| ICT-Waiting list for main lines (number of customers) - The Africa Infrastructure Country Diagnostic (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Algeria (2001) | 727,000 |
| 2 | Sudan (2001) | 444,000 |
| 3 | Ghana (2001) | 154,782 |
| 4 | Zimbabwe (2003) | 130,979 |
| 5 | Tunisia (2002) | 129,518 |
| 6 | Nigeria (1995) | 98,124 |
| 7 | Kenya (2006) | 64,618 |
| 8 | Ethiopia (2006) | 56,053 |
| 9 | South Africa (2000) | 50,000 |
| 10 | Egypt (2006) | 48,400 |
| 11 | Cameroon (1995) | 42,000 |
| 12 | Eritrea (2002) | 38,496 |
| 13 | Benin (2000) | 23,000 |
| 14 | Lesotho (2002) | 21,051 |
| 15 | Malawi (2002) | 17,430 |
| 16 | Swaziland (2002) | 15,606 |
| 17 | Mauritius (2002) | 13,518 |
| 18 | Burkina Faso (2002) | 12,436 |
| 19 | Sierra Leone (1995) | 12,000 |
| 20 | Zambia (2002) | 11,631 |
| 21 | Botswana (1995) | 11,484 |
| 22 | Gambia (2002) | 10,611 |
| 23 | Senegal (2001) | 9,836 |
| 24 | Togo (2006) | 9,276 |
| 25 | Tanzania (2002) | 7,968 |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1995) | 6,000 |
| 27 | Guinea-Bissau (2000) | 5,098 |
| 28 | Morocco (2000) | 5,022 |
| 29 | Burundi (2001) | 4,692 |
| 30 | Uganda (1995) | 4,554 |
| 31 | Mozambique (2005) | 4,471 |
| 32 | Mauritania (1995) | 3,908 |
| 33 | Namibia (2005) | 3,521 |
| 34 | Chad (1995) | 3,485 |
| 35 | Gabon (2002) | 3,456 |
| 36 | Comoros (2002) | 3,379 |
| 37 | Rwanda (1995) | 3,320 |
| 38 | Seychelles (1995) | 2,874 |
| 39 | Madagascar (2002) | 1,842 |
| 40 | Ivory Coast (2004) | 1,600 |
| 41 | Niger (1995) | 1,441 |
| 42 | Guinea (2001) | 1,420 |
| 43 | Liberia (1995) | 1,233 |
| 44 | Central Africa Republic (2002) | 1,200 |
| 45 | Cape Verde (2004) | 675 |
| 46 | Sao Tome and Principe (2002) | 648 |
| 47 | Djibouti (2003) | 26 |
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