Cameroon vs Ghana: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Cameroon
31.52 million
in 2024
Ghana
39.13 million
in 2024
Cameroon rank
46th
Ghana rank
43rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Cameroon
  • Ghana
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How they compare

Ghana currently reports 39.13 million against 31.52 million in Cameroon, a difference of 7.61 million.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.2 times Cameroon's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Ghana ahead.

Cameroon ranks 46th and Ghana ranks 43rd of 214 countries.

Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cameroon Ghana Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 2,310 15,809 13,499 Ghana
2000s 2.79 million 4.56 million 1.77 million Ghana
2010s 16.18 million 31.45 million 15.27 million Ghana
2020s 25.56 million 38.69 million 13.13 million Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Cameroon or Ghana?
Ghana, at 39.13 million against 31.52 million in Cameroon as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Cameroon and Ghana?
7.61 million, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Ghana?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cameroon and Ghana rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Cameroon ranks 46th and Ghana ranks 43rd 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

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 13,046 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.