| Waiting list for main (fixed) lines - Infrastructure - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data) |
Rank | Country | Value |
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| 1 |  Libya (2006) | 373,525 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe (2006) | 157,621 |
| 3 | Kenya (2006) | 61,798 |
| 4 | Ethiopia (2006) | 56,053 |
| 5 | Benin (2006) | 54,268 |
| 6 | Cameroon (1998) | 50,000 |
| 7 | South Africa (2000) | 50,000 |
| 8 | Egypt (2006) | 48,388 |
| 9 | Mauritania (1999) | 47,780 |
| 10 | Nigeria (1998) | 42,000 |
| 11 | Sierra Leone (1998) | 25,000 |
| 12 | Swaziland (2003) | 22,616 |
| 13 | Angola (1999) | 21,149 |
| 14 | Malawi (2002) | 17,430 |
| 15 | Burundi (2004) | 15,000 |
| 16 | Botswana (2001) | 14,819 |
| 17 | Tunisia (2006) | 14,354 |
| 18 | Zambia (2004) | 11,495 |
| 19 | Gambia (2002) | 10,611 |
| 20 | Togo (2006) | 9,276 |
| 21 | Uganda (1999) | 9,161 |
| 22 | Eritrea (2006) | 8,519 |
| 23 | Rwanda (1999) | 8,000 |
| 24 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (1995) | 6,000 |
| 25 | Mali (1989) | 5,633 |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau (2000) | 5,098 |
| 27 | Namibia (2005) | 3,521 |
| 28 | Comoros (2002) | 3,379 |
| 29 | Burkina Faso (2004) | 3,096 |
| 30 | Mauritius (2005) | 2,973 |
| 31 | Mozambique (2006) | 2,845 |
| 32 | Liberia (1999) | 2,400 |
| 33 | Ghana (2006) | 2,330 |
| 34 | Lesotho (2005) | 2,209 |
| 35 | Seychelles (2006) | 2,202 |
| 36 | Equatorial Guinea (1998) | 1,900 |
| 37 | Gabon (2006) | 1,713 |
| 38 | Ivory Coast (2004) | 1,600 |
| 39 | Niger (1995) | 1,441 |
| 40 | Guinea (2001) | 1,420 |
| 41 | Madagascar (2003) | 1,213 |
| 42 | Central African Republic (2002) | 1,200 |
| 43 | Tanzania (2006) | 1,062 |
| 44 | Republic of the Congo (1994) | 750 |
| 45 | Chad (1999) | 600 |
| 46 | Somalia (2003) | 500 |
| 47 | Cape Verde (2006) | 409 |
| 48 | Sao Tome and Principe (2006) | 273 |
| 49 | Djibouti (2003) | 31 |
| 50 | Senegal (2006) | 24 |
| 51 | Morocco (2005) | 3 |
| 52 | Algeria (2006) | 0 |
| 53 | Sudan (2006) | 0 |
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