Egypt vs IDA total: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Egypt
- IDA total
How they compare
IDA total currently reports 1.73 billion against 113.19 million in Egypt, a difference of 1.62 billion.
That makes IDA total's figure about 15.3 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was IDA total ahead.
Egypt ranks 17th and IDA total ranks 14th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and IDA total in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | IDA total | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 926.7 | 0 | 926.7 | Egypt |
| 1990s | 67,954 | 440,543 | 372,590 | IDA total |
| 2000s | 18.05 million | 158.41 million | 140.37 million | IDA total |
| 2010s | 92.98 million | 1.04 billion | 948.77 million | IDA total |
| 2020s | 102.06 million | 1.60 billion | 1.50 billion | IDA total |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Egypt or IDA total?
- IDA total, at 1.73 billion against 113.19 million in Egypt as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Egypt and IDA total?
- 1.62 billion, with IDA total ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and IDA total?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and IDA total rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Egypt ranks 17th and IDA total ranks 14th 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.