Botswana vs Qatar: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Botswana
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 4.68 million against 4.13 million in Botswana, a difference of 548,090.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Botswana's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Qatar ahead.
Botswana ranks 132nd and Qatar ranks 129th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 1 and Qatar in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Botswana | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 10,719 | 26,876 | 16,157 | Qatar |
| 2000s | 775,304 | 771,136 | 4,168 | Botswana |
| 2010s | 3.21 million | 3.30 million | 81,561 | Qatar |
| 2020s | 4.18 million | 4.35 million | 167,880 | Qatar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Botswana or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 4.68 million against 4.13 million in Botswana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Botswana and Qatar?
- 548,090, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Qatar?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Botswana and Qatar rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Botswana ranks 132nd and Qatar ranks 129th 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.