Burkina Faso vs France: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Burkina Faso
116.59 per 100 people
in 2024
France
116.69 per 100 people
in 2023
Burkina Faso rank
100th
France rank
99th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • France
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How they compare

France currently reports 116.69 per 100 people against 116.59 per 100 people in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.1 per 100 people.

Across all 52 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Burkina Faso ranks 100th and France ranks 99th of 213 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso France Difference Ahead
1960s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people β€”
1970s 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people 0 per 100 people β€”
1980s 0 per 100 people 0.058 per 100 people 0.058 per 100 people France
1990s 0.0087 per 100 people 7.71 per 100 people 7.7 per 100 people France
2000s 7.48 per 100 people 75.01 per 100 people 67.53 per 100 people France
2010s 71.01 per 100 people 101.1 per 100 people 30.08 per 100 people France
2020s 111.33 per 100 people 114.24 per 100 people 2.91 per 100 people France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Burkina Faso or France?
France, at 116.69 per 100 people against 116.59 per 100 people in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Burkina Faso and France?
0.1 per 100 people, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and France?
52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Burkina Faso and France rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Burkina Faso ranks 100th and France ranks 99th of 213 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.