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Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers (per 1,000 people)

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Fixed lines are telephone mainlines connecting a customer's equipment to the public switched telephone network. Mobile phone subscribers refer to users of portable telephones subscribing to an automatic public mobile telephone service using cellular technology that provides access to the public switched telephone network.

wb-indicators:IT.TEL.TOTL.P3

Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers (per 1,000 people)

World Bank

Publisher
World Bank
Source
World Bank Indicators (wb-indicators)
Status
Active
Formats
JSON
Licence
CC-BY-4.0 — World Bank Terms — CC BY 4.0 (Indicators API) · open
Standard
WB API v2
Countries
59 countries and areas — see list below
Dataset id
wb-indicators:IT.TEL.TOTL.P3
Last verified
2026-09-27

Geographic coverage

Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers (per 1,000 people) carries observations for 59 countries and areas:

Africa · Angola · Burundi · Benin · Burkina Faso · Botswana · Central African Republic · Cote d'Ivoire · Cameroon · Congo, Dem. Rep. · Congo, Rep. · Comoros · Cape Verde · Djibouti · Algeria · Egypt, Arab Rep. · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Gabon · Ghana · Guinea · Gambia, The · Guinea-Bissau · Equatorial Guinea · Kenya · Liberia · Libya · Lesotho · Morocco · Madagascar · Mali · Mozambique · Mauritania · Mauritius · Malawi · North Africa · Namibia · Niger · Nigeria · Rwanda · Sudan · Senegal · Sierra Leone · Somalia · Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) · Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) · Sao Tome and Principe · Swaziland · Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa · Seychelles · Chad · Togo · Tunisia · Tanzania · Uganda · Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria · South Africa · Zambia · Zimbabwe