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STAT China South Africa HISTORY
Mobile penetration 17.2%
Ranked 75th.
26%
Ranked 62nd. 51% more than China
Mobile phones 1.23 billion
Ranked 1st. 21 times more than South Africa
59.47 million
Ranked 22nd.
Mobile subscriptions 231.61 million
Ranked 2nd. 18 times more than South Africa
12.7 million
Ranked 21st.
Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 171.62
Ranked 75th.
261.28
Ranked 62nd. 52% more than China
Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 1.11 billion
Ranked 1st. 16 times more than South Africa
68.39 million
Ranked 19th.

Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 823.39
Ranked 134th.
1,336.1
Ranked 41st. 62% more than China

SOURCES: 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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