Estonia vs Latvia: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Estonia
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 2.27 million against 2.06 million in Estonia, a difference of 213,650.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Estonia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Latvia ahead.
Estonia ranks 149th and Latvia ranks 147th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Estonia averaged higher in 1 and Latvia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Estonia | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 90,222 | 57,560 | 32,662 | Estonia |
| 2000s | 1.24 million | 1.56 million | 323,006 | Latvia |
| 2010s | 1.89 million | 2.40 million | 516,962 | Latvia |
| 2020s | 2.01 million | 2.18 million | 167,010 | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Estonia or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 2.27 million against 2.06 million in Estonia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Estonia and Latvia?
- 213,650, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Latvia?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Estonia and Latvia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Estonia ranks 149th and Latvia ranks 147th 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.