Chad vs Zimbabwe: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Chad
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 15.68 million against 14.80 million in Chad, a difference of 873,200.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Chad's.
Across all 53 years both countries report, Zimbabwe has been ahead every year.
Chad ranks 76th and Zimbabwe ranks 73rd of 214 countries.
Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 19,873 | 19,873 | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 572,546 | 1.01 million | 435,078 | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 5.28 million | 12.08 million | 6.80 million | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 11.89 million | 14.48 million | 2.59 million | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Chad or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 15.68 million against 14.80 million in Chad as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Chad and Zimbabwe?
- 873,200, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Zimbabwe?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Zimbabwe rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Chad ranks 76th and Zimbabwe ranks 73rd 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.