France vs Pre-demographic dividend: Mobile cellular subscriptions

France
77.53 million
in 2023
Pre-demographic dividend
783.02 million
in 2022
France rank
26th
Pre-demographic dividend rank
26th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • France
  • Pre-demographic dividend
0200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M196019912023

How they compare

Pre-demographic dividend currently reports 783.02 million against 77.53 million in France, a difference of 705.49 million.

That makes Pre-demographic dividend's figure about 10.1 times France's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Pre-demographic dividend ahead.

France ranks 26th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 26th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, France averaged higher in 2 and Pre-demographic dividend in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade France Pre-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 32,502 0 32,502 France
1990s 4.48 million 138,788 4.34 million France
2000s 46.19 million 84.20 million 38.01 million Pre-demographic dividend
2010s 65.43 million 543.19 million 477.76 million Pre-demographic dividend
2020s 74.97 million 794.26 million 719.29 million Pre-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, France or Pre-demographic dividend?
Pre-demographic dividend, at 783.02 million against 77.53 million in France as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between France and Pre-demographic dividend?
705.49 million, with Pre-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Pre-demographic dividend?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do France and Pre-demographic dividend rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
France ranks 26th and Pre-demographic dividend ranks 26th 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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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.