Africa Eastern and Southern vs Kazakhstan: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Africa Eastern and Southern
3.00 million
in 2025
Kazakhstan
2.44 million
in 2024
Africa Eastern and Southern rank
42nd
Kazakhstan rank
44th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Africa Eastern and Southern
  • Kazakhstan
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How they compare

Africa Eastern and Southern currently reports 3.00 million against 2.44 million in Kazakhstan, a difference of 556,700.

That makes Africa Eastern and Southern's figure about 1.2 times Kazakhstan's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Africa Eastern and Southern has been ahead every year.

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 42nd and Kazakhstan ranks 44th of 48 groups.

Africa Eastern and Southern has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Eastern and Southern Kazakhstan Difference Ahead
1970s 1.82 million 553,272 1.26 million Africa Eastern and Southern
1980s 3.08 million 901,692 2.18 million Africa Eastern and Southern
1990s 5.60 million 1.74 million 3.85 million Africa Eastern and Southern
2000s 8.41 million 2.68 million 5.73 million Africa Eastern and Southern
2010s 7.90 million 3.95 million 3.96 million Africa Eastern and Southern
2020s 4.20 million 2.81 million 1.39 million Africa Eastern and Southern

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Africa Eastern and Southern or Kazakhstan?
Africa Eastern and Southern, at 3.00 million against 2.44 million in Kazakhstan as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Africa Eastern and Southern and Kazakhstan?
556,700, with Africa Eastern and Southern ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and Kazakhstan?
50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Africa Eastern and Southern and Kazakhstan rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 42nd and Kazakhstan ranks 44th of 48 groups.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Fixed telephone subscriptions. 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
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,482 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.