Botswana vs Namibia: Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers

Botswana

3.05 million

in 2011

Namibia

2.40 million

in 2011

Botswana rank

34th

Namibia rank

35th

Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers over time

Botswana currently reports 3.05 million against 2.40 million in Namibia, a difference of 650,600.

That makes Botswana's figure about 1.3 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Namibia ahead.

Botswana ranks 34th and Namibia ranks 35th of 53 countries.

Indicator: Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers
Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 59 places, 2,189 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database.