Botswana vs Palestine: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Botswana
4.13 million
in 2024
Palestine
4.15 million
in 2023
Botswana rank
132nd
Palestine rank
131st

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Botswana
  • Palestine
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How they compare

Palestine currently reports 4.15 million against 4.13 million in Botswana, a difference of 13,750.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Palestine ahead.

Botswana ranks 132nd and Palestine ranks 131st of 212 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 2 and Palestine in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Palestine Difference Ahead
1990s 0 0 0
2000s 775,304 666,061 109,243 Botswana
2010s 3.21 million 3.49 million 279,155 Palestine
2020s 4.19 million 4.08 million 113,122 Botswana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Botswana or Palestine?
Palestine, at 4.15 million against 4.13 million in Botswana as of 2023.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Botswana and Palestine?
13,750, with Palestine ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Palestine?
29 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Botswana and Palestine rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Botswana ranks 132nd and Palestine ranks 131st of 212 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
260 places, 13,039 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.