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STAT Botswana South Africa HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 160,488
Ranked 131st.
4.03 million
Ranked 41st. 25 times more than Botswana

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 80.09
Ranked 137th. 2% more than South Africa
78.75
Ranked 138th.

Households with landlines 135,546
Ranked 5th.
2.73 million
Ranked 2nd. 20 times more than Botswana
Households with landlines per thousand people 76.01
Ranked 4th. 25% more than South Africa
60.9
Ranked 5th.
International calling code 267
Ranked 4th. 10 times more than South Africa
27
Ranked 53th.
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 8.01
Ranked 131st. 4% more than South Africa
7.69
Ranked 133th.

Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 16.6%
Ranked 76th.
26%
Ranked 62nd. 57% more than Botswana
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 348,124
Ranked 102nd.
12.7 million
Ranked 21st. 36 times more than Botswana
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 163.61
Ranked 77th.
261.28
Ranked 62nd. 60% more than Botswana
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 3.08 million
Ranked 128th.
68.39 million
Ranked 19th. 22 times more than Botswana

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,537.86
Ranked 22nd. 15% more than South Africa
1,336.1
Ranked 41st.

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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