Cameroon vs Sierra Leone: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Cameroon
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 108.21 per 100 people against 107.88 per 100 people in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.33 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Cameroon ranks 125th and Sierra Leone ranks 127th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 3 and Sierra Leone in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Sierra Leone | 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 | 0.0165 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.0165 per 100 people | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 16.39 per 100 people | 7.73 per 100 people | 8.65 per 100 people | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 71.05 per 100 people | 65.66 per 100 people | 5.39 per 100 people | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 85.3 per 100 people | 98.84 per 100 people | 13.54 per 100 people | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Cameroon or Sierra Leone?
- Cameroon, at 108.21 per 100 people against 107.88 per 100 people in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Cameroon and Sierra Leone?
- 0.33 per 100 people, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Sierra Leone?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Cameroon and Sierra Leone rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Cameroon ranks 125th and Sierra Leone ranks 127th of 214 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.