Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) by country
Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions are total telephone subscriptions (fixed line plus mobile). 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...
What the numbers show
Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 179.66 per 100 people in Seychelles; the lowest is 5.55 per 100 people in Eritrea.
The median across all reporting countries is 59.02 per 100 people, and the mean is 69.82 per 100 people.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 32.
Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seychelles | 179.66 per 100 people | 2011 | up 151.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Libya | 171.27 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,186.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Botswana | 150.18 per 100 people | 2011 | up 457.8% | volatile |
| 4 | South Africa | 134.67 per 100 people | 2011 | up 285.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Mauritius | 129.75 per 100 people | 2011 | up 168.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Tunisia | 127.47 per 100 people | 2011 | up 753.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Morocco | 124.31 per 100 people | 2011 | up 507.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Gabon | 118.79 per 100 people | 2011 | up 701.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Egypt | 111.63 per 100 people | 2011 | up 710.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Algeria | 107.49 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,582.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Namibia | 103.24 per 100 people | 2011 | up 792.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Mauritania | 95.64 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,822.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Congo | 94.18 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,659.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Cape Verde | 94.08 per 100 people | 2011 | up 337.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 87.39 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,344.4% | volatile |
| 16 | Benin | 87.01 per 100 people | 2011 | up 3,073.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Ghana | 85.92 per 100 people | 2011 | up 3,353.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Gambia | 81.73 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,111.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Eswatini | 78.89 per 100 people | 2011 | up 799.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Senegal | 75.97 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,275.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Zimbabwe | 74.92 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,559.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Sudan | 74.42 per 100 people | 2011 | up 3,700.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Sao Tome and Principe | 72.98 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,823.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Mali | 68.98 per 100 people | 2011 | up 10,596.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Kenya | 68.17 per 100 people | 2011 | up 2,304.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Zambia | 61.23 per 100 people | 2011 | up 2,992.9% | volatile |
| 27 | Nigeria | 59.02 per 100 people | 2011 | up 8,527.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Equatorial Guinea | 58.94 per 100 people | 2010 | up 2,663.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Lesotho | 57.93 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,370.0% | volatile |
| 30 | Tanzania | 55.88 per 100 people | 2011 | up 4,203.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Cameroon | 55.69 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,606.1% | volatile |
| 32 | Togo | 54.35 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,767.1% | volatile |
| 33 | Angola | 49.92 per 100 people | 2011 | up 4,632.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Uganda | 49.73 per 100 people | 2011 | up 3,557.9% | volatile |
| 35 | Liberia | 49.24 per 100 people | 2011 | up 16,348.1% | volatile |
| 36 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.52 per 100 people | 2010 | up 5,200.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 46.11 per 100 people | 2011 | up 4,245.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Guinea | 44.2 per 100 people | 2011 | up 4,514.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Madagascar | 41.3 per 100 people | 2011 | up 3,078.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Rwanda | 40.99 per 100 people | 2011 | up 3,907.2% | volatile |
| 41 | Central African Republic | 40.77 per 100 people | 2011 | up 7,611.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 34.32 per 100 people | 2010 | up 4,499.3% | volatile |
| 43 | Mozambique | 33.2 per 100 people | 2011 | up 2,485.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Chad | 32.08 per 100 people | 2011 | up 8,258.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Comoros | 31.84 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,971.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Niger | 30.05 per 100 people | 2011 | up 14,180.8% | volatile |
| 47 | Malawi | 26.82 per 100 people | 2011 | up 2,702.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Djibouti | 23.35 per 100 people | 2011 | up 1,253.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 23.17 per 100 people | 2011 | up 7,286.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Burundi | 22.68 per 100 people | 2011 | up 2,631.6% | volatile |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 17.65 per 100 people | 2011 | up 3,717.4% | volatile |
| 52 | Somalia | 8.02 per 100 people | 2010 | up 465.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Eritrea | 5.55 per 100 people | 2011 | up 576.8% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North Africa 115.97 per 100 people
- Africa 65.25 per 100 people
- Sub-Saharan Africa 55.33 per 100 people
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 55.32 per 100 people
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa 50.39 per 100 people
- Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria 48.25 per 100 people
About this data
Fixed line and mobile cellular subscriptions are total telephone subscriptions (fixed line plus mobile). 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. Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.