Africa Rankings
Total Number of Mobile Phone Subscribers
in millions
| Rank | Country | in millions | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Nigeria | 164.6M |
2 | 2 |  South Africa | 114.8M |
3 | 3 |  Egypt | 113.2M |
4 | 5 |  Tanzania | 86.8M |
5 | 4 |  Ethiopia | 85.9M |
6 | 6 |  Kenya | 71.4M |
7 | 7 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 64.0M |
8 | 9 |  Ivory Coast | 58.7M |
9 | 8 |  Morocco | 58.3M |
10 | 10 |  Algeria | 54.1M |
11 | 11 |  Uganda | 41.6M |
12 | 13 |  Ghana | 39.1M |
13 | 12 |  Sudan | 34.7M |
14 | 14 |  Cameroon | 31.5M |
15 | 15 |  Burkina Faso | 27.5M |
16 | 16 |  Mali | 25.9M |
17 | 19 |  Madagascar | 23.5M |
18 | 18 |  Zambia | 23.2M |
19 | 17 |  Senegal | 22.9M |
20 | 21 |  Benin | 18.2M |
21 | 23 |  Mozambique | 17.1M |
22 | 20 |  Niger | 16.4M |
23 | 24 |  Zimbabwe | 15.7M |
24 | 28 |  Malawi | 15.0M |
25 | 26 |  Chad | 14.8M |
26 | 22 |  Tunisia | 14.4M |
27 | 27 |  Guinea | 14.1M |
28 | 25 |  Libya | 13.9M |
29 | 29 |  Rwanda | 13.3M |
30 | 30 |  Somalia | 9.9M |
31 | 31 |  Sierra Leone | 8.9M |
32 | 32 |  Burundi | 8.6M |
33 | 33 |  Togo | 7.7M |
34 | 34 |  Republic of the Congo | 6.1M |
35 | 35 |  Mauritania | 4.8M |
36 | 36 |  Botswana | 4.1M |
37 | 37 |  Gambia | 3.5M |
38 | 39 |  Guinea-Bissau | 3.2M |
39 | 38 |  Gabon | 3.2M |
40 | 40 |  Namibia | 2.6M |
41 | 41 |  Mauritius | 2.2M |
42 | 43 |  Eritrea | 2.0M |
43 | 42 |  Central African Republic | 2.0M |
44 | 46 |  Swaziland | 1.7M |
45 | 44 |  Liberia | 1.7M |
46 | 45 |  Lesotho | 1.6M |
47 | 47 |  Comoros | 934.2K |
48 | 48 |  Equatorial Guinea | 893.4K |
49 | 49 |  Cape Verde | 587.0K |
50 | 50 |  Djibouti | 558.6K |
51 | 51 |  Seychelles | 163.8K |
52 | 52 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 147.1K |