What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Cameroon and Mauritania?

0.0777 per 100 people, with Mauritania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Mauritania?

49 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cameroon vs Mauritania: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Cameroon

0.2318 per 100 people

in 2024

Mauritania

0.3095 per 100 people

in 2024

Cameroon rank

189th

Mauritania rank

186th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Cameroon
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 0.3095 per 100 people against 0.2318 per 100 people in Cameroon, a difference of 0.0777 per 100 people.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.3 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 49 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Cameroon ahead.

Cameroon ranks 189th and Mauritania ranks 186th of 214 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 5 and Mauritania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cameroon	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.185 per 100 people	0.1523 per 100 people	0.0327 per 100 people	Cameroon
1980s	0.2854 per 100 people	0.2257 per 100 people	0.0597 per 100 people	Cameroon
1990s	0.4979 per 100 people	0.4293 per 100 people	0.0686 per 100 people	Cameroon
2000s	0.9269 per 100 people	1.4 per 100 people	0.4778 per 100 people	Mauritania
2010s	3.83 per 100 people	1.55 per 100 people	2.29 per 100 people	Cameroon
2020s	2.59 per 100 people	0.9652 per 100 people	1.63 per 100 people	Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Cameroon or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 0.3095 per 100 people against 0.2318 per 100 people in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Cameroon and Mauritania?: 0.0777 per 100 people, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Mauritania?: 49 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Mauritania rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Cameroon ranks 189th and Mauritania ranks 186th of 214 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit: per 100 people
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 261 places, 14,535 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.