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

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STAT Argentina United States HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 10 million
Ranked 21st.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 14 times more than Argentina

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 243.31
Ranked 73th.
442.8
Ranked 28th. 82% more than Argentina

International calling code 54
Ranked 27th. 54 times more than United States
1
Ranked 32nd.
Landlines 9.63 million
Ranked 22nd.
114 million
Ranked 2nd. 12 times more than Argentina
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 23.52
Ranked 67th.
44.41
Ranked 23th. 89% more than Argentina

Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 12.4%
Ranked 85th.
74.7%
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Argentina
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 56.73 million
Ranked 24th.
327.58 million
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Argentina
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 5.23 million
Ranked 34th.
234.41 million
Ranked 1st. 45 times more than Argentina
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 122.81
Ranked 85th.
740.25
Ranked 9th. 6 times more than Argentina
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 62.41 million
Ranked 21st.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 5 times more than Argentina

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,519.05
Ranked 24th. 57% 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: 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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