Argentina vs Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD): Mobile cellular subscriptions

Argentina
64.08 million
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
757.00 million
in 2025
Argentina rank
28th
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
30th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Argentina
  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
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How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) currently reports 757.00 million against 64.08 million in Argentina, a difference of 692.92 million.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s figure about 11.8 times Argentina's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ahead.

Argentina ranks 28th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 30th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Argentina averaged higher in 1 and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 230 1,139 909.3 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
1990s 1.00 million 506,973 496,824 Argentina
2000s 23.42 million 83.93 million 60.51 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2010s 61.31 million 348.36 million 287.05 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2020s 60.06 million 679.60 million 619.54 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Argentina or Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), at 757.00 million against 64.08 million in Argentina as of 2025.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Argentina and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
692.92 million, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Argentina and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Argentina ranks 28th and Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 30th 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

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 13,046 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.