Nauru vs Uganda: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Nauru
87.17 per 100 people
in 2022
Uganda
83.17 per 100 people
in 2024
Nauru rank
162nd
Uganda rank
165th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Nauru
  • Uganda
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How they compare

Nauru currently reports 87.17 per 100 people against 83.17 per 100 people in Uganda, a difference of 4 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.

Nauru ranks 162nd and Uganda ranks 165th of 212 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Nauru 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 4.16 per 100 people 0.0425 per 100 people 4.11 per 100 people Nauru
2000s 13.3 per 100 people 0.8373 per 100 people 12.47 per 100 people Nauru
2010s 77.65 per 100 people 53.03 per 100 people 24.62 per 100 people Nauru
2020s 86.15 per 100 people 66.01 per 100 people 20.14 per 100 people Nauru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Nauru or Uganda?
Nauru, at 87.17 per 100 people against 83.17 per 100 people in Uganda as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Nauru and Uganda?
4 per 100 people, with Nauru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nauru and Uganda?
40 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Nauru and Uganda rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Nauru ranks 162nd and Uganda ranks 165th 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.