Australia vs Sri Lanka: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Australia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 30.62 million against 30.07 million in Australia, a difference of 549,500.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Australia ranks 48th and Sri Lanka ranks 47th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Australia averaged higher in 4 and Sri Lanka in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Australia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 13,057 | 0 | 13,057 | Australia |
| 1990s | 2.49 million | 71,741 | 2.42 million | Australia |
| 2000s | 16.70 million | 4.98 million | 11.72 million | Australia |
| 2010s | 25.52 million | 23.40 million | 2.12 million | Australia |
| 2020s | 28.56 million | 31.69 million | 3.13 million | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Australia or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 30.62 million against 30.07 million in Australia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Australia and Sri Lanka?
- 549,500, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Sri Lanka?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Australia and Sri Lanka rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Australia ranks 48th and Sri Lanka ranks 47th 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.