North America vs Thailand: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- North America
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 160.64 per 100 people against 112 per 100 people in North America, a difference of 48.64 per 100 people.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.4 times North America's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Thailand ahead.
North America ranks 21st and Thailand ranks 22nd of 48 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, North America averaged higher in 3 and Thailand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | North America | Thailand | 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 | 0.4587 per 100 people | 0.017 per 100 people | 0.4417 per 100 people | North America |
| 1990s | 12.67 per 100 people | 1.86 per 100 people | 10.81 per 100 people | North America |
| 2000s | 63.79 per 100 people | 49.2 per 100 people | 14.59 per 100 people | North America |
| 2010s | 97.98 per 100 people | 145.4 per 100 people | 47.42 per 100 people | Thailand |
| 2020s | 107 per 100 people | 167.26 per 100 people | 60.26 per 100 people | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, North America or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 160.64 per 100 people against 112 per 100 people in North America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between North America and Thailand?
- 48.64 per 100 people, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for North America and Thailand?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do North America and Thailand rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- North America ranks 21st and Thailand ranks 22nd of 48 groups.
- 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.