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Media > Telephones Stats: compare key data on Afghanistan & United States

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STAT Afghanistan United States HISTORY
Main lines in use 13,500
Ranked 178th.
146 million
Ranked 2nd. 10815 times more than Afghanistan

Main lines in use > Per capita 9.36 per 1,000 people
Ranked 149th.
541.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 9th. 58 times more than Afghanistan

Main lines in use per 1000 4.67
Ranked 179th.
459.63
Ranked 20th. 98 times more than Afghanistan

Mobile cellular 17.56 million
Ranked 47th.
290.3 million
Ranked 3rd. 17 times more than Afghanistan

Mobile cellular > Per capita 164.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 6th.
846.78 per 1,000 people
Ranked 59th. 5 times more than Afghanistan

Mobile cellular per 1000 433.08
Ranked 142nd.
932.29
Ranked 78th. 2 times more than Afghanistan

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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