Chile vs Sri Lanka: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Chile
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Chile currently reports 132.66 per 100 people against 132.55 per 100 people in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.11 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Chile ranks 50th and Sri Lanka ranks 52nd of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 4 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Sri Lanka | 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 | 0.0037 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0.0037 per 100 people | Chile |
| 1990s | 2.99 per 100 people | 0.3882 per 100 people | 2.6 per 100 people | Chile |
| 2000s | 60.48 per 100 people | 24.28 per 100 people | 36.2 per 100 people | Chile |
| 2010s | 129.11 per 100 people | 107.74 per 100 people | 21.36 per 100 people | Chile |
| 2020s | 133.93 per 100 people | 138.77 per 100 people | 4.84 per 100 people | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Chile or Sri Lanka?
- Chile, at 132.66 per 100 people against 132.55 per 100 people in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Chile and Sri Lanka?
- 0.11 per 100 people, with Chile ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Sri Lanka?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Sri Lanka rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Chile ranks 50th and Sri Lanka ranks 52nd 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.