Barbados vs Iceland: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Barbados
- Iceland
How they compare
Iceland currently reports 475,724 against 323,482 in Barbados, a difference of 152,242.
That makes Iceland's figure about 1.5 times Barbados's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iceland ahead.
Barbados ranks 178th and Iceland ranks 175th of 214 countries.
Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Iceland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 2,206 | 2,206 | Iceland |
| 1990s | 5,703 | 49,735 | 44,033 | Iceland |
| 2000s | 184,554 | 288,097 | 103,543 | Iceland |
| 2010s | 331,566 | 377,516 | 45,950 | Iceland |
| 2020s | 311,705 | 438,506 | 126,801 | Iceland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Barbados or Iceland?
- Iceland, at 475,724 against 323,482 in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Barbados and Iceland?
- 152,242, with Iceland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Iceland?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Barbados and Iceland rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Barbados ranks 178th and Iceland ranks 175th 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.