Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Media > Telephones > Main lines in use > Per capita
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DEFINITION:
The total number of main telephone lines in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
CONTENTS
# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Mauritius | 285.06 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
2 | Seychelles | 277.18 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
3 | Cape Verde | 138.14 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
4 | South Africa | 105.5 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
5 | Botswana | 77.88 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
6 | Namibia | 67.2 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
7 | The Gambia | 45.25 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
8 | Cote d'Ivoire | 40.52 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
9 | Swaziland | 39.07 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
10 | Sao Tome and Principe | 38.58 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
11 | Comoros | 31.13 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
12 | Lesotho | 29.68 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
13 | Zimbabwe | 27.98 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
14 | Senegal | 21.49 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
15 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.86 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
16 | Gabon | 18.21 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
17 | Kenya | 17.2 per 1,000 people | 2009 | ||
18 | Ghana | 16.42 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
19 | Benin | 13.65 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
20 | Djibouti | 13.62 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
21 | Togo | 13.03 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
22 | Malawi | 12.88 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
23 | Nigeria | 11.7 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
24 | Ethiopia | 11.5 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
25 | Mauritania | 11.07 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
26 | Somalia | 10.97 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
27 | Sudan | 8.77 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
28 | Eritrea | 8.26 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
29 | Zambia | 8 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
30 | Cameroon | 7.83 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
31 | Burkina Faso | 6.98 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
32 | Madagascar | 6.88 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
33 | Angola | 5.99 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
34 | Mali | 5.58 per 1,000 people | 2009 | ||
35 | Uganda | 5.36 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
36 | Sierra Leone | 4.91 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
37 | Burundi | 4.47 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
38 | Tanzania | 4.02 per 1,000 people | 2010 | ||
39 | Mozambique | 3.33 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
40 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.12 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
41 | Central African Republic | 2.93 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
42 | Guinea | 2.92 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
43 | Rwanda | 2.33 per 1,000 people | 2007 | ||
44 | Liberia | 2.15 per 1,000 people | 2002 | ||
45 | Niger | 1.72 per 1,000 people | 2005 | ||
46 | Chad | 1.3 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
47 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.163 per 1,000 people | 2006 |