Bahrain vs North America: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Bahrain
159.54 per 100 people
in 2024
North America
112 per 100 people
in 2025
Bahrain rank
24th
North America rank
21st

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Bahrain
  • North America
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How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 159.54 per 100 people against 112 per 100 people in North America, a difference of 47.54 per 100 people.

That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.4 times North America's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was North America ahead.

Bahrain ranks 24th and North America ranks 21st of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 3 and North America in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain North America 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 0.2787 per 100 people 0.4587 per 100 people 0.18 per 100 people North America
1990s 6.18 per 100 people 12.67 per 100 people 6.48 per 100 people North America
2000s 78.05 per 100 people 63.79 per 100 people 14.25 per 100 people Bahrain
2010s 161.92 per 100 people 97.98 per 100 people 63.94 per 100 people Bahrain
2020s 140.11 per 100 people 107 per 100 people 33.11 per 100 people Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Bahrain or North America?
Bahrain, at 159.54 per 100 people against 112 per 100 people in North America as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Bahrain and North America?
47.54 per 100 people, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and North America?
50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Bahrain and North America rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Bahrain ranks 24th and North America ranks 21st 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.