Hong Kong vs Macao: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Hong Kong
- Macao
How they compare
Hong Kong currently reports 364.85 per 100 people against 201.14 per 100 people in Macao, a difference of 163.71 per 100 people.
That makes Hong Kong's figure about 1.8 times Macao's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Macao ahead.
Hong Kong ranks 2nd and Macao ranks 5th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Hong Kong averaged higher in 4 and Macao in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong | Macao | 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 | 0.3241 per 100 people | 0.0402 per 100 people | 0.2839 per 100 people | Hong Kong |
| 1990s | 20.38 per 100 people | 9.46 per 100 people | 10.92 per 100 people | Hong Kong |
| 2000s | 124.41 per 100 people | 105.13 per 100 people | 19.28 per 100 people | Hong Kong |
| 2010s | 236.57 per 100 people | 298.02 per 100 people | 61.45 per 100 people | Macao |
| 2020s | 317.78 per 100 people | 197.36 per 100 people | 120.43 per 100 people | Hong Kong |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Hong Kong or Macao?
- Hong Kong, at 364.85 per 100 people against 201.14 per 100 people in Macao as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Hong Kong and Macao?
- 163.71 per 100 people, with Hong Kong ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Macao?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Hong Kong and Macao rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Hong Kong ranks 2nd and Macao ranks 5th of 214 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.