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.