Afghanistan vs Madagascar: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Afghanistan
- Madagascar
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 25.63 million against 23.54 million in Madagascar, a difference of 2.09 million.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Madagascar ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 56th and Madagascar ranks 57th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 3 and Madagascar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 5,654 | 5,654 | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 2.76 million | 1.59 million | 1.17 million | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 18.44 million | 9.44 million | 8.99 million | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 22.80 million | 18.78 million | 4.02 million | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Afghanistan or Madagascar?
- Afghanistan, at 25.63 million against 23.54 million in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Afghanistan and Madagascar?
- 2.09 million, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Madagascar?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Madagascar rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Afghanistan ranks 56th and Madagascar ranks 57th 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.