Ethiopia phone numbers

At a glance

Country code

+251

Exit code

00

Trunk prefix

0

Mobile digits

9

Fixed-line digits

9

Number portability

not listed

Carriers on record

2

How to dial a number in Ethiopia from anywhere: the dialling helper.

Test a pattern

Tick the line types you accept, copy the combined pattern, and paste numbers to see which range each one falls in. Numbers are reduced to their national digits first (no spaces, no +251, no trunk prefix 0); nothing leaves your browser.

^(?:700[1-9]\d{5}|(?:7(?:0[1-9]|1[0-8]|2[1-35-79]|3\d|77|86|99)|(?:8[01]|9\d)\d)\d{6}|(?:11(?:[124]\d\d|3(?:[0-79]\d|8[0-7])|5(?:[02-9]\d|1[0-57-9])|6(?:[02-79]\d|1[0-57-9]|8[0-8]))|2(?:2(?:11[1-9]|22[0-7]|33\d|44[1467]|66[1-68])|5(?:11[124-6]|33[2-8]|44[1467]|55[14]|66[1-3679]|77[124-79]|880))|3(?:3(?:11[0-46-8]|(?:22|55)[0-6]|33[0134689]|44[04]|66[01467])|4(?:44[0-8]|55[0-69]|66[0-3]|77[1-5]))|4(?:6(?:119|22[0-24-7]|33[1-5]|44[13-69]|55[14-689]|660|88[1-4])|7(?:(?:11|22)[1-9]|33[13-7]|44[13-6]|55[1-689]))|5(?:7(?:227|55[05]|(?:66|77)[14-8])|8(?:11[149]|22[013-79]|33[0-68]|44[013-8]|550|66[1-5]|77\d)))\d{4})$

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Walk the prefixes

Type the first digits of a number in national form, or tap them: the operators holding blocks under those digits, then the block a full prefix falls in. 3 blocks held by 2 operators are on record.

Cheat sheet

Line types and their regular expressions

Match each pattern against the national significant number: digits only, without the trunk prefix 0 and without +251. The patterns follow the national numbering plan and are anchored here.

^(?:700[1-9]\d{5}|(?:7(?:0[1-9]|1[0-8]|2[1-35-79]|3\d|77|86|99)|(?:8[01]|9\d)\d)\d{6})$

^(?:(?:11(?:[124]\d\d|3(?:[0-79]\d|8[0-7])|5(?:[02-9]\d|1[0-57-9])|6(?:[02-79]\d|1[0-57-9]|8[0-8]))|2(?:2(?:11[1-9]|22[0-7]|33\d|44[1467]|66[1-68])|5(?:11[124-6]|33[2-8]|44[1467]|55[14]|66[1-3679]|77[124-79]|880))|3(?:3(?:11[0-46-8]|(?:22|55)[0-6]|33[0134689]|44[04]|66[01467])|4(?:44[0-8]|55[0-69]|66[0-3]|77[1-5]))|4(?:6(?:119|22[0-24-7]|33[1-5]|44[13-69]|55[14-689]|660|88[1-4])|7(?:(?:11|22)[1-9]|33[13-7]|44[13-6]|55[1-689]))|5(?:7(?:227|55[05]|(?:66|77)[14-8])|8(?:11[149]|22[013-79]|33[0-68]|44[013-8]|550|66[1-5]|77\d)))\d{4})$

Carrier prefix blocks

The operator each prefix block was allocated to, in national form, from the published allocation records for +251.

Questions developers ask

How many digits does a phone number in Ethiopia have?

Mobile numbers have 9 national digits. Fixed line numbers have 9 national digits (7 when dialled locally). That is the national number, without the country code +251 and without the trunk prefix 0.

What is the country code for Ethiopia?

+251. From abroad, dial your own exit code, then 251, then the national number without its trunk prefix 0. From inside Ethiopia, the exit code for international calls is 00.

Which prefixes are mobile numbers in Ethiopia?

Mobile numbers start with 07, 08 or 09 in national form; the mobile regular expression on this page gives the exact ranges (example: 091 123 4567). The carrier table shows which prefix blocks were allocated to which operator.

Can a mobile number in Ethiopia be ported to another carrier?

Not on record. The plan data this page is built from does not list mobile number portability for Ethiopia, so the carrier a prefix was allocated to is likely, not certainly, the carrier serving the number. Only a live carrier lookup (an HLR or MNP query) confirms it.