Caribbean Small States vs Sri Lanka: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Caribbean Small States
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 30.62 million against 3.41 million in Caribbean Small States, a difference of 27.21 million.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 9.0 times Caribbean Small States's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Caribbean Small States ranks 46th and Sri Lanka ranks 47th of 47 groups.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean Small States | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 20,172 | 71,741 | 51,569 | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 1.41 million | 4.98 million | 3.56 million | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 2.89 million | 23.40 million | 20.51 million | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 3.44 million | 30.25 million | 26.81 million | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Caribbean Small States or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 30.62 million against 3.41 million in Caribbean Small States as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Caribbean Small States and Sri Lanka?
- 27.21 million, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean Small States and Sri Lanka?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2021.
- How do Caribbean Small States and Sri Lanka rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Caribbean Small States ranks 46th and Sri Lanka ranks 47th of 47 groups.
- 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.