What is the difference in mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers between Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa?

438.35 million, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

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

39 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, published as Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Morocco vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers

Morocco

40.12 million

in 2011

Sub-Saharan Africa

478.47 million

in 2011

Morocco rank

4th

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

2nd

Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers over time

Morocco
Sub-Saharan Africa

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa currently reports 478.47 million against 40.12 million in Morocco, a difference of 438.35 million.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa's figure about 11.9 times Morocco's.

Across all 39 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa has been ahead every year.

Morocco ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd of 53 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Morocco	Sub-Saharan Africa	Difference	Ahead
1960s	78,690	844,742	766,052	Sub-Saharan Africa
1970s	127,167	1.84 million	1.71 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
1980s	233,298	3.53 million	3.29 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
1990s	1.05 million	8.05 million	7.00 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
2000s	14.43 million	124.08 million	109.65 million	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	37.93 million	438.59 million	400.67 million	Sub-Saharan Africa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers, Morocco or Sub-Saharan Africa?: Sub-Saharan Africa, at 478.47 million against 40.12 million in Morocco as of 2011.
What is the difference in mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers between Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 438.35 million, with Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa?: 39 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2011.
How do Morocco and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers?: Morocco ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Development Report and database, published as Mobile and fixed-line telephone subscribers. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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.