| Telephone mainlines - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 | Africa (2008) | 21,823,459 |
| 2 | North Africa (2008) | 16,241,162 |
| 3 |  Egypt (2008) | 12,010,930 |
| 4 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2008) | 5,582,297 |
| 5 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2008) | 5,582,297 |
| 6 | South Africa (2007) | 4,532,000 |
| 7 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2008) | 4,274,672 |
| 8 | Algeria (2007) | 3,068,409 |
| 9 | Morocco (2008) | 2,991,158 |
| 10 | Nigeria (2008) | 1,307,625 |
| 11 | Tunisia (2008) | 1,239,074 |
| 12 | Ethiopia (2008) | 908,920 |
| 13 | Libya (2005) | 852,300 |
| 14 | Mauritius (2008) | 364,536 |
| 15 | Ivory Coast (2008) | 356,502 |
| 16 | Sudan (2008) | 356,077 |
| 17 | Zimbabwe (2007) | 344,502 |
| 18 | Kenya (2008) | 252,296 |
| 19 | Senegal (2008) | 237,752 |
| 20 | Cameroon (2008) | 198,321 |
| 21 | Malawi (2007) | 175,209 |
| 22 | Uganda (2008) | 168,481 |
| 23 | Madagascar (2008) | 164,851 |
| 24 | Ghana (2008) | 143,900 |
| 25 | Botswana (2008) | 142,282 |
| 26 | Togo (2008) | 140,919 |
| 27 | Namibia (2007) | 138,121 |
| 28 | Tanzania (2008) | 123,809 |
| 29 | Burkina Faso (2007) | 121,771 |
| 30 | Angola (2008) | 114,296 |
| 31 | Benin (2007) | 110,765 |
| 32 | Somalia (2007) | 100,000 |
| 33 | Zambia (2008) | 90,600 |
| 34 | Mali (2008) | 82,800 |
| 35 | Mozambique (2008) | 78,324 |
| 36 | Mauritania (2008) | 76,354 |
| 37 | Cape Verde (2008) | 72,000 |
| 38 | Lesotho (2006) | 53,136 |
| 39 | Guinea (2007) | 50,000 |
| 40 | Gambia (2008) | 48,868 |
| 41 | Swaziland (2006) | 43,970 |
| 42 | Eritrea (2008) | 40,415 |
| 43 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) | 37,320 |
| 44 | Burundi (2008) | 30,411 |
| 45 | Gabon (2007) | 26,497 |
| 46 | Sierra Leone (2002) | 24,000 |
| 47 | Niger (2005) | 23,954 |
| 48 | Seychelles (2008) | 23,221 |
| 49 | Comoros (2006) | 19,061 |
| 50 | Rwanda (2008) | 16,770 |
| 51 | Republic of the Congo (2005) | 15,907 |
| 52 | Chad (2006) | 13,000 |
| 53 | Central African Republic (2006) | 12,000 |
| 54 | Djibouti (2005) | 10,779 |
| 55 | Equatorial Guinea (2005) | 10,000 |
| 56 | Sao Tome and Principe (2007) | 7,654 |
| 57 | Guinea-Bissau (2008) | 4,647 |
| 58 | Liberia (2007) | 2,048 |
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