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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Media > Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita

DEFINITION: The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Mauritius 285.06 per 1,000 people 2006
2 Seychelles 277.18 per 1,000 people 2007
3 Cape Verde 138.14 per 1,000 people 2006
4 South Africa 105.5 per 1,000 people 2007
5 Botswana 77.88 per 1,000 people 2006
6 Namibia 67.2 per 1,000 people 2007
7 The Gambia 45.25 per 1,000 people 2007
8 Cote d'Ivoire 40.52 per 1,000 people 2007
9 Swaziland 39.07 per 1,000 people 2006
10 Sao Tome and Principe 38.58 per 1,000 people 2007
11 Comoros 31.13 per 1,000 people 2006
12 Lesotho 29.68 per 1,000 people 2006
13 Zimbabwe 27.98 per 1,000 people 2007
14 Senegal 21.49 per 1,000 people 2007
15 Equatorial Guinea 19.86 per 1,000 people 2005
16 Gabon 18.21 per 1,000 people 2007
17 Kenya 17.2 per 1,000 people 2009
18 Ghana 16.42 per 1,000 people 2007
19 Benin 13.65 per 1,000 people 2007
20 Djibouti 13.62 per 1,000 people 2005
21 Togo 13.03 per 1,000 people 2006
22 Malawi 12.88 per 1,000 people 2007
23 Nigeria 11.7 per 1,000 people 2007
24 Ethiopia 11.5 per 1,000 people 2007
25 Mauritania 11.07 per 1,000 people 2006
26 Somalia 10.97 per 1,000 people 2007
27 Sudan 8.77 per 1,000 people 2007
28 Eritrea 8.26 per 1,000 people 2006
29 Zambia 8 per 1,000 people 2007
30 Cameroon 7.83 per 1,000 people 2006
31 Burkina Faso 6.98 per 1,000 people 2006
32 Madagascar 6.88 per 1,000 people 2007
33 Angola 5.99 per 1,000 people 2006
34 Mali 5.58 per 1,000 people 2009
35 Uganda 5.36 per 1,000 people 2007
36 Sierra Leone 4.91 per 1,000 people 2002
37 Burundi 4.47 per 1,000 people 2006
38 Tanzania 4.02 per 1,000 people 2010
39 Mozambique 3.33 per 1,000 people 2006
40 Guinea-Bissau 3.12 per 1,000 people 2007
41 Central African Republic 2.93 per 1,000 people 2006
42 Guinea 2.92 per 1,000 people 2005
43 Rwanda 2.33 per 1,000 people 2007
44 Liberia 2.15 per 1,000 people 2002
45 Niger 1.72 per 1,000 people 2005
46 Chad 1.3 per 1,000 people 2006
47 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.163 per 1,000 people 2006

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