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STAT China India HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 278.86 million
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than India
31.08 million
Ranked 10th.

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 206.46
Ranked 83th. 8 times more than India
25.13
Ranked 161st.

International calling code 86
Ranked 43th.
91
Ranked 41st. 6% more than China
Landlines 269.91 million
Ranked 1st. 9 times more than India
30.79 million
Ranked 9th.
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 20.2
Ranked 80th. 8 times more than India
2.51
Ranked 156th.

Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 17.2%
Ranked 75th. 4 times more than India
4.9%
Ranked 109th.
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 1.23 billion
Ranked 1st. 36% more than India
904.48 million
Ranked 2nd.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 231.61 million
Ranked 2nd. 4 times more than India
59.05 million
Ranked 7th.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 171.62
Ranked 75th. 4 times more than India
48.37
Ranked 111th.
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 1.11 billion
Ranked 1st. 29% more than India
864.72 million
Ranked 2nd.

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 823.39
Ranked 134th. 18% more than India
699.22
Ranked 148th.

Telephone greetings, owner answers phone Wei? / 喂? Hello

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.; Wikipedia: Greeting (Telephone greetings)

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