Bulgaria vs France: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Bulgaria
- France
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 118.07 per 100 people against 116.69 per 100 people in France, a difference of 1.38 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was France ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 96th and France ranks 99th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 3 and France in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | France | 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 | 0.058 per 100 people | 0.058 per 100 people | France |
| 1990s | 0.7323 per 100 people | 7.71 per 100 people | 6.98 per 100 people | France |
| 2000s | 76.54 per 100 people | 75.01 per 100 people | 1.52 per 100 people | Bulgaria |
| 2010s | 131.27 per 100 people | 101.1 per 100 people | 30.17 per 100 people | Bulgaria |
| 2020s | 116.03 per 100 people | 114.24 per 100 people | 1.79 per 100 people | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Bulgaria or France?
- Bulgaria, at 118.07 per 100 people against 116.69 per 100 people in France as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Bulgaria and France?
- 1.38 per 100 people, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and France?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and France rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Bulgaria ranks 96th and France ranks 99th 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.