Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Telephone mainlines are fixed telephone lines connecting a subscriber to the telephone exchange equipment. Source: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates.

Rank	Country	Value
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people) - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)
1	Mauritius (2008)	287.3
2	Seychelles (2008)	268.97
3	Egypt (2008)	147.32
4	Cape Verde (2008)	144.38
5	Libya (2005)	144.01
6	North Africa (2008)	131.95
7	Tunisia (2008)	119.99
8	Morocco (2008)	95.78
9	South Africa (2007)	94.71
10	Algeria (2007)	90.64
11	Botswana (2008)	74.69
12	Namibia (2007)	66.4
13	Sao Tome and Principe (2007)	48.44
14	Swaziland (2006)	38.68
15	Comoros (2006)	31.06
16	Gambia (2008)	29.44
17	Africa (2008)	28.27
18	Zimbabwe (2007)	27.67
19	Lesotho (2006)	26.64
20	Mauritania (2008)	23.86
21	Togo (2008)	21.82
22	Senegal (2008)	19.47
23	Gabon (2007)	18.64
24	Ivory Coast (2008)	17.31
25	Equatorial Guinea (2005)	16.43
26	Djibouti (2005)	13.4
27	Benin (2007)	13.2
28	Malawi (2007)	12.59
29	Somalia (2007)	11.5
30	Ethiopia (2008)	11.26
31	Cameroon (2008)	10.49
32	Nigeria (2008)	8.64
33	Madagascar (2008)	8.63
34	Sudan (2008)	8.61
35	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2008)	8.6
36	Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)	8.6
37	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2008)	8.59
38	Burkina Faso (2007)	8.24
39	Eritrea (2008)	8.09
40	Zambia (2008)	7.18
41	Kenya (2008)	6.55
42	Mali (2008)	6.51
43	Angola (2008)	6.34
44	Ghana (2008)	6.16
45	Uganda (2008)	5.32
46	Sierra Leone (2002)	5.29
47	Guinea (2007)	5.2
48	Republic of the Congo (2005)	4.66
49	Burundi (2008)	3.77
50	Mozambique (2008)	3.6
51	Guinea-Bissau (2008)	2.95
52	Tanzania (2008)	2.91
53	Central African Republic (2006)	2.81
54	Niger (2005)	1.81
55	Rwanda (2008)	1.73
56	Chad (2006)	1.24
57	Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008)	0.58
58	Liberia (2007)	0.56

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