Africa Eastern and Southern vs Argentina: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Africa Eastern and Southern
734.00 million
in 2025
Argentina
64.08 million
in 2024
Africa Eastern and Southern rank
31st
Argentina rank
28th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Africa Eastern and Southern
  • Argentina
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How they compare

Africa Eastern and Southern currently reports 734.00 million against 64.08 million in Argentina, a difference of 669.92 million.

That makes Africa Eastern and Southern's figure about 11.5 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Argentina ahead.

Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 31st and Argentina ranks 28th of 48 groups.

Africa Eastern and Southern has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Africa Eastern and Southern Argentina Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 398 230 168 Africa Eastern and Southern
1990s 1.35 million 1.00 million 350,655 Africa Eastern and Southern
2000s 64.20 million 23.42 million 40.78 million Africa Eastern and Southern
2010s 353.47 million 61.31 million 292.15 million Africa Eastern and Southern
2020s 575.20 million 60.06 million 515.14 million Africa Eastern and Southern

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Africa Eastern and Southern or Argentina?
Africa Eastern and Southern, at 734.00 million against 64.08 million in Argentina as of 2025.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Africa Eastern and Southern and Argentina?
669.92 million, with Africa Eastern and Southern ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Africa Eastern and Southern and Argentina?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Africa Eastern and Southern and Argentina rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Africa Eastern and Southern ranks 31st and Argentina ranks 28th of 48 groups.
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

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,039 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.