Angola vs Burkina Faso: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Angola
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Burkina Faso currently reports 27.46 million against 26.41 million in Angola, a difference of 1.05 million.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Angola ranks 52nd and Burkina Faso ranks 50th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Angola averaged higher in 2 and Burkina Faso in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Angola | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 4,909 | 979.4 | 3,929 | Angola |
| 2000s | 2.58 million | 1.12 million | 1.46 million | Angola |
| 2010s | 12.99 million | 13.46 million | 467,459 | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 21.17 million | 25.33 million | 4.16 million | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Angola or Burkina Faso?
- Burkina Faso, at 27.46 million against 26.41 million in Angola as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Angola and Burkina Faso?
- 1.05 million, with Burkina Faso ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Angola and Burkina Faso?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Angola and Burkina Faso rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Angola ranks 52nd and Burkina Faso ranks 50th 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.