Egypt vs Mauritania: Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers

Egypt
1,116 per 1,000 people
in 2011
Mauritania
956.38 per 1,000 people
in 2011
Egypt rank
9th
Mauritania rank
12th

Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers over time

  • Egypt
  • Mauritania
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How they compare

Egypt currently reports 1,116 per 1,000 people against 956.38 per 1,000 people in Mauritania, a difference of 159.62 per 1,000 people.

That makes Egypt's figure about 1.2 times Mauritania's.

Across all 37 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 9th and Mauritania ranks 12th of 53 countries.

Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Egypt Mauritania Difference Ahead
1970s 8.59 per 1,000 people 1.35 per 1,000 people 7.24 per 1,000 people Egypt
1980s 16.8 per 1,000 people 2.27 per 1,000 people 14.53 per 1,000 people Egypt
1990s 45.85 per 1,000 people 4.27 per 1,000 people 41.58 per 1,000 people Egypt
2000s 359.64 per 1,000 people 287.34 per 1,000 people 72.3 per 1,000 people Egypt
2010s 1,053 per 1,000 people 889.72 per 1,000 people 163.26 per 1,000 people Egypt

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers, Egypt or Mauritania?
Egypt, at 1,116 per 1,000 people against 956.38 per 1,000 people in Mauritania as of 2011.
What is the difference in telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers between Egypt and Mauritania?
159.62 per 1,000 people, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Mauritania?
37 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2011.
How do Egypt and Mauritania rank globally for telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers?
Egypt ranks 9th and Mauritania ranks 12th 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.