Cameroon vs Equatorial Guinea: Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers

Cameroon
556.93 per 1,000 people
in 2011
Equatorial Guinea
589.41 per 1,000 people
in 2010
Cameroon rank
31st
Equatorial Guinea rank
28th

Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers over time

  • Cameroon
  • Equatorial Guinea
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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

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.