IDA & IBRD total vs Thailand: Mobile cellular subscriptions

IDA & IBRD total
107.8 per 100 people
in 2025
Thailand
160.64 per 100 people
in 2024
IDA & IBRD total rank
25th
Thailand rank
22nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • IDA & IBRD total
  • Thailand
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How they compare

Thailand currently reports 160.64 per 100 people against 107.8 per 100 people in IDA & IBRD total, a difference of 52.84 per 100 people.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.5 times IDA & IBRD total's.

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

IDA & IBRD total ranks 25th and Thailand ranks 22nd of 48 groups.

Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade IDA & IBRD total Thailand 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 0.0007 per 100 people 0.0119 per 100 people 0.0113 per 100 people Thailand
1990s 0.5533 per 100 people 1.86 per 100 people 1.3 per 100 people Thailand
2000s 26.05 per 100 people 49.2 per 100 people 23.16 per 100 people Thailand
2010s 90.04 per 100 people 145.4 per 100 people 55.36 per 100 people Thailand
2020s 105.12 per 100 people 167.26 per 100 people 62.14 per 100 people Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, IDA & IBRD total or Thailand?
Thailand, at 160.64 per 100 people against 107.8 per 100 people in IDA & IBRD total as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between IDA & IBRD total and Thailand?
52.84 per 100 people, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for IDA & IBRD total and Thailand?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do IDA & IBRD total and Thailand rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
IDA & IBRD total ranks 25th and Thailand ranks 22nd of 48 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
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.