Democratic Republic of Congo vs Pre-demographic dividend: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Democratic Republic of Congo
63.96 million
in 2024
Pre-demographic dividend
783.02 million
in 2022
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
29th
Pre-demographic dividend rank
26th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Pre-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Pre-demographic dividend currently reports 783.02 million against 63.96 million in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 719.05 million.

That makes Pre-demographic dividend's figure about 12.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 48 years both countries report, Pre-demographic dividend has been ahead every year.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 29th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 26th of 214 countries.

Pre-demographic dividend has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of Congo Pre-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 6,657 193,348 186,690 Pre-demographic dividend
2000s 3.71 million 84.20 million 80.49 million Pre-demographic dividend
2010s 28.85 million 543.19 million 514.34 million Pre-demographic dividend
2020s 45.84 million 794.26 million 748.42 million Pre-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Democratic Republic of Congo or Pre-demographic dividend?
Pre-demographic dividend, at 783.02 million against 63.96 million in Democratic Republic of Congo as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Democratic Republic of Congo and Pre-demographic dividend?
719.05 million, with Pre-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of Congo and Pre-demographic dividend?
48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Democratic Republic of Congo and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 29th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 26th 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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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.