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. 2005 Dec 20;5:137. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-5-137

Table 11.

Total number of internet hosts, internet users, PCs, cellular subscribers, telephone mainlines, telephone subscribers across various income groupings of countries in the African region

Variable Upper-middle income countries (N = 4) Lower-middle income countries (N = 5) Low income countries (N = 36)



Total number Number per 1 000 people Total number Number per 1 000 people Total number Number per 1 000 people
Total internet hosts 6452 1.47 294127 3.61 628470.6 1.06
Total internet users 256700 58.34 3712000 45.52 3739500 6.32
Total personal computers 293000 66.59 3821000 46.85 3378000 5.71
Total cellular subscribers 1198000 272.27 18666400 228.90 15255000 25.80
Total telephone mainlines 539600 122.64 7288900 89.38 4017300 6.79
Total telephone subscribers 1737700 394.93 22797300 279.55 17937400 30.33
Population 4400000 81550000 591340000

Notes: Low income – economies with gross national income (GNI) per capita of US$825 or less; Lower-middle income – economies with a GNI per capita of more than US$826 and less than US$3255; Upper-middle income – economies with a GNI per capita of more than US$3256 and less US$10065.