| ICT-Main telephone lines in operation (number) - The Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (2007) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Egypt | 11,228,849 |
| 2 | South Africa | 4,621,000 |
| 3 | Algeria | 2,923,000 |
| 4 | Morocco | 2,393,767 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 1,579,664 |
| 6 | Tunisia | 1,273,000 |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 881,726 |
| 8 | Libya | 750,000 |
| 9 | Sudan | 600,000 |
| 10 | Ghana | 376,509 |
| 11 | Mauritius | 361,300 |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 344,502 |
| 13 | Kenya | 339,199 |
| 14 | Senegal | 278,119 |
| 15 | Ivory Coast | 247,573 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 188,691 |
| 17 | Uganda | 165,788 |
| 18 | Tanzania | 160,964 |
| 19 | Botswana | 142,282 |
| 20 | Namibia | 136,000 |
| 21 | Madagascar | 127,354 |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 121,800 |
| 23 | Benin | 110,000 |
| 24 | Malawi | 110,000 |
| 25 | Angola | 100,000 |
| 26 | Somalia | 100,000 |
| 27 | Togo | 99,483 |
| 28 | Zambia | 91,789 |
| 29 | Mali | 85,000 |
| 30 | Cape Verde | 71,764 |
| 31 | Mozambique | 68,867 |
| 32 | Gambia | 57,000 |
| 33 | Swaziland | 44,287 |
| 34 | Lesotho | 43,000 |
| 35 | Mauritania | 40,267 |
| 36 | Eritrea | 37,400 |
| 37 | Niger | 35,000 |
| 38 | Burundi | 30,000 |
| 39 | Guinea | 26,000 |
| 40 | Gabon | 23,500 |
| 41 | Rwanda | 22,291 |
| 42 | Comoros | 20,000 |
| 43 | Seychelles | 19,808 |
| 44 | Republic of the Congo | 15,000 |
| 45 | Djibouti | 14,113 |
| 46 | Chad | 13,000 |
| 47 | Equatorial Guinea | 10,000 |
| 48 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10,000 |
| 49 | Central Africa Republic | 9,000 |
| 50 | Sao Tome and Principe | 8,000 |
| 51 | Guinea-Bissau | 5,000 |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | 3,000 |
| 53 | Liberia | 2,000 |
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