India vs Uganda: Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people) over time
- India
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 83.17 per 100 people against 79.35 per 100 people in India, a difference of 3.82 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.
India ranks 167th and Uganda ranks 165th of 214 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | India | Uganda | 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 | 0.0425 per 100 people | 0.0002 per 100 people | India |
| 2000s | 12.29 per 100 people | 9.41 per 100 people | 2.88 per 100 people | India |
| 2010s | 75.3 per 100 people | 53.72 per 100 people | 21.59 per 100 people | India |
| 2020s | 80.79 per 100 people | 71.5 per 100 people | 9.29 per 100 people | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, India or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 83.17 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 Uganda?
- 3.82 per 100 people, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for India and Uganda?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do India and Uganda rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- India ranks 167th and Uganda ranks 165th 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.