Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers
Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers over time
- Cameroon
- Equatorial Guinea
How they compare
Equatorial Guinea currently reports 589.41 per 1,000 people against 556.93 per 1,000 people in Cameroon, a difference of 32.48 per 1,000 people.
That makes Equatorial Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Cameroon's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.
Cameroon ranks 31st and Equatorial Guinea ranks 28th of 53 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Equatorial Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Equatorial Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.75 per 1,000 people | 2.95 per 1,000 people | 0.198 per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 1990s | 4.83 per 1,000 people | 6.64 per 1,000 people | 1.81 per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
| 2000s | 161.54 per 1,000 people | 157.51 per 1,000 people | 4.04 per 1,000 people | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 468.2 per 1,000 people | 589.41 per 1,000 people | 121.22 per 1,000 people | Equatorial Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers, Cameroon or Equatorial Guinea?
- Equatorial Guinea, at 589.41 per 1,000 people against 556.93 per 1,000 people in Cameroon as of 2010.
- What is the difference in telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers between Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 32.48 per 1,000 people, with Equatorial Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea?
- 30 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2010.
- How do Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea rank globally for telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers?
- Cameroon ranks 31st and Equatorial Guinea ranks 28th 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
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.