Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Morocco or Sub-Saharan Africa?

Sub-Saharan Africa, at 5.00 million against 3.04 million in Morocco as of 2025.

What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa?

1.96 million, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa?

64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

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.

Morocco vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Morocco

3.04 million

in 2024

Sub-Saharan Africa

5.00 million

in 2025

Morocco rank

36th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

38th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

Morocco
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 5.00 million against 3.04 million in Morocco, a difference of 1.96 million.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 1.6 times Morocco's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Morocco ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th of 214 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Morocco	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1960s	81,050	947,959	866,909	Sub-Saharan Africa
1970s	112,700	1.66 million	1.54 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s	233,212	3.53 million	3.29 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s	988,889	6.60 million	5.61 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	1.78 million	11.15 million	9.37 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	2.66 million	10.81 million	8.15 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
2020s	2.68 million	6.80 million	4.12 million	Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher fixed telephone subscriptions, Morocco or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 5.00 million against 3.04 million in Morocco as of 2025.
What is the difference in fixed telephone subscriptions between Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 1.96 million, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for fixed telephone subscriptions?: Morocco ranks 36th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 38th 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: 261 places, 14,489 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.