High income vs Philippines: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- High income
- Philippines
How they compare
High income currently reports 2.01 billion against 133.57 million in Philippines, a difference of 1.88 billion.
That makes High income's figure about 15.1 times Philippines's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Philippines ahead.
High income ranks 13th and Philippines ranks 13th of 47 groups.
High income has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | High income | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1.68 million | 0 | 1.68 million | High income |
| 1990s | 114.76 million | 774,508 | 113.98 million | High income |
| 2010s | 1.71 billion | 131.97 million | 1.58 billion | High income |
| 2020s | 1.86 billion | 149.85 million | 1.71 billion | High income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, High income or Philippines?
- High income, at 2.01 billion against 133.57 million in Philippines as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between High income and Philippines?
- 1.88 billion, with High income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for High income and Philippines?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do High income and Philippines rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- High income ranks 13th and Philippines ranks 13th of 47 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
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.