Algeria vs Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Algeria
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
How they compare
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) currently reports 704.00 million against 54.05 million in Algeria, a difference of 649.95 million.
That makes Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s figure about 13.0 times Algeria's.
Across all 53 years both countries report, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.
Algeria ranks 35th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 32nd of 213 countries.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Algeria | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,230 | 1,230 | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 1990s | 13,995 | 7.21 million | 7.19 million | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 2000s | 12.89 million | 213.59 million | 200.69 million | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 2010s | 41.74 million | 600.14 million | 558.40 million | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
| 2020s | 49.43 million | 646.00 million | 596.57 million | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Algeria or Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), at 704.00 million against 54.05 million in Algeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Algeria and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 649.95 million, with Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Algeria and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Algeria and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Algeria ranks 35th and Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 32nd of 213 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.
Individual pages
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.