East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Japan: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Japan
How they compare
Japan currently reports 178.43 per 100 people against 129.8 per 100 people in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 48.63 per 100 people.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.4 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 52 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Japan ranks 11th of 45 groups.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) | Japan | 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 | 0.0013 per 100 people | 0.0932 per 100 people | 0.0918 per 100 people | Japan |
| 1990s | 0.7303 per 100 people | 15.18 per 100 people | 14.45 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2000s | 29.08 per 100 people | 72.85 per 100 people | 43.77 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2010s | 100.72 per 100 people | 123.2 per 100 people | 22.49 per 100 people | Japan |
| 2020s | 125.28 per 100 people | 165.25 per 100 people | 39.97 per 100 people | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) or Japan?
- Japan, at 178.43 per 100 people against 129.8 per 100 people in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Japan?
- 48.63 per 100 people, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Japan?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Japan rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Japan ranks 11th of 45 groups.
- 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.