Australia vs United States: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Australia
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 113.19 per 100 people against 112.58 per 100 people in Australia, a difference of 0.61 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United States ahead.
Australia ranks 112th and United States ranks 110th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and United States in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | United States | 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 | 0.1116 per 100 people | 0.4673 per 100 people | 0.3556 per 100 people | United States |
| 1990s | 13.56 per 100 people | 13.02 per 100 people | 0.5485 per 100 people | Australia |
| 2000s | 81.51 per 100 people | 65.51 per 100 people | 16 per 100 people | Australia |
| 2010s | 107.18 per 100 people | 99.56 per 100 people | 7.62 per 100 people | Australia |
| 2020s | 108.92 per 100 people | 108.91 per 100 people | 0.009 per 100 people | Australia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Australia or United States?
- United States, at 113.19 per 100 people against 112.58 per 100 people in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Australia and United States?
- 0.61 per 100 people, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and United States?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Australia and United States rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Australia ranks 112th and United States ranks 110th 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
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.