Brazil vs Lower middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Brazil
- Lower middle income
How they compare
Lower middle income currently reports 2.84 billion against 216.08 million in Brazil, a difference of 2.62 billion.
That makes Lower middle income's figure about 13.1 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 38 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Lower middle income ahead.
Brazil ranks 7th and Lower middle income ranks 10th of 212 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Lower middle income in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Lower middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 1,139 | 1,139 | Lower middle income |
| 1990s | 3.15 million | 2.12 million | 1.03 million | Brazil |
| 2010s | 226.91 million | 2.53 billion | 2.30 billion | Lower middle income |
| 2020s | 213.56 million | 2.82 billion | 2.61 billion | Lower middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Brazil or Lower middle income?
- Lower middle income, at 2.84 billion against 216.08 million in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Brazil and Lower middle income?
- 2.62 billion, with Lower middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Lower middle income?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Lower middle income rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Brazil ranks 7th and Lower middle income ranks 10th 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
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.