Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Poland: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
664.00 million
in 2025
Poland
53.19 million
in 2024
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) rank
33rd
Poland rank
36th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
  • Poland
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How they compare

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) currently reports 664.00 million against 53.19 million in Poland, a difference of 610.81 million.

That makes Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)'s figure about 12.5 times Poland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Poland ahead.

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 33rd and Poland ranks 36th of 48 groups.

Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) Poland Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 3,092 0 3,092 Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
1990s 3.01 million 704,548 2.31 million Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
2000s 250.13 million 26.72 million 223.41 million Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
2010s 566.84 million 51.98 million 514.86 million Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)
2020s 618.00 million 51.62 million 566.38 million Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) or Poland?
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries), at 664.00 million against 53.19 million in Poland as of 2025.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) and Poland?
610.81 million, with Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) and Poland?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) and Poland rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 33rd and Poland ranks 36th of 48 groups.
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.