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Nepal vs South Africa: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Nepal
1.38 per 100 people
in 2024
South Africa
1.58 per 100 people
in 2024
Nepal rank
164th
South Africa rank
163rd

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Nepal
  • South Africa
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How they compare

South Africa currently reports 1.58 per 100 people against 1.38 per 100 people in Nepal, a difference of 0.2069 per 100 people.

That makes South Africa's figure about 1.2 times Nepal's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1975 it was South Africa ahead.

Globally, Nepal ranks 164th and South Africa ranks 163rd 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.