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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone Stats: compare key data on Russia & United States

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STAT Russia United States HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 42.9 million
Ranked 6th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Russia

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 298.9
Ranked 59th.
442.8
Ranked 28th. 48% more than Russia

International calling code 7
Ranked 54th. 7 times more than United States
1
Ranked 32nd.
Landlines 44.96 million
Ranked 5th.
114 million
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Russia
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 30.14
Ranked 52nd.
44.41
Ranked 23th. 47% more than Russia

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2013.12.01 2003.11.24
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price RUR 0-100 free
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 52.9%
Ranked 25th.
74.7%
Ranked 9th. 41% more than Russia
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 256.12 million
Ranked 5th.
327.58 million
Ranked 3rd. 28% more than Russia
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 75.34 million
Ranked 5th.
234.41 million
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Russia
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 528.73
Ranked 24th.
740.25
Ranked 9th. 40% more than Russia
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 261.89 million
Ranked 5th.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 16% more than Russia

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,824.58
Ranked 4th. 89% more than United States
965.4
Ranked 113th.

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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