Chad vs Libya: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Chad
- Libya
How they compare
Chad currently reports 14.80 million against 13.94 million in Libya, a difference of 863,900.
That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times Libya's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Libya ahead.
Chad ranks 76th and Libya ranks 79th of 214 countries.
Libya has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Libya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 6,000 | 6,000 | Libya |
| 2000s | 572,546 | 2.81 million | 2.24 million | Libya |
| 2010s | 5.09 million | 9.34 million | 4.25 million | Libya |
| 2020s | 10.37 million | 13.16 million | 2.79 million | Libya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Chad or Libya?
- Chad, at 14.80 million against 13.94 million in Libya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Chad and Libya?
- 863,900, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Libya?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Chad and Libya rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Chad ranks 76th and Libya ranks 79th 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.