Ethiopia vs Tanzania: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Ethiopia
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 86.77 million against 85.95 million in Ethiopia, a difference of 821,400.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tanzania ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 23rd and Tanzania ranks 22nd of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 1 and Tanzania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 674 | 12,200 | 11,526 | Tanzania |
| 2000s | 879,454 | 5.15 million | 4.27 million | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 30.30 million | 33.39 million | 3.09 million | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 68.69 million | 64.49 million | 4.20 million | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Ethiopia or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 86.77 million against 85.95 million in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Ethiopia and Tanzania?
- 821,400, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Tanzania?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Tanzania rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Ethiopia ranks 23rd and Tanzania ranks 22nd 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.