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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone Stats: compare key data on Ghana & Nigeria

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STAT Ghana Nigeria HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 284,981
Ranked 117th.
418,166
Ranked 100th. 47% more than Ghana

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 11.23
Ranked 177th. 5 times more than Nigeria
2.48
Ranked 198th.

International calling code 233
Ranked 33th.
234
Ranked 32nd. About the same as Ghana
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 1.12
Ranked 172nd. 5 times more than Nigeria
0.248
Ranked 194th.

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2011.07.07 2013.04.22
Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Price Free Free
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 33.3%
Ranked 50th. 3 times more than Nigeria
10.2%
Ranked 91st.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 8.21 million
Ranked 27th.
17.34 million
Ranked 18th. 2 times more than Ghana
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 325.79
Ranked 51st. 3 times more than Nigeria
99.36
Ranked 93th.
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 25.62 million
Ranked 41st.
112.78 million
Ranked 10th. 4 times more than Ghana

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,009.93
Ranked 104th. 51% more than Nigeria
667.98
Ranked 153th.

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); 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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