# What Percentage of the World Never Has Used a Telephone?

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**Created:** [May 23, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-the-world-never-has-used-a-telephone/405188 "2007-05-23T06:01:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mmmark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Mmmark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mmmark)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2007, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-percentage-of-the-world-never-has-used-a-telephone/405188/1 "2007-05-23T06:01:44Z")

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I was reading an article where the author claims 2/3 of the world has never even used a telpehone. That seems a bit high.

I am not saying they OWN a phone, but I would think most people have USED one at one time in their life. I could see saying most people don’t OWN a phone.

So does anyone have or know of a reasonable guess at least?