Africa Rankings
Total Number of Mobile Phone Subscribers
in millions
| Rank | Country | in millions | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Nigeria | 224.4M |
2 | 3 |  South Africa | 108.4M |
3 | 2 |  Egypt | 106.3M |
4 | 5 |  Ethiopia | 71.4M |
5 | 6 |  Tanzania | 70.2M |
6 | 4 |  Kenya | 66.7M |
7 | 8 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 56.3M |
8 | 7 |  Morocco | 55.9M |
9 | 10 |  Ivory Coast | 53.6M |
10 | 9 |  Algeria | 51.5M |
11 | 13 |  Uganda | 37.1M |
12 | 12 |  Sudan | 34.7M |
13 | 11 |  Ghana | 33.4M |
14 | 14 |  Cameroon | 27.4M |
15 | 15 |  Burkina Faso | 26.9M |
16 | 16 |  Mali | 25.9M |
17 | 19 |  Madagascar | 23.5M |
18 | 17 |  Senegal | 22.4M |
19 | 18 |  Zambia | 21.2M |
20 | 20 |  Niger | 17.2M |
21 | 22 |  Benin | 16.4M |
22 | 21 |  Tunisia | 16.4M |
23 | 25 |  Guinea | 15.3M |
24 | 23 |  Zimbabwe | 15.0M |
25 | 26 |  Mozambique | 15.0M |
26 | 24 |  Libya | 13.9M |
27 | 28 |  Chad | 13.6M |
28 | 27 |  Malawi | 12.9M |
29 | 29 |  Rwanda | 12.8M |
30 | 30 |  Somalia | 9.9M |
31 | 31 |  Sierra Leone | 8.9M |
32 | 32 |  Burundi | 8.6M |
33 | 33 |  Togo | 7.1M |
34 | 34 |  Republic of the Congo | 5.9M |
35 | 35 |  Mauritania | 4.6M |
36 | 36 |  Botswana | 4.4M |
37 | 37 |  Gabon | 3.0M |
38 | 39 |  Gambia | 2.8M |
39 | 40 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.8M |
40 | 38 |  Namibia | 2.6M |
41 | 41 |  Mauritius | 2.1M |
42 | 43 |  Eritrea | 2.0M |
43 | 42 |  Central African Republic | 2.0M |
44 | 44 |  Liberia | 1.7M |
45 | 45 |  Lesotho | 1.6M |
46 | 46 |  Swaziland | 1.6M |
47 | 47 |  Comoros | 934.2K |
48 | 48 |  Equatorial Guinea | 893.4K |
49 | 49 |  Cape Verde | 590.4K |
50 | 50 |  Djibouti | 558.6K |
51 | 51 |  Seychelles | 236.6K |
52 | 52 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 146.5K |