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STAT Nigeria South Africa HISTORY
Main lines in use 719,400
Ranked 89th. 		4.13 million
Ranked 42nd. 6 times more than Nigeria
Main lines in use > Per capita 11.7 per 1,000 people
Ranked 109th. 		105.5 per 1,000 people
Ranked 80th. 9 times more than Nigeria
Main lines in use per 1000 9.13
Ranked 171st. 		87.59
Ranked 123th. 10 times more than Nigeria
Mobile cellular 95.17 million
Ranked 12th. 49% more than South Africa 		64 million
Ranked 19th.
Mobile cellular > Per capita 299.15 per 1,000 people
Ranked 120th. 		961.41 per 1,000 people
Ranked 43th. 3 times more than Nigeria
Mobile cellular per 1000 470.45
Ranked 138th. 		941.52
Ranked 76th. Twice as much as Nigeria

SOURCES: CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011; CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 28 March 2011. 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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