What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Somalia and Sudan?

0.0159 per 100 people, with Sudan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sudan?

54 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.

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.

Somalia vs Sudan: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Somalia

0.2996 per 100 people

in 2023

Sudan

0.3155 per 100 people

in 2022

Somalia rank

185th

Sudan rank

183rd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Somalia
Sudan

How they compare

Sudan currently reports 0.3155 per 100 people against 0.2996 per 100 people in Somalia, a difference of 0.0159 per 100 people.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Somalia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 54 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sudan ahead.

Somalia ranks 185th and Sudan ranks 183rd of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Somalia averaged higher in 1 and Sudan in 6.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0.0451 per 100 people	0.1981 per 100 people	0.153 per 100 people	Sudan
1970s	0.0453 per 100 people	0.2417 per 100 people	0.1964 per 100 people	Sudan
1980s	0.1661 per 100 people	0.2833 per 100 people	0.1172 per 100 people	Sudan
1990s	0.2263 per 100 people	0.4055 per 100 people	0.1792 per 100 people	Sudan
2000s	0.7439 per 100 people	1.84 per 100 people	1.09 per 100 people	Sudan
2010s	0.532 per 100 people	0.8262 per 100 people	0.2943 per 100 people	Sudan
2020s	0.5282 per 100 people	0.2885 per 100 people	0.2397 per 100 people	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Somalia or Sudan?: Sudan, at 0.3155 per 100 people against 0.2996 per 100 people in Somalia as of 2022.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Somalia and Sudan?: 0.0159 per 100 people, with Sudan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Sudan?: 54 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Somalia and Sudan rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Somalia ranks 185th and Sudan ranks 183rd of 212 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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About this data

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: 260 places, 14,528 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 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.