Indonesia vs United Kingdom: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Indonesia
122.52 per 100 people
in 2024
United Kingdom
121.64 per 100 people
in 2024
Indonesia rank
81st
United Kingdom rank
83rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Indonesia
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

Indonesia currently reports 122.52 per 100 people against 121.64 per 100 people in United Kingdom, a difference of 0.88 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Indonesia ranks 81st and United Kingdom ranks 83rd of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Indonesia averaged higher in 2 and United Kingdom in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Indonesia United Kingdom 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 0.0021 per 100 people 0.3519 per 100 people 0.3498 per 100 people United Kingdom
1990s 0.2509 per 100 people 12.69 per 100 people 12.44 per 100 people United Kingdom
2000s 24.43 per 100 people 101.02 per 100 people 76.59 per 100 people United Kingdom
2010s 122.72 per 100 people 120.75 per 100 people 1.97 per 100 people Indonesia
2020s 126.45 per 100 people 119.89 per 100 people 6.56 per 100 people Indonesia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Indonesia or United Kingdom?
Indonesia, at 122.52 per 100 people against 121.64 per 100 people in United Kingdom as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Indonesia and United Kingdom?
0.88 per 100 people, with Indonesia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and United Kingdom?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Indonesia and United Kingdom rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Indonesia ranks 81st and United Kingdom ranks 83rd of 212 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

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.