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Media > Telecommunications > Telephone Stats: compare key data on New Zealand & United States

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STAT New Zealand United States HISTORY
Fixed telephone lines 1.88 million
Ranked 60th.
139 million
Ranked 2nd. 74 times more than New Zealand

Fixed telephone lines per thousand people 424.08
Ranked 33th.
442.8
Ranked 28th. 4% more than New Zealand

Landlines 1.75 million
Ranked 62nd.
114 million
Ranked 2nd. 65 times more than New Zealand
Main fixed phone lines per 100 people 42.15
Ranked 30th.
44.41
Ranked 23th. 5% more than New Zealand

Mobile phone > Mobile penetration 65.2%
Ranked 18th.
74.7%
Ranked 9th. 15% more than New Zealand
Mobile phone > Mobile phones 4.62 million
Ranked 61st.
327.58 million
Ranked 3rd. 71 times more than New Zealand
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions 2.82 million
Ranked 56th.
234.41 million
Ranked 1st. 83 times more than New Zealand
Mobile phone > Mobile subscriptions per thousand people 646.73
Ranked 17th.
740.25
Ranked 9th. 14% more than New Zealand
Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions 4.92 million
Ranked 111th.
303.05 million
Ranked 3rd. 62 times more than New Zealand

Mobile phone > Mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions per thousand people 1,110.28
Ranked 82nd. 15% more than United States
965.4
Ranked 113th.

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: 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.

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