What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled between East Asia & Pacific and Japan?

3.02 billion, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Japan?

52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Asia & Pacific vs Japan: Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled

East Asia & Pacific

3.24 billion

in 2025

Japan

221.92 million

in 2023

East Asia & Pacific rank

7th

Japan rank

6th

Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled over time

East Asia & Pacific
Japan

How they compare

East Asia & Pacific currently reports 3.24 billion against 221.92 million in Japan, a difference of 3.02 billion.

That makes East Asia & Pacific's figure about 14.6 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.

East Asia & Pacific ranks 7th and Japan ranks 6th of 47 groups.

East Asia & Pacific has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific	Japan	Difference	Ahead
1960s	0	0	0	—
1970s	0	0	0	—
1980s	185,937	114,082	71,855	East Asia & Pacific
1990s	44.18 million	19.14 million	25.03 million	East Asia & Pacific
2000s	745.80 million	93.12 million	652.68 million	East Asia & Pacific
2010s	2.38 billion	156.95 million	2.22 billion	East Asia & Pacific
2020s	3.07 billion	207.05 million	2.86 billion	East Asia & Pacific

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled, East Asia & Pacific or Japan?: East Asia & Pacific, at 3.24 billion against 221.92 million in Japan as of 2025.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled between East Asia & Pacific and Japan?: 3.02 billion, with East Asia & Pacific ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and Japan?: 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do East Asia & Pacific and Japan rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled?: East Asia & Pacific ranks 7th and Japan ranks 6th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mobile cellular subscriptions, gaps filled
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 260 places, 13,119 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 18 August 2026

Mobile cellular subscriptions with 80 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.