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

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STAT New Zealand South Africa HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 1.88 million
Ranked 60th.
4.03 million
Ranked 41st. 2 times more than New Zealand

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 424.08
Ranked 33th. 5 times more than South Africa
78.75
Ranked 138th.

Households with landlines per thousand people 305.24
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than South Africa
60.9
Ranked 5th.
Landlines 1.75 million
Ranked 62nd.
4.42 million
Ranked 35th. 3 times more than New Zealand
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 42.15
Ranked 30th. 5 times more than South Africa
7.69
Ranked 133th.

Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 65.2%
Ranked 18th. 3 times more than South Africa
26%
Ranked 62nd.
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 4.62 million
Ranked 61st.
59.47 million
Ranked 22nd. 13 times more than New Zealand
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 2.82 million
Ranked 56th.
12.7 million
Ranked 21st. 4 times more than New Zealand
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 646.73
Ranked 17th. 2 times more than South Africa
261.28
Ranked 62nd.
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 4.92 million
Ranked 111th.
68.39 million
Ranked 19th. 14 times more than New Zealand

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,110.28
Ranked 82nd.
1,336.1
Ranked 41st. 20% more than New Zealand

Mobile phone > Rural households with cellular phone per thousand people 33.89
Ranked 3rd. 92% more than South Africa
17.64
Ranked 2nd.
Mobile phone > Urban households with cellular phone per thousand people 213.33
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than South Africa
62.86
Ranked 1st.
Rural households with landlines per thousand people 42.24
Ranked 3rd. 7 times more than South Africa
6.14
Ranked 3rd.
Urban households with landlines per thousand people 263
Ranked 1st. 5 times more than South Africa
54.76
Ranked 3rd.
Households with landlines 1.28 million
Ranked 2nd.
2.73 million
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than New Zealand
Mobile phone > Households with cellular phone 1.03 million
Ranked 2nd.
3.62 million
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than New Zealand
Rural households with landlines 176,757
Ranked 2nd.
275,612
Ranked 1st. 56% more than New Zealand
Urban households with landlines 1.1 million
Ranked 2nd.
2.46 million
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than New Zealand
Mobile phone > Rural households with cellular phone 141,825
Ranked 2nd.
792,138
Ranked 1st. 6 times more than New Zealand
Mobile phone > Urban households with cellular phone 892,701
Ranked 2nd.
2.82 million
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than New Zealand
Mobile phone > Households with cellular phone per thousand people 247.22
Ranked 1st. 3 times more than South Africa
80.5
Ranked 1st.

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.; 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: 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.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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