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Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Media > Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita

DEFINITION: The total number of mobile cellular telephones in use. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.

CONTENTS

# COUNTRY AMOUNT DATE GRAPH HISTORY
1 South Africa 961.41 per 1,000 people 2007
2 Seychelles 943.89 per 1,000 people 2007
3 Gabon 803.51 per 1,000 people 2007
4 Botswana 786.01 per 1,000 people 2007
5 Mauritius 748.27 per 1,000 people 2007
6 Kenya 501.55 per 1,000 people 2009
7 The Gambia 471.4 per 1,000 people 2007
8 Tanzania 409.31 per 1,000 people 2010
9 Equatorial Guinea 399.13 per 1,000 people 2007
10 Mauritania 397.55 per 1,000 people 2007
11 Cote d'Ivoire 391.38 per 1,000 people 2007
12 Namibia 389.43 per 1,000 people 2007
13 Cape Verde 349.38 per 1,000 people 2007
14 Swaziland 335.37 per 1,000 people 2007
15 Ghana 331.6 per 1,000 people 2007
16 Senegal 329.26 per 1,000 people 2007
17 Nigeria 299.15 per 1,000 people 2007
18 Angola 269.66 per 1,000 people 2007
19 Mali 257.76 per 1,000 people 2009
20 Cameroon 251.16 per 1,000 people 2007
21 Benin 234.58 per 1,000 people 2007
22 Zambia 229.93 per 1,000 people 2007
23 Lesotho 214.56 per 1,000 people 2007
24 Togo 208.71 per 1,000 people 2007
25 Guinea-Bissau 201.12 per 1,000 people 2007
26 Sudan 189.54 per 1,000 people 2007
27 Liberia 176.16 per 1,000 people 2007
28 Mozambique 157.85 per 1,000 people 2007
29 Sao Tome and Principe 150.82 per 1,000 people 2007
30 Uganda 138.62 per 1,000 people 2007
31 Sierra Leone 126.29 per 1,000 people 2007
32 Madagascar 114.04 per 1,000 people 2007
33 Burkina Faso 112.45 per 1,000 people 2007
34 Democratic Republic of the Congo 100.26 per 1,000 people 2007
35 Zimbabwe 99.58 per 1,000 people 2007
36 Chad 92.9 per 1,000 people 2007
37 Djibouti 90.66 per 1,000 people 2007
38 Malawi 77.26 per 1,000 people 2007
39 Niger 69.8 per 1,000 people 2007
40 Somalia 65.8 per 1,000 people 2007
41 Rwanda 64.1 per 1,000 people 2007
42 Comoros 56.23 per 1,000 people 2007
43 Burundi 29.8 per 1,000 people 2007
44 Central African Republic 29.75 per 1,000 people 2007
45 Guinea 20.99 per 1,000 people 2005
46 Ethiopia 15.79 per 1,000 people 2007
47 Eritrea 14.27 per 1,000 people 2007

Citation

Sub-Saharan Africa Compared by Media > Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita

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Interesting observations about Media > Telephones > Mobile cellular > Per capita

  • All of the top 2 countries by telephones > mobile cellular > per capita are Former British Colonies'.
  • 3 of the top 4 countries by telephones > mobile cellular > per capita are Hot countries.
  • 22 of the top 34 countries by telephones > mobile cellular > per capita are Christian.
  • 3 of the top 4 countries by telephones > mobile cellular > per capita are Densely populated.
  • Burma has ranked last for telephones > mobile cellular > per capita since 2005.
  • 10 of the top 24 countries by telephones > mobile cellular > per capita are Heavily indebted.
  • Italy has ranked in the top 4 for telephones > mobile cellular > per capita since 1999.
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