Afghanistan vs Tonga: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Afghanistan
60.1 per 100 people
in 2024
Tonga
61.73 per 100 people
in 2022
Afghanistan rank
194th
Tonga rank
192nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Afghanistan
  • Tonga
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How they compare

Tonga currently reports 61.73 per 100 people against 60.1 per 100 people in Afghanistan, a difference of 1.63 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tonga ahead.

Afghanistan ranks 194th and Tonga ranks 192nd of 212 countries.

Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Afghanistan Tonga Difference Ahead
1960s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
1970s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
1980s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people
1990s 0 per 100 people 0.0986 per 100 people 0.0986 per 100 people Tonga
2000s 10.44 per 100 people 22.67 per 100 people 12.23 per 100 people Tonga
2010s 54.96 per 100 people 67.98 per 100 people 13.02 per 100 people Tonga
2020s 57 per 100 people 60.45 per 100 people 3.45 per 100 people Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Afghanistan or Tonga?
Tonga, at 61.73 per 100 people against 60.1 per 100 people in Afghanistan as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Afghanistan and Tonga?
1.63 per 100 people, with Tonga ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Tonga?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Afghanistan and Tonga rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Afghanistan ranks 194th and Tonga ranks 192nd of 212 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,015 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.