| Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Nigeria (2008) | 64,296,116 |
| 2 | Egypt (2008) | 53,283,404 |
| 3 | South Africa (2007) | 46,832,000 |
| 4 | North Africa (2008) | 42,664,419 |
| 5 | Algeria (2007) | 30,631,130 |
| 6 | Morocco (2008) | 25,806,852 |
| 7 | Africa (2008) | 24,592,550 |
| 8 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa (2008) | 21,165,225 |
| 9 | Sub-Saharan Africa (2008) | 21,165,225 |
| 10 | Kenya (2008) | 16,486,129 |
| 11 | Tanzania (2008) | 13,130,602 |
| 12 | Ghana (2008) | 11,714,330 |
| 13 | Sudan (2008) | 11,542,625 |
| 14 | Ivory Coast (2008) | 10,805,538 |
| 15 | Tunisia (2008) | 9,808,386 |
| 16 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) | 9,300,173 |
| 17 | Uganda (2008) | 8,723,345 |
| 18 | Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria (2008) | 8,051,309 |
| 19 | Angola (2008) | 6,887,652 |
| 20 | Cameroon (2008) | 6,359,214 |
| 21 | Senegal (2008) | 5,626,885 |
| 22 | Madagascar (2008) | 5,000,090 |
| 23 | Mozambique (2008) | 4,483,330 |
| 24 | Ethiopia (2008) | 4,077,191 |
| 25 | Zambia (2008) | 3,629,603 |
| 26 | Mali (2008) | 3,349,995 |
| 27 | Libya (2005) | 2,852,300 |
| 28 | Mauritania (2008) | 2,168,346 |
| 29 | Guinea (2007) | 2,050,000 |
| 30 | Benin (2007) | 2,015,099 |
| 31 | Burkina Faso (2007) | 1,732,771 |
| 32 | Togo (2008) | 1,687,919 |
| 33 | Botswana (2008) | 1,628,073 |
| 34 | Zimbabwe (2007) | 1,570,156 |
| 35 | Mauritius (2008) | 1,397,795 |
| 36 | Rwanda (2008) | 1,339,407 |
| 37 | Malawi (2007) | 1,226,061 |
| 38 | Gambia (2008) | 1,215,004 |
| 39 | Gabon (2007) | 1,195,497 |
| 40 | Namibia (2007) | 938,391 |
| 41 | Somalia (2007) | 700,000 |
| 42 | Republic of the Congo (2005) | 574,099 |
| 43 | Liberia (2007) | 565,048 |
| 44 | Burundi (2008) | 510,995 |
| 45 | Guinea-Bissau (2008) | 504,803 |
| 46 | Chad (2006) | 479,088 |
| 47 | Lesotho (2006) | 411,049 |
| 48 | Cape Verde (2008) | 349,670 |
| 49 | Niger (2005) | 347,807 |
| 50 | Swaziland (2006) | 293,970 |
| 51 | Eritrea (2008) | 149,046 |
| 52 | Central African Republic (2006) | 122,000 |
| 53 | Seychelles (2008) | 108,541 |
| 54 | Equatorial Guinea (2005) | 106,900 |
| 55 | Sierra Leone (2002) | 91,000 |
| 56 | Comoros (2006) | 55,938 |
| 57 | Djibouti (2005) | 54,832 |
| 58 | Sao Tome and Principe (2007) | 37,753 |
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