Europe & Central Asia vs Tanzania: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Europe & Central Asia
1.25 billion
in 2025
Tanzania
86.77 million
in 2024
Europe & Central Asia rank
19th
Tanzania rank
22nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Europe & Central Asia
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Europe & Central Asia currently reports 1.25 billion against 86.77 million in Tanzania, a difference of 1.17 billion.

That makes Europe & Central Asia's figure about 14.5 times Tanzania's.

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

Europe & Central Asia ranks 19th and Tanzania ranks 22nd of 48 groups.

Europe & Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Europe & Central Asia Tanzania Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 636,016 0 636,016 Europe & Central Asia
1990s 44.77 million 12,200 44.76 million Europe & Central Asia
2000s 665.47 million 5.15 million 660.32 million Europe & Central Asia
2010s 1.11 billion 34.40 million 1.08 billion Europe & Central Asia
2020s 1.18 billion 64.49 million 1.12 billion Europe & Central Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Europe & Central Asia or Tanzania?
Europe & Central Asia, at 1.25 billion against 86.77 million in Tanzania as of 2025.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Europe & Central Asia and Tanzania?
1.17 billion, with Europe & Central Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and Tanzania?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Europe & Central Asia and Tanzania rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Europe & Central Asia ranks 19th and Tanzania ranks 22nd 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.