Aruba vs China: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Aruba
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 131.75 per 100 people against 130.65 per 100 people in Aruba, a difference of 1.1 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1960 it was China ahead.
Aruba ranks 56th and China ranks 53rd of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Aruba averaged higher in 4 and China in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Aruba | China | 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 | 0.0001 per 100 people | 0.0001 per 100 people | China |
| 1990s | 3.8 per 100 people | 0.9135 per 100 people | 2.88 per 100 people | Aruba |
| 2000s | 91.9 per 100 people | 29.06 per 100 people | 62.83 per 100 people | Aruba |
| 2010s | 133.63 per 100 people | 90.29 per 100 people | 43.34 per 100 people | Aruba |
| 2020s | 131.01 per 100 people | 122.06 per 100 people | 8.95 per 100 people | Aruba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Aruba or China?
- China, at 131.75 per 100 people against 130.65 per 100 people in Aruba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Aruba and China?
- 1.1 per 100 people, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Aruba and China?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Aruba and China rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Aruba ranks 56th and China ranks 53rd 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.