Democratic Republic of Congo vs Cote d'Ivoire: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Democratic Republic of Congo
63.96 million
in 2024
Cote d'Ivoire
58.72 million
in 2024
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
29th
Cote d'Ivoire rank
32nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Cote d'Ivoire
020.0M40.0M60.0M196019922024

How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 63.96 million against 58.72 million in Cote d'Ivoire, a difference of 5.24 million.

That makes Democratic Republic of Congo's figure about 1.1 times Cote d'Ivoire's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 29th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 32nd of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Democratic Republic of Congo averaged higher in 2 and Cote d'Ivoire in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of Congo Cote d'Ivoire Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 6,657 56,842 50,185 Cote d'Ivoire
2000s 3.71 million 4.27 million 558,778 Cote d'Ivoire
2010s 28.85 million 24.83 million 4.02 million Democratic Republic of Congo
2020s 51.55 million 49.20 million 2.35 million Democratic Republic of Congo

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Democratic Republic of Congo or Cote d'Ivoire?
Democratic Republic of Congo, at 63.96 million against 58.72 million in Cote d'Ivoire as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Democratic Republic of Congo and Cote d'Ivoire?
5.24 million, with Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Cote d'Ivoire?
50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Cote d'Ivoire rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 29th and Cote d'Ivoire ranks 32nd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Democratic Republic of Congo vs Cote d'Ivoire: Mobile cellular subscriptions. Statizoid, drawing on World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/mobile-cellular-subscriptions/congo-dem-rep/cote-d-ivoire/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://infrastructure.statizoid.com/compare/mobile-cellular-subscriptions/congo-dem-rep/cote-d-ivoire/">Democratic Republic of Congo vs Cote d'Ivoire: Mobile cellular subscriptions</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 13,046 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.