Cameroon vs Small states: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Cameroon
- Small states
How they compare
Small states currently reports 32.00 million against 31.52 million in Cameroon, a difference of 484,300.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Small states ahead.
Cameroon ranks 46th and Small states ranks 44th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 1 and Small states in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Small states | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 3,304 | 3,304 | Small states |
| 1990s | 2,310 | 332,786 | 330,476 | Small states |
| 2000s | 2.79 million | 7.33 million | 4.54 million | Small states |
| 2010s | 16.18 million | 18.94 million | 2.76 million | Small states |
| 2020s | 25.56 million | 24.20 million | 1.36 million | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Cameroon or Small states?
- Small states, at 32.00 million against 31.52 million in Cameroon as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Cameroon and Small states?
- 484,300, with Small states ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Small states?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Small states rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Cameroon ranks 46th and Small states ranks 44th 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.