Hong Kong vs Small states: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- Hong Kong
- Small states
How they compare
Hong Kong currently reports 364.85 per 100 people against 161.6 per 100 people in Small states, a difference of 203.25 per 100 people.
That makes Hong Kong's figure about 2.3 times Small states's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Small states ahead.
Hong Kong ranks 2nd and Small states ranks 1st of 214 countries.
Hong Kong has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Hong Kong | 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 | 0.3241 per 100 people | 0.0289 per 100 people | 0.2952 per 100 people | Hong Kong |
| 1990s | 20.38 per 100 people | 2.54 per 100 people | 17.83 per 100 people | Hong Kong |
| 2000s | 124.41 per 100 people | 45.86 per 100 people | 78.55 per 100 people | Hong Kong |
| 2010s | 236.57 per 100 people | 104.54 per 100 people | 132.03 per 100 people | Hong Kong |
| 2020s | 317.78 per 100 people | 123.36 per 100 people | 194.42 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 Small states?
- Hong Kong, at 364.85 per 100 people against 161.6 per 100 people in Small states as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Hong Kong and Small states?
- 203.25 per 100 people, with Hong Kong ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Hong Kong and Small states?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Hong Kong and Small states rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Hong Kong ranks 2nd and Small states ranks 1st 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.