Costa Rica vs Poland: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Costa Rica
- Poland
How they compare
Poland currently reports 138.02 per 100 people against 136.03 per 100 people in Costa Rica, a difference of 1.99 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Poland ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 46th and Poland ranks 45th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Poland in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Poland | 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 | 1.03 per 100 people | 1.84 per 100 people | 0.8032 per 100 people | Poland |
| 2000s | 24.62 per 100 people | 70.16 per 100 people | 45.54 per 100 people | Poland |
| 2010s | 139.55 per 100 people | 135.94 per 100 people | 3.61 per 100 people | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 137.87 per 100 people | 134.49 per 100 people | 3.38 per 100 people | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Costa Rica or Poland?
- Poland, at 138.02 per 100 people against 136.03 per 100 people in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Costa Rica and Poland?
- 1.99 per 100 people, with Poland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Poland?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Poland rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Costa Rica ranks 46th and Poland ranks 45th 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.