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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Media > Telephones > Mobile cellular

DEFINITION: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 Nigeria 95.17 million 2011
2 South Africa 64 million 2011
3 Kenya 28.08 million 2011
4 Tanzania 25.67 million 2011
5 Sudan 25.06 million 2011
6 Ghana 21.17 million 2011
7 Cote d'Ivoire 17.34 million 2011
8 Uganda 16.7 million 2011
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 15.64 million 2011
10 Ethiopia 14.13 million 2011
11 Mali 10.82 million 2011
12 Cameroon 10.49 million 2011
13 Angola 9.49 million 2011
14 Senegal 9.35 million 2011
15 Zimbabwe 9.2 million 2011
16 Madagascar 8.66 million 2011
17 Zambia 8.16 million 2011
18 Mozambique 7.86 million 2011
19 Benin 7.76 million 2011
20 Burkina Faso 7.68 million 2011
21 Niger 4.74 million 2011
22 Guinea 4.5 million 2011
23 Rwanda 4.45 million 2011
24 Malawi 3.95 million 2011
25 Chad 3.67 million 2011
26 Mauritania 3.31 million 2011
27 Togo 3.1 million 2011
28 Botswana 2.9 million 2011
29 Namibia 2.24 million 2011
30 Sierra Leone 2.14 million 2011
31 Liberia 2.03 million 2011
32 Burundi 1.92 million 2011
33 Central African Republic 1.82 million 2011
34 Gabon 1.8 million 2011
35 The Gambia 1.4 million 2011
36 Mauritius 1.29 million 2011
37 Lesotho 1.23 million 2011
38 Guinea-Bissau 869,100 2011
39 Swaziland 766,500 2011
40 Somalia 655,000 2011
41 Equatorial Guinea 426,000 2011
42 Cape Verde 396,400 2011
43 Eritrea 241,900 2011
44 Comoros 216,400 2011
45 Djibouti 193,000 2011
46 Seychelles 126,600 2011
47 Sao Tome and Principe 115,000 2011

Citation

Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Media > Telephones > Mobile cellular

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Interesting observations about Media > Telephones > Mobile cellular

  • All of the top 2 countries by telephones > mobile cellular are Emerging markets'.
  • China has had the highest telephones > mobile cellular since 2006.
  • 10 of the top 17 countries by telephones > mobile cellular are Hot countries.
  • United States has ranked in the top 3 for telephones > mobile cellular since 1998.
  • 2 of the top 4 countries by telephones > mobile cellular are Cold countries'.
  • 2 of the top 4 countries by telephones > mobile cellular are Former British Colonies'.
  • India has ranked in the top 2 for telephones > mobile cellular since 2008.
  • 4 of the top 9 countries by telephones > mobile cellular are East Asian and Pacific.
  • Canada ranked last for telephones > mobile cellular amongst Group of 7 countries (G7) in 2011.
  • Brazil has ranked in the top 6 for telephones > mobile cellular since 1997.
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