Kazakhstan vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Fixed telephone subscriptions

Kazakhstan
2.44 million
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
4.00 million
in 2025
Kazakhstan rank
45th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
39th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Kazakhstan
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 4.00 million against 2.44 million in Kazakhstan, a difference of 1.56 million.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 1.6 times Kazakhstan's.

Across all 50 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

Kazakhstan ranks 45th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 39th of 214 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Kazakhstan Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1970s 553,272 1.95 million 1.39 million Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1980s 901,692 3.52 million 2.62 million Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
1990s 1.74 million 6.58 million 4.84 million Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2000s 2.68 million 11.13 million 8.45 million Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2010s 3.95 million 10.64 million 6.70 million Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
2020s 2.81 million 5.80 million 2.99 million Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Kazakhstan or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 4.00 million against 2.44 million in Kazakhstan as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Kazakhstan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
1.56 million, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kazakhstan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
50 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2024.
How do Kazakhstan and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?
Kazakhstan ranks 45th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 39th of 214 countries.
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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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.