Guinea vs Rwanda: Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers
Telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers over time
- Guinea
- Rwanda
How they compare
Guinea currently reports 442 per 1,000 people against 409.86 per 1,000 people in Rwanda, a difference of 32.14 per 1,000 people.
That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 38th and Rwanda ranks 40th of 53 countries.
Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5801 per 1,000 people | 0.493 per 1,000 people | 0.0871 per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 1970s | 1.4 per 1,000 people | 0.4534 per 1,000 people | 0.9455 per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 1980s | 2.49 per 1,000 people | 0.9084 per 1,000 people | 1.59 per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 1990s | 2.54 per 1,000 people | 1.88 per 1,000 people | 0.6584 per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 2000s | 106.31 per 1,000 people | 59.15 per 1,000 people | 47.17 per 1,000 people | Guinea |
| 2010s | 422.27 per 1,000 people | 373.81 per 1,000 people | 48.45 per 1,000 people | Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers, Guinea or Rwanda?
- Guinea, at 442 per 1,000 people against 409.86 per 1,000 people in Rwanda as of 2011.
- What is the difference in telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers between Guinea and Rwanda?
- 32.14 per 1,000 people, with Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Rwanda?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2011.
- How do Guinea and Rwanda rank globally for telephone (mainlines and mobile phone) subscribers?
- Guinea ranks 38th and Rwanda ranks 40th 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.