Cameroon vs Sierra Leone: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Cameroon
108.21 per 100 people
in 2024
Sierra Leone
107.88 per 100 people
in 2022
Cameroon rank
125th
Sierra Leone rank
127th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Cameroon
  • Sierra Leone
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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

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
261 places, 13,022 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.