Angola vs Cameroon: Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers

Angola
499.24 per 1,000 people
in 2011
Cameroon
556.93 per 1,000 people
in 2011
Angola rank
33rd
Cameroon rank
31st

Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers over time

  • Angola
  • Cameroon
0200400600196019852011

How they compare

Cameroon currently reports 556.93 per 1,000 people against 499.24 per 1,000 people in Angola, a difference of 57.69 per 1,000 people.

That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Angola's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1975 it was Angola ahead.

Angola ranks 33rd and Cameroon ranks 31st of 53 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 3 and Cameroon in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Angola Cameroon Difference Ahead
1970s 3.18 per 1,000 people 1.73 per 1,000 people 1.45 per 1,000 people Angola
1980s 5.62 per 1,000 people 2.67 per 1,000 people 2.95 per 1,000 people Angola
1990s 5.43 per 1,000 people 4.83 per 1,000 people 0.6016 per 1,000 people Angola
2000s 152.5 per 1,000 people 161.54 per 1,000 people 9.05 per 1,000 people Cameroon
2010s 491.01 per 1,000 people 512.57 per 1,000 people 21.56 per 1,000 people Cameroon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers, Angola or Cameroon?
Cameroon, at 556.93 per 1,000 people against 499.24 per 1,000 people in Angola as of 2011.
What is the difference in telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers between Angola and Cameroon?
57.69 per 1,000 people, with Cameroon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Cameroon?
37 years are reported by both, from 1975 to 2011.
How do Angola and Cameroon rank globally for telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers?
Angola ranks 33rd and Cameroon ranks 31st of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 2,189 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

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.