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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone Stats: compare key data on Costa Rica & Nicaragua

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STAT Costa Rica Nicaragua HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 1.02 million
Ranked 73th. 3 times more than Nicaragua
320,000
Ranked 109th.

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 211.76
Ranked 82nd. 4 times more than Nicaragua
53.41
Ranked 148th.

Households with landlines 713,996
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Nicaragua
131,739
Ranked 1st.
Households with landlines per thousand people 150.71
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Nicaragua
24.15
Ranked 2nd.
International calling code 506
Ranked 13th. About the same as Nicaragua
505
Ranked 14th.
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 20.71
Ranked 76th. 4 times more than Nicaragua
4.99
Ranked 142nd.

Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 14.5%
Ranked 82nd. 15 times more than Nicaragua
1%
Ranked 133th.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 673,615
Ranked 84th. 12 times more than Nicaragua
58,365
Ranked 123th.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 143.45
Ranked 82nd. 14 times more than Nicaragua
10.08
Ranked 132nd.
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 5.38 million
Ranked 104th. 4% more than Nicaragua
5.16 million
Ranked 106th.

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,119.2
Ranked 80th. 30% more than Nicaragua
861.35
Ranked 125th.

Mobile phone > Rural households with cellular phone per thousand people 55.21
Ranked 5th. 11 times more than Nicaragua
4.84
Ranked 1st.
Mobile phone > Urban households with cellular phone per thousand people 172.59
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Nicaragua
40.32
Ranked 1st.
Rural households with landlines per thousand people 30.29
Ranked 4th. 47 times more than Nicaragua
0.651
Ranked 1st.
Urban households with landlines per thousand people 120.42
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Nicaragua
23.5
Ranked 2nd.
Mobile phone > Households with cellular phone 1.08 million
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Nicaragua
246,386
Ranked 1st.
Rural households with landlines 143,508
Ranked 3rd. 40 times more than Nicaragua
3,551
Ranked 1st.
Urban households with landlines 570,488
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than Nicaragua
128,188
Ranked 2nd.
Mobile phone > Rural households with cellular phone 261,571
Ranked 4th. 10 times more than Nicaragua
26,411
Ranked 1st.
Mobile phone > Urban households with cellular phone 817,688
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Nicaragua
219,975
Ranked 1st.
Mobile phone > Households with cellular phone per thousand people 227.8
Ranked 4th. 5 times more than Nicaragua
45.17
Ranked 1st.

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.; 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); International Telecommunications Union; 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 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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