East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) vs Russian Federation: Mobile cellular subscriptions

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
129.8 per 100 people
in 2025
Russian Federation
186.1 per 100 people
in 2024
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank
8th
Russian Federation rank
8th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
  • Russian Federation
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How they compare

Russian Federation currently reports 186.1 per 100 people against 129.8 per 100 people in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), a difference of 56.3 per 100 people.

That makes Russian Federation's figure about 1.4 times East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)'s.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Russian Federation ahead.

East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Russian Federation ranks 8th of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) averaged higher in 2 and Russian Federation in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) Russian Federation 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 per 100 people 0.0013 per 100 people East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
1990s 0.7303 per 100 people 0.2008 per 100 people 0.5295 per 100 people East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
2000s 29.08 per 100 people 70.04 per 100 people 40.96 per 100 people Russian Federation
2010s 100.72 per 100 people 154.37 per 100 people 53.65 per 100 people Russian Federation
2020s 125.86 per 100 people 173.52 per 100 people 47.66 per 100 people Russian Federation

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 Russian Federation?
Russian Federation, at 186.1 per 100 people against 129.8 per 100 people in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Russian Federation?
56.3 per 100 people, with Russian Federation ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Russian Federation?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) and Russian Federation rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 8th and Russian Federation ranks 8th of 47 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

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
261 places, 13,022 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.