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

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STAT Brazil United States HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 44.31 million
Ranked 5th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Brazil

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 223.03
Ranked 76th.
442.8
Ranked 28th. 99% more than Brazil

International calling code 55
Ranked 26th. 55 times more than United States
1
Ranked 32nd.
Landlines 41.5 million
Ranked 6th.
114 million
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Brazil
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 22.3
Ranked 72nd.
44.41
Ranked 23th. Twice as much as Brazil

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2008.09.01 2003.11.24
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price BRL 4 free
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Time to port 3 days
Ranked 4th.
0.0
Ranked 7th.
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 36.6%
Ranked 44th.
74.7%
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Brazil
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 271.1 million
Ranked 4th.
327.58 million
Ranked 3rd. 21% more than Brazil
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 73.02 million
Ranked 6th.
234.41 million
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than Brazil
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 363.27
Ranked 44th.
740.25
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Brazil
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 248.32 million
Ranked 6th.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 22% more than Brazil

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,250.02
Ranked 52nd. 29% 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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