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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone Stats: compare key data on Brazil & Saudi Arabia

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STAT Brazil Saudi Arabia HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 44.31 million
Ranked 5th. 9 times more than Saudi Arabia
4.8 million
Ranked 30th.

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 223.03
Ranked 76th. 31% more than Saudi Arabia
169.75
Ranked 100th.

International calling code 55
Ranked 26th.
966
Ranked 17th. 18 times more than Brazil
Landlines 41.5 million
Ranked 6th. 10 times more than Saudi Arabia
4.1 million
Ranked 39th.
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 22.3
Ranked 72nd. 31% more than Saudi Arabia
16.97
Ranked 96th.

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2008.09.01 2006.07.08
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price BRL 4 Free
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 36.6%
Ranked 44th.
42.8%
Ranked 37th. 17% more than Brazil
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 271.1 million
Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Saudi Arabia
46 million
Ranked 29th.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 73.02 million
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Saudi Arabia
11.35 million
Ranked 22nd.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 363.27
Ranked 44th.
421.38
Ranked 37th. 16% more than Brazil
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 248.32 million
Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Saudi Arabia
53.01 million
Ranked 27th.

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,250.02
Ranked 52nd.
1,874.03
Ranked 3rd. 50% more than Brazil

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. 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.; Wikipedia: Telephone numbers in Asia (States and territories with country calling codes); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; International Telecommunications Union; Wikipedia: Mobile number portability (America); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) ("Active mobile-broadband subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 2012" , Dynamic Report, ITU ITC EYE, International Telecommunication Union . Retrieved on 29 June 2013.); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of mobile phones in use; Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013); Wikipedia: List of countries by number of broadband Internet subscriptions (List of countries) (Calculated using penetration rate and population data from "Countries and Areas Ranked by Population: 2012" , Population data, International Programs, U.S. Census Bureau, retrieved 26 June 2013). 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.; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables; International Telecommunications Union. Source tables. 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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