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STAT Finland South Africa HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 890,000
Ranked 77th.
4.03 million
Ranked 41st. 5 times more than Finland

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 164.38
Ranked 105th. 2 times more than South Africa
78.75
Ranked 138th.

Landlines 1.65 million
Ranked 63th.
4.42 million
Ranked 35th. 3 times more than Finland
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 16.45
Ranked 100th. 2 times more than South Africa
7.69
Ranked 133th.

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2003.07.25 2006.11.10
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 106.5%
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa
26%
Ranked 62nd.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 5.61 million
Ranked 32nd.
12.7 million
Ranked 21st. 2 times more than Finland
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 1,064.58
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than South Africa
261.28
Ranked 62nd.
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 9.32 million
Ranked 82nd.
68.39 million
Ranked 19th. 7 times more than Finland

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,721.37
Ranked 9th. 29% 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.; 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 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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