Bahamas vs Barbados: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Bahamas
387,960
in 2024
Barbados
323,482
in 2022
Bahamas rank
176th
Barbados rank
178th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Bahamas
  • Barbados
0100.0k200.0k300.0k400.0k500.0k196019922024

How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 387,960 against 323,482 in Barbados, a difference of 64,478.

That makes Bahamas's figure about 1.2 times Barbados's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Barbados ahead.

Bahamas ranks 176th and Barbados ranks 178th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 3 and Barbados in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahamas Barbados Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 5,353 6,007 654.11 Barbados
2000s 209,369 184,554 24,816 Bahamas
2010s 346,814 331,566 15,248 Bahamas
2020s 422,462 311,705 110,757 Bahamas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Bahamas or Barbados?
Bahamas, at 387,960 against 323,482 in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Bahamas and Barbados?
64,478, with Bahamas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Barbados?
50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Bahamas and Barbados rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Bahamas ranks 176th and Barbados ranks 178th 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.