Colombia vs European Union: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Colombia
- European Union
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 174.09 per 100 people against 123.69 per 100 people in European Union, a difference of 50.4 per 100 people.
That makes Colombia's figure about 1.4 times European Union's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was European Union ahead.
Colombia ranks 14th and European Union ranks 13th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 1 and European Union in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | European Union | 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 | 0.0863 per 100 people | 0.0863 per 100 people | European Union |
| 1990s | 1.57 per 100 people | 7.89 per 100 people | 6.32 per 100 people | European Union |
| 2000s | 45.54 per 100 people | 90.33 per 100 people | 44.79 per 100 people | European Union |
| 2010s | 117.6 per 100 people | 122.22 per 100 people | 4.62 per 100 people | European Union |
| 2020s | 145.49 per 100 people | 122.81 per 100 people | 22.69 per 100 people | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Colombia or European Union?
- Colombia, at 174.09 per 100 people against 123.69 per 100 people in European Union as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Colombia and European Union?
- 50.4 per 100 people, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and European Union?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Colombia and European Union rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Colombia ranks 14th and European Union ranks 13th of 212 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.