Mobile phone subscribers - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators



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Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.
Mobile phone subscribers - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2008)

Rank

Country

Value

1Africa331,544,120
2Sub-Saharan Africa258,886,642
3Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa213,886,642
4Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria150,898,150
5North Africa72,657,478
6Nigeria62,988,492
7South Africa45,000,000
8Egypt41,272,472
9Morocco22,815,694
10Kenya16,233,833
11Tanzania13,006,793
12Ghana11,570,430
13Sudan11,186,548
14Ivory Coast10,449,036
15Democratic Republic of the Congo9,262,853
16Tunisia8,569,312
17Uganda8,554,864
18Angola6,773,356
19Cameroon6,160,893
20Senegal5,389,133
21Madagascar4,835,239
22Mozambique4,405,006
23Zambia3,539,003
24Benin3,435,000
25Mali3,267,195
26Ethiopia3,168,271
27Guinea2,600,000
28Burkina Faso2,553,000
29Mauritania2,091,992
30Chad1,809,000
31Republic of the Congo1,807,000
32Malawi1,781,000
33Niger1,677,000
34Zimbabwe1,654,721
35Togo1,547,000
36Botswana1,485,791
37Rwanda1,322,637
38Gabon1,300,000
39Gambia1,166,136
40Namibia1,052,000
41Mauritius1,033,259
42Sierra Leone1,008,800
43Liberia732,000
44Lesotho581,000
45Guinea-Bissau500,156
46Burundi480,584
47Swaziland457,000
48Equatorial Guinea346,000
49Cape Verde277,670
50Central African Republic154,000
51Eritrea108,631
52Seychelles85,320
53Sao Tome and Principe49,000
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