Burkina Faso vs Pacific island small states: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Burkina Faso
27.46 million
in 2024
Pacific island small states
1.98 million
in 2021
Burkina Faso rank
50th
Pacific island small states rank
47th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Pacific island small states
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How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 27.46 million against 1.98 million in Pacific island small states, a difference of 25.47 million.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 13.9 times Pacific island small states's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Pacific island small states ahead.

Burkina Faso ranks 50th and Pacific island small states ranks 47th of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 3 and Pacific island small states in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burkina Faso Pacific island small states Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 979.4 6,016 5,037 Pacific island small states
2000s 1.12 million 374,636 745,608 Burkina Faso
2010s 13.46 million 1.73 million 11.73 million Burkina Faso
2020s 23.40 million 1.98 million 21.42 million Burkina Faso

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Burkina Faso or Pacific island small states?
Burkina Faso, at 27.46 million against 1.98 million in Pacific island small states as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Burkina Faso and Pacific island small states?
25.47 million, with Burkina Faso ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Pacific island small states?
50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2021.
How do Burkina Faso and Pacific island small states rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Burkina Faso ranks 50th and Pacific island small states ranks 47th 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.