Fiji vs Small states: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Fiji
574.15 per 100 people
in 2024
Small states
161.6 per 100 people
in 2025
Fiji rank
1st
Small states rank
1st

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Fiji
  • Small states
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How they compare

Fiji currently reports 574.15 per 100 people against 161.6 per 100 people in Small states, a difference of 412.55 per 100 people.

That makes Fiji's figure about 3.6 times Small states's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Small states ahead.

Fiji ranks 1st and Small states ranks 1st of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 1 and Small states in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Fiji Small states 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 0.0289 per 100 people 0.0289 per 100 people Small states
1990s 0.535 per 100 people 2.54 per 100 people 2.01 per 100 people Small states
2000s 30.67 per 100 people 45.86 per 100 people 15.19 per 100 people Small states
2010s 100.18 per 100 people 104.54 per 100 people 4.37 per 100 people Small states
2020s 252.69 per 100 people 123.36 per 100 people 129.33 per 100 people Fiji

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Fiji or Small states?
Fiji, at 574.15 per 100 people against 161.6 per 100 people in Small states as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Fiji and Small states?
412.55 per 100 people, with Fiji ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Small states?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Fiji and Small states rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Fiji ranks 1st and Small states ranks 1st 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

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
260 places, 13,015 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.