Bulgaria vs French Polynesia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Bulgaria
118.07 per 100 people
in 2024
French Polynesia
118.78 per 100 people
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
96th
French Polynesia rank
93rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Bulgaria
  • French Polynesia
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How they compare

French Polynesia currently reports 118.78 per 100 people against 118.07 per 100 people in Bulgaria, a difference of 0.71 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was French Polynesia ahead.

Bulgaria ranks 96th and French Polynesia ranks 93rd of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 2 and French Polynesia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bulgaria 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 0.7323 per 100 people 1.74 per 100 people 1 per 100 people French Polynesia
2000s 76.54 per 100 people 44.33 per 100 people 32.2 per 100 people Bulgaria
2010s 131.27 per 100 people 94.78 per 100 people 36.49 per 100 people Bulgaria
2020s 116.03 per 100 people 117.76 per 100 people 1.73 per 100 people French Polynesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Bulgaria or French Polynesia?
French Polynesia, at 118.78 per 100 people against 118.07 per 100 people in Bulgaria as of 2023.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Bulgaria and French Polynesia?
0.71 per 100 people, with French Polynesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and French Polynesia?
52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Bulgaria and French Polynesia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Bulgaria ranks 96th 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

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.