European Union vs Saudi Arabia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

European Union
552.32 million
in 2022
Saudi Arabia
54.18 million
in 2024
European Union rank
35th
Saudi Arabia rank
34th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • European Union
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

European Union currently reports 552.32 million against 54.18 million in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 498.13 million.

That makes European Union's figure about 10.2 times Saudi Arabia's.

Across all 33 years both countries report, European Union has been ahead every year.

European Union ranks 35th and Saudi Arabia ranks 34th of 48 groups.

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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.