Egypt vs Tunisia: Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers
Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers over time
- Egypt
- Tunisia
How they compare
Tunisia currently reports 1,275 per 1,000 people against 1,116 per 1,000 people in Egypt, a difference of 159 per 1,000 people.
That makes Tunisia's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 9th and Tunisia ranks 6th of 53 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Tunisia in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Tunisia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.9 per 1,000 people | 6.21 per 1,000 people | 1.69 per 1,000 people | Egypt |
| 1970s | 8.59 per 1,000 people | 12.8 per 1,000 people | 4.21 per 1,000 people | Tunisia |
| 1980s | 16.12 per 1,000 people | 25.92 per 1,000 people | 9.8 per 1,000 people | Tunisia |
| 1990s | 45.85 per 1,000 people | 60.07 per 1,000 people | 14.22 per 1,000 people | Tunisia |
| 2000s | 359.64 per 1,000 people | 569.53 per 1,000 people | 209.88 per 1,000 people | Tunisia |
| 2010s | 1,053 per 1,000 people | 1,225 per 1,000 people | 172.26 per 1,000 people | Tunisia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers, Egypt or Tunisia?
- Tunisia, at 1,275 per 1,000 people against 1,116 per 1,000 people in Egypt as of 2011.
- What is the difference in telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers between Egypt and Tunisia?
- 159 per 1,000 people, with Tunisia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Tunisia?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2011.
- How do Egypt and Tunisia rank globally for telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers?
- Egypt ranks 9th and Tunisia ranks 6th 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.