Central African Republic vs Papua New Guinea: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Central African Republic
38.82 per 100 people
in 2022
Papua New Guinea
38.77 per 100 people
in 2024
Central African Republic rank
207th
Papua New Guinea rank
208th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Central African Republic
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Central African Republic currently reports 38.82 per 100 people against 38.77 per 100 people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.05 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 207th and Papua New Guinea ranks 208th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Central African Republic Papua New Guinea 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 per 100 people 0 per 100 people β€”
1990s 0.0233 per 100 people 0.0366 per 100 people 0.0134 per 100 people Papua New Guinea
2000s 4.72 per 100 people 3.99 per 100 people 0.7277 per 100 people Central African Republic
2010s 25.9 per 100 people 38.43 per 100 people 12.53 per 100 people Papua New Guinea
2020s 37.02 per 100 people 48.8 per 100 people 11.78 per 100 people Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Central African Republic or Papua New Guinea?
Central African Republic, at 38.82 per 100 people against 38.77 per 100 people in Papua New Guinea as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea?
0.05 per 100 people, with Central African Republic ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Central African Republic and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Central African Republic ranks 207th and Papua New Guinea ranks 208th 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
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.