Colombia vs Europe & Central Asia: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Colombia
- Europe & Central Asia
How they compare
Europe & Central Asia currently reports 1.25 billion against 92.07 million in Colombia, a difference of 1.16 billion.
That makes Europe & Central Asia's figure about 13.6 times Colombia's.
Across all 53 years both countries report, Europe & Central Asia has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 20th and Europe & Central Asia ranks 19th of 212 countries.
Europe & Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Europe & Central Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 636,016 | 636,016 | Europe & Central Asia |
| 1990s | 591,578 | 44.77 million | 44.18 million | Europe & Central Asia |
| 2000s | 19.58 million | 665.47 million | 645.90 million | Europe & Central Asia |
| 2010s | 55.44 million | 1.11 billion | 1.06 billion | Europe & Central Asia |
| 2020s | 80.60 million | 1.18 billion | 1.10 billion | Europe & Central Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Colombia or Europe & Central Asia?
- Europe & Central Asia, at 1.25 billion against 92.07 million in Colombia as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Colombia and Europe & Central Asia?
- 1.16 billion, with Europe & Central Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Europe & Central Asia?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Europe & Central Asia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Colombia ranks 20th and Europe & Central Asia ranks 19th of 212 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.