon 688,935 2005
23 Burkina Faso 669,600 2005
24 Somalia 600,000 2005
25 Madagascar 571,560 2005
26 Malawi 532,029 2005
27 Togo 502,269 2005
28 Namibia 414,030 2004
29 Niger 323,853 2005
30 Lesotho 293,016 2005
31 The Gambia 291,478 2005
32 Swaziland 235,042 2005
33 Guinea 181,100 2004
34 Rwanda 161,700 2004
35 Cape Verde 153,133 2005
36 Chad 136,000 2004
37 Burundi 128,304 2004
38 Central African Republic 110,000 2005
39 Equatorial Guinea 106,900 2005
40 Sierra Leone 91,000 2002
41 Seychelles 78,407 2005
42 Eritrea 78,150 2005
43 Djibouti 54,832 2005
44 Comoros 33,004 2005
45 Sao Tome and Principe 14,795 2004
46 Guinea-Bissau 11,833 2003
47 Liberia 8,800 2001

Citation

Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Media > Telephone subscribers

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Interesting observations about Media > Telephone subscribers

  • India ranked first for telephone subscribers amongst Hot countries in 2005.
  • United States ranked first for telephone subscribers amongst Christian countries in 2004.
  • China ranked first for telephone subscribers globally in 2005.
  • Russia ranked first for telephone subscribers amongst Europe in 2005.
  • Turkey ranked first for telephone subscribers amongst Muslim countries in 2005.
  • Germany ranked first for telephone subscribers amongst European Union in 2005.
  • Brazil ranked first for telephone subscribers amongst Catholic countries in 2004.
  • Mexico ranked first for telephone subscribers amongst Former Spanish colonies in 2005.
  • South Africa ranked first for telephone subscribers amongst Sub-Saharan Africa in 2005.
  • Japan ranked second for telephone subscribers amongst High income OECD countries in 2005.
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