Angola vs Nigeria: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Angola
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 70.76 per 100 people against 69.7 per 100 people in Angola, a difference of 1.06 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nigeria ahead.
Angola ranks 181st and Nigeria ranks 178th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 1 and Nigeria in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Nigeria | 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 | 0.0322 per 100 people | 0.0097 per 100 people | 0.0225 per 100 people | Angola |
| 2000s | 12.24 per 100 people | 15.7 per 100 people | 3.46 per 100 people | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 46.97 per 100 people | 71.98 per 100 people | 25.01 per 100 people | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 58.9 per 100 people | 90.71 per 100 people | 31.81 per 100 people | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Angola or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 70.76 per 100 people against 69.7 per 100 people in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Angola and Nigeria?
- 1.06 per 100 people, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Nigeria?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Nigeria rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Angola ranks 181st and Nigeria ranks 178th of 214 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
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.