Nigeria vs Sudan: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Nigeria
- Sudan
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 70.76 per 100 people against 70.21 per 100 people in Sudan, a difference of 0.55 per 100 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sudan ahead.
Nigeria ranks 178th and Sudan ranks 180th of 212 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Nigeria averaged higher in 3 and Sudan in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nigeria | Sudan | 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 | 0.0097 per 100 people | 0.011 per 100 people | 0.0013 per 100 people | Sudan |
| 2000s | 15.7 per 100 people | 13.19 per 100 people | 2.51 per 100 people | Nigeria |
| 2010s | 71.98 per 100 people | 68.49 per 100 people | 3.49 per 100 people | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 94.77 per 100 people | 72.4 per 100 people | 22.37 per 100 people | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Nigeria or Sudan?
- Nigeria, at 70.76 per 100 people against 70.21 per 100 people in Sudan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Nigeria and Sudan?
- 0.55 per 100 people, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nigeria and Sudan?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Nigeria and Sudan rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Nigeria ranks 178th and Sudan ranks 180th 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
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.