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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone Stats: compare key data on Luxembourg & South Africa

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STAT Luxembourg South Africa HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 266,700
Ranked 119th.
4.03 million
Ranked 41st. 15 times more than Luxembourg

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 501.84
Ranked 20th. 6 times more than South Africa
78.75
Ranked 138th.

Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 50.92
Ranked 13th. 7 times more than South Africa
7.69
Ranked 133th.

Mobile phone > Mobile number portability > Implementation date 2005.02.01 2006.11.10
Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 72.6%
Ranked 11th. 3 times more than South Africa
26%
Ranked 62nd.
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 369,430
Ranked 100th.
12.7 million
Ranked 21st. 34 times more than Luxembourg
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 717.53
Ranked 12th. 3 times more than South Africa
261.28
Ranked 62nd.
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 761,314
Ranked 157th.
68.39 million
Ranked 19th. 90 times more than Luxembourg

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,432.55
Ranked 30th. 7% 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.; 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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