Number of operating telephone exchanges

Egypt Rankings Telecommunication

Cairo is the top region by number of operating telephone exchanges in Egypt. As of 2022, number of operating telephone exchanges in Cairo was 2.77 million that accounts for 22.71% of Egypt's number of operating telephone exchanges. The top 5 regions (others are Giza, Alexandria, Dakahlia, and Al Sharqia) account for 57.90% of it. Egypt's total number of operating telephone exchanges was estimated at 12.2 million in 2022.

Number of operating telephone exchanges (number)

	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Cairo	2,203,142	2,152,348	2,537,446	2,373,766	2,480,751	2,789,813	2,773,671
Alexandria	978,824	1,055,948	775,741	1,045,274	1,072,878	1,185,364	1,197,171
Port-Said	137,340	149,393	162,797	146,076	158,315	169,746	167,082
Suez	104,035	99,791	114,463	112,703	115,685	128,355	132,308
Damietta	162,819	220,314	139,268	237,469	258,697	245,952	267,605
Dakahlia	605,830	644,207	510,460	617,719	738,139	1,700,145	902,026
Sharkia	494,767	655,663	377,311	600,484	677,333	726,894	762,216
Kalyoubia	403,983	510,833	145,684	200,087	747,377	343,963	480,639
Kafr-El-Sheikh	162,482	185,247	143,995	222,403	251,431	283,734	309,381
Gharbia	502,831	528,281	401,220	566,226	694,365	614,489	648,836
Menoufia	360,987	420,401	273,704	498,612	431,088	456,989	510,319
Behera	290,038	408,498	218,905	332,612	389,512	670,777	462,901
Ismailia	113,146	127,710	145,906	131,819	144,978	178,537	182,829
Giza	1,089,399	1,142,689	1,264,238	1,182,344	1,237,796	1,398,595	1,436,821
Beni-Suef	85,263	101,979	118,131	118,968	159,661	185,779	194,872
Fayoum	89,230	91,600	111,962	106,602	131,534	156,707	168,496
Menia	173,998	200,648	227,668	207,878	251,477	282,956	280,500
Asuot	172,967	190,137	212,468	212,410	241,258	274,317	278,702
Suhag	194,139	222,174	261,398	237,306	274,124	314,245	332,815
Qena	117,133	246,661	123,161	106,222	159,143	150,411	208,027
Aswan	86,191	96,663	109,897	92,268	116,883	131,371	136,245
Luxor	58,504	63,289	98,526	92,112	78,390	128,189	100,464
Red Sea	53,308	57,116	65,522	66,512	77,949	88,331	94,482
ElWadi El Gidid	31,302	33,990	36,899	36,399	38,090	41,211	42,933
Matrouh	30,391	38,732	27,192	40,329	43,476	47,831	47,831
North Sinai	36,620	41,579	45,630	46,711	47,585	55,286	60,408
South Sinai	24,749	26,728	30,378	25,701	29,976	32,778	34,084

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