Dominican Republic vs El Salvador: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Dominican Republic
10.71 million
in 2024
El Salvador
11.19 million
in 2024
Dominican Republic rank
91st
El Salvador rank
90th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Dominican Republic
  • El Salvador
02.5M5.0M7.5M10.0M12.5M196019922024

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 11.19 million against 10.71 million in Dominican Republic, a difference of 479,300.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was El Salvador ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 91st and El Salvador ranks 90th of 212 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 2 and El Salvador in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Dominican Republic El Salvador Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 96,125 73,189 22,936 Dominican Republic
2000s 3.79 million 3.24 million 549,392 Dominican Republic
2010s 8.83 million 9.11 million 286,848 El Salvador
2020s 10.00 million 11.01 million 1.01 million El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Dominican Republic or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 11.19 million against 10.71 million in Dominican Republic as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Dominican Republic and El Salvador?
479,300, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and El Salvador?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Dominican Republic and El Salvador rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Dominican Republic ranks 91st and El Salvador ranks 90th 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

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,039 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.