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South Africa

South Africa Telephone Stats

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STAT AMOUNT DATE RANK HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 4.03 million 2012 41st out of 211
Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 78.75 2012 138th out of 207
International calling code 27 2014 53th out of 54
Landlines 4.42 million 2010 35th out of 100
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 7.69 2012 133th out of 202
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2006.11.10 2014
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 26% 2013 62nd out of 147
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 59.47 million 2014 22nd out of 66
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 12.7 million 2013 21st out of 147
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 261.28 2013 62nd out of 146
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 68.39 million 2012 19th out of 199
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,336.1 2012 41st out of 197
Mobile phone > Rural households with cellular phone per thousand people 17.64 2001 2nd out of 2
Rural households with landlines per thousand people 6.14 2001 3rd out of 3
Urban households with landlines per thousand people 54.76 2001 3rd out of 3

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Asia (States and territories with country calling codes); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (America); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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