Population Main
telephone lines Mobile
subscribers Internet
users
000s 000s p. 100 000s p. 100 000s p. 100
Algeria
32'910
2'572.0
7.82
13 '661.4
41.52
1'920.0
5.83
Egypt
74'030
10 '396.114.04
13'629.6
18.41
5'000.0
6.75
Libya
5'850
750.013.56
234.8
4.15
205.0
3.62
Morocco
30'310
1'341.24.42
12'392.8
40.89
4'600.0
15.18
Tunisia
10 '090
1'257.512.47
5'680.7
56.32
953.8
9.46
North
Africa
153'190
16'316.8
10.67
45'599.3
29.80
12'678.8
8.29
South
Africa
47'430
4'729.0
9.97
33'960.0
71.6
5'100.0
10.75
South
Africa
47'430
4'729.0
9.97
33'960.0
71.6
5 '100.0
10.75
Angola
15'570
96.80.62 1'611.1
10.35
85.0 0.55
Benin
7'500
76.3
1.02
750.0
10.0
425.0
5.67
Botswana
1'760
132.0
7.48
823.1
46.63
60.0 3.39
Burkina
Faso
13'230
91.2 0.69 633.6
4.79
64.6 0.49
Burundi
7'550
27.7 0.39 153.0
2.03
40.0 0.53
Cameroon
16'320
100.30.61 2'252.5
13.80
250.0
1.53
Cape
Verde
480
71.415.00
81.7
17.17
29.0
6.09
Central
African Rep.
4'040 10.0 0.25
100.0
2.48
11.0 0.27
Chad
9 '750 13.0
0.13 210.0
2.15
40.0 0.41
Comoros 800
16.9
2.12
16.1
2.01
20.0
2.51
Congo
4'000
15.9 0.40 490.0
12.25
50.0
1.25
Côte
d'Ivoire
18'150
258.5
1.42
2'349.4
12.94
200.0
1.10
D.R.
Congo
57'550 10.6
-
2'746.0
4.77
140.6
0.24
Djibouti
690 10.8 1.56
44.1
6.37
10.0
1.45
Equatorial
Guinea
500
10.0 1.99 96.9
19.26
7.0
1.39
Eritrea
4'400
37.7 0.86
40.4
0.92
80.0
1.82
Ethiopia
77 '430
610.3 0.79 410.6 0.53 164.0 0.21
Gabon
1'380
39.1 2.83 652.3
47.13
67.0 4.84
Gambia
1'520
44.0
2.90
247.5
16.31
49.0
3.35
Ghana
22'110
321.5 1.45 2'874.6
13.00
401.3
1.81
Guinea
8 '000
26.20.34
189.0
2.36
50.0 0.62
Guinea-Bissau
1'340
10.20.76
95.0
7.10
31.0
2.32
Kenya
34'260
281.8
0.82
4 '612.0
13.46
1'111.0
3.24
Lesotho 1 '800
48.0
2.67
249.8
13.92
43.0
2.39
Liberia
3'280
...
...
160.0
4.87
-
...
Madagascar
18'610
66.90.36 510.3
2.74
100.0
0.54
Malawi
12'880
102.7 0.80 429.3
3.33
52.5 0.41
Mali
11'340 75.0 0.66 869.6
7.66
60.0 0.53
Mauritania
3 '070 41.0 1.34 745.6
24.30
20.0 0.65
Mauritius
1'250
357.5 28.71 656.8
52.76
300.0
24.10
Mayotte
170
...
...
48.1
28.80
-
...
Mozambique
19'790
69.7 0.35 1'503.9
7.60
138.0 0.73
Namibia
2 '030
139.06.84 495.0
24.37
75.0 3.73
Niger
13'960
24.0 0.17 299.9
2.15
29.0 0.21
Nigeria
131'530 1'223.3 0.93 18'587.0
14.13
5'000.0
3.80
Réunion
790
...
...
579.2
75.51
220.0
27.99
Rwanda
9 '040
23.00.27 290.0
3.21
50.0 0.55
S.
Tomé & Principe
160
7.04.61 12.0
7.67
20.0
13.07
Senegal
11'660
266.62.29 1'730.1
14.84
540.0
4.63
Seychelles
80
21.426.54 57.0
70.68
21.0
26.04
Sierra
Leone
5 '530 ...
...
113.2
2.21
10.0
0.19
Somalia
8 '230
100.01.22 500.0
6.08
90.0
1.09
Sudan
35'080
570.0
1.62
1'827.9
5.21
2'800.0
7.98
Swaziland
1'030
35.03.39 200.0
19.36
36.0
3.32
Tanzania
38'330
154.40.40 3'389.8
8.84
333.0
0.89
Togo
5'100
62.8 1.23 436.0
8.55
300.0
5.88
Uganda
28'820
87.5 0.30 1315.3
4.56
500.0
1.74
Zambia
11'670
94.70.81 949.6
8.14
231.0
2.01
Zimbabwe
11'900
328.02.76 668.0
5.61
1'000.0
8.40
Sub-Saharan
695'420
6'209.8
0.91
58'102.2
8.36
1 5'354.0
2.23
AFRICA
896'040
27'255.63.08 137'661.4
15.37
33 '132.8
3.72
Year end 2005 provisional estimates. Updated:
28.05.2007
