Telecommunication infrastructure quantity trends
| Region | Income | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | SSA | SA | MENA | LAC | EAP | LIC | LMC | UMC | |
| Telecommunications | |||||||||
| Telecommunication density | 1990 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 55 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 55 |
| Fixed and mobile telephones per 1,000 people (median) | 2014 | 736 | 807 | 1,323 | 1,240 | 1,444 | 687 | 794 | 1605 |
| Internet density | 2005 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 11.2 | 12 | 11.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| Number of users per 100 people (median) | 2015 | 16.7 | 22 | 48.5 | 51.6 | 45 | 11.4 | 20.8 | 50.1 |
| Fixed broadband | 2005 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Number of subscriptions per 100 people (median) | 2015 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 5.3 |
| Region | Income | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | SSA | SA | MENA | LAC | EAP | LIC | LMC | UMC | |
| Telecommunication density | 1990 | 3 | 7 | 38 | 55 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 55 |
| Fixed and mobile telephones per 1,000 people (median) | 2014 | 736 | 807 | 1,323 | 1,240 | 1,444 | 687 | 794 | 1605 |
| Internet density | 2005 | 1.3 | 2.1 | 11.2 | 12 | 11.8 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 7.5 |
| Number of users per 100 people (median) | 2015 | 16.7 | 22 | 48.5 | 51.6 | 45 | 11.4 | 20.8 | 50.1 |
| Fixed broadband | 2005 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Number of subscriptions per 100 people (median) | 2015 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 8.1 | 9.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 5.3 |
Note(s): EAP = East Asia and Pacific; LAC = Latin America and the Caribbean; MENA = Middle East and North Africa; SA = South Asia; SSA = Sub-Saharan Africa; LIC = low-income countries; LMC = lower-middle-income countries; UMC = upper-middle-income countries
Source(s): World Bank, World Development indicators
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