Bahrain vs World: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Bahrain
159.54 per 100 people
in 2024
World
111.5 per 100 people
in 2025
Bahrain rank
24th
World rank
22nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Bahrain
  • World
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How they compare

Bahrain currently reports 159.54 per 100 people against 111.5 per 100 people in World, a difference of 48.04 per 100 people.

That makes Bahrain's figure about 1.4 times World's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was World ahead.

Bahrain ranks 24th and World ranks 22nd of 212 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahrain World 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 0.1951 per 100 people 0.0338 per 100 people 0.1613 per 100 people Bahrain
1990s 6.18 per 100 people 2.38 per 100 people 3.81 per 100 people Bahrain
2000s 105.21 per 100 people 50.78 per 100 people 54.43 per 100 people Bahrain
2010s 161.92 per 100 people 94.49 per 100 people 67.43 per 100 people Bahrain
2020s 140.11 per 100 people 107.94 per 100 people 32.17 per 100 people Bahrain

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Bahrain or World?
Bahrain, at 159.54 per 100 people against 111.5 per 100 people in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Bahrain and World?
48.04 per 100 people, with Bahrain ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and World?
48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Bahrain and World rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Bahrain ranks 24th and World ranks 22nd 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.