Table 11 |
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Total number of internet hosts, internet users, PCs, cellular subscribers, telephone mainlines, telephone subscribers across various income groupings of countries in the African region |
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Variable |
Upper-middle income countries (N = 4) |
Lower-middle income countries (N = 5) |
Low income countries (N = 36) |
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Total number |
Number per 1 000 people |
Total number |
Number per 1 000 people |
Total number |
Number per 1 000 people |
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Total internet hosts |
6452 |
1.47 |
294127 |
3.61 |
628470.6 |
1.06 |
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Total internet users |
256700 |
58.34 |
3712000 |
45.52 |
3739500 |
6.32 |
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Total personal computers |
293000 |
66.59 |
3821000 |
46.85 |
3378000 |
5.71 |
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Total cellular subscribers |
1198000 |
272.27 |
18666400 |
228.90 |
15255000 |
25.80 |
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Total telephone mainlines |
539600 |
122.64 |
7288900 |
89.38 |
4017300 |
6.79 |
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Total telephone subscribers |
1737700 |
394.93 |
22797300 |
279.55 |
17937400 |
30.33 |
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Population |
4400000 |
81550000 |
591340000 |
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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. |
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Kirigia et al. BMC Public Health 2005 5:137 doi:10.1186/1471-2458-5-137 |
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