Afghanistan vs Kazakhstan: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Afghanistan
- Kazakhstan
How they compare
Kazakhstan currently reports 26.17 million against 25.63 million in Afghanistan, a difference of 539,300.
Across all 53 years both countries report, Kazakhstan has been ahead every year.
Afghanistan ranks 56th and Kazakhstan ranks 54th of 214 countries.
Kazakhstan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Kazakhstan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 10,520 | 10,520 | Kazakhstan |
| 2000s | 2.76 million | 6.31 million | 3.54 million | Kazakhstan |
| 2010s | 18.44 million | 26.42 million | 7.98 million | Kazakhstan |
| 2020s | 23.37 million | 25.19 million | 1.82 million | Kazakhstan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Afghanistan or Kazakhstan?
- Kazakhstan, at 26.17 million against 25.63 million in Afghanistan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Afghanistan and Kazakhstan?
- 539,300, with Kazakhstan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Kazakhstan?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Kazakhstan rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Afghanistan ranks 56th and Kazakhstan ranks 54th of 214 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as Mobile cellular subscriptions. 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.