Colombia vs Germany: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Colombia
- Germany
How they compare
Germany currently reports 109.20 million against 92.07 million in Colombia, a difference of 17.13 million.
That makes Germany's figure about 1.2 times Colombia's.
Across all 53 years both countries report, Germany has been ahead every year.
Colombia ranks 20th and Germany ranks 18th of 214 countries.
Germany has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Germany | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 33,601 | 33,601 | Germany |
| 1990s | 591,578 | 6.09 million | 5.50 million | Germany |
| 2000s | 19.58 million | 77.13 million | 57.55 million | Germany |
| 2010s | 55.44 million | 99.55 million | 44.11 million | Germany |
| 2020s | 80.60 million | 106.56 million | 25.96 million | Germany |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Colombia or Germany?
- Germany, at 109.20 million against 92.07 million in Colombia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Colombia and Germany?
- 17.13 million, with Germany ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Germany?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Colombia and Germany rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Colombia ranks 20th and Germany ranks 18th 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.