Burkina Faso vs Guinea-Bissau: Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers

Burkina Faso
461.09 per 1,000 people
in 2011
Guinea-Bissau
475.18 per 1,000 people
in 2010
Burkina Faso rank
37th
Guinea-Bissau rank
36th

Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Guinea-Bissau
0100200300400500196019852011

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 475.18 per 1,000 people against 461.09 per 1,000 people in Burkina Faso, a difference of 14.09 per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 37th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 36th of 53 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Guinea-Bissau Difference Ahead
1980s 1.14 per 1,000 people 4.94 per 1,000 people 3.8 per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau
1990s 2.78 per 1,000 people 6.21 per 1,000 people 3.43 per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau
2000s 79.93 per 1,000 people 120.73 per 1,000 people 40.8 per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau
2010s 355.33 per 1,000 people 475.18 per 1,000 people 119.85 per 1,000 people Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers, Burkina Faso or Guinea-Bissau?
Guinea-Bissau, at 475.18 per 1,000 people against 461.09 per 1,000 people in Burkina Faso as of 2010.
What is the difference in telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers between Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?
14.09 per 1,000 people, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau?
30 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2010.
How do Burkina Faso and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers?
Burkina Faso ranks 37th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 36th 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.