India vs Namibia: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- India
- Namibia
How they compare
Namibia currently reports 85.16 per 100 people against 79.35 per 100 people in India, a difference of 5.81 per 100 people.
That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times India's.
Across all 53 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.
India ranks 167th and Namibia ranks 164th of 214 countries.
Namibia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Namibia | 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 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | — |
| 1990s | 0.0427 per 100 people | 0.4169 per 100 people | 0.3742 per 100 people | Namibia |
| 2000s | 12.29 per 100 people | 26.75 per 100 people | 14.47 per 100 people | Namibia |
| 2010s | 75.3 per 100 people | 106.61 per 100 people | 31.3 per 100 people | Namibia |
| 2020s | 80.79 per 100 people | 96.67 per 100 people | 15.88 per 100 people | Namibia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, India or Namibia?
- Namibia, at 85.16 per 100 people against 79.35 per 100 people in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between India and Namibia?
- 5.81 per 100 people, with Namibia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Namibia?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do India and Namibia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- India ranks 167th and Namibia ranks 164th 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.