Estonia vs Latvia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Estonia
2.06 million
in 2024
Latvia
2.27 million
in 2024
Estonia rank
149th
Latvia rank
147th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Estonia
  • Latvia
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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

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.