Brunei vs French Polynesia: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Brunei
- French Polynesia
How they compare
French Polynesia currently reports 118.78 per 100 people against 118.13 per 100 people in Brunei, a difference of 0.65 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was French Polynesia ahead.
Brunei ranks 95th and French Polynesia ranks 93rd of 212 countries.
Brunei has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brunei | French Polynesia | 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 | 8.76 per 100 people | 1.74 per 100 people | 7.03 per 100 people | Brunei |
| 2000s | 68.48 per 100 people | 44.33 per 100 people | 24.15 per 100 people | Brunei |
| 2010s | 117.73 per 100 people | 94.78 per 100 people | 22.95 per 100 people | Brunei |
| 2020s | 122.08 per 100 people | 117.76 per 100 people | 4.32 per 100 people | Brunei |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Brunei or French Polynesia?
- French Polynesia, at 118.78 per 100 people against 118.13 per 100 people in Brunei as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Brunei and French Polynesia?
- 0.65 per 100 people, with French Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei and French Polynesia?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Brunei and French Polynesia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Brunei ranks 95th and French Polynesia ranks 93rd 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.