
Telecommunication in the Republic of the Congo
Compared to the United States, the Republic of the Congo is massively lagging behind in the development of telecommunications. Under the country code +242, there were a total of 5.58 million connections in 2021. Among them were 5.56 million mobile phones, which corresponds to an average of 0.95 per person. In the US, this figure is 1.1 mobile phones per person.With about 45 webhosts, the Republic of the Congo is below the world's average by population.
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Development of telephone and internet connections
With an average download speed of 36.89 Mbit/second for fixed-network broadband internet, the Republic of the Congo ranks 103rd in an international comparison. The upload rate of only 10.16 Mbit/second was significantly lower (121st place).The Speedtest Global Index published regularly by Ookla is based on several million individual measurements in December 2022 from 178 countries.
The following diagrams show the development of the various telephone and internet connections as a percentage of the country's population. Values above 100 percent mean that, on average, every inhabitant has more than one connection.
Access to the internet in the Republic of the Congo from 1990 - 2019
Broadband internet in the Republic of the Congo 2009 - 2021

Landlines 1990 - 2020
Mobile phones 1990 - 2021
Distribution in 2021 | Congo Total | Congo percent | USA Total | USA percent |
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Broadband users | 15,137.00 | 0.26 % | 127.03 m | 38.27 % |
Mobile cellulars | 5.56 m | 95.25 % | 361.62 m | 108.96 % |