Botswana vs Nigeria: Fixed telephone subscriptions

Botswana
83,182
in 2024
Nigeria
102,714
in 2024
Botswana rank
132nd
Nigeria rank
130th

Fixed telephone subscriptions over time

  • Botswana
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 102,714 against 83,182 in Botswana, a difference of 19,532.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Botswana's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 57 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nigeria ahead.

Globally, Botswana ranks 132nd and Nigeria ranks 130th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Fixed telephone subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 14,482 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.