Kenya vs Nigeria: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Kenya
0.101 per 100 people
in 2024
Nigeria
0.0441 per 100 people
in 2024
Kenya rank
196th
Nigeria rank
199th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 0.101 per 100 people against 0.0441 per 100 people in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0569 per 100 people.

That makes Kenya's figure about 2.3 times Nigeria's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1966 it was Kenya ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 196th and Nigeria ranks 199th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,528 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Fixed telephone subscriptions refers to the sum of active number of analogue fixed telephone lines, voice-over-IP (VoIP) subscriptions, fixed wireless local loop (WLL) subscriptions, ISDN voice-channel equivalents and fixed public payphones.