IDA total vs Iran: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- IDA total
- Iran
How they compare
IDA total currently reports 1.73 billion against 159.39 million in Iran, a difference of 1.57 billion.
That makes IDA total's figure about 10.9 times Iran's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Iran ahead.
IDA total ranks 14th and Iran ranks 11th of 47 groups.
IDA total has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | IDA total | Iran | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 440,543 | 120,446 | 320,097 | IDA total |
| 2000s | 158.41 million | 16.31 million | 142.10 million | IDA total |
| 2010s | 1.04 billion | 75.10 million | 966.66 million | IDA total |
| 2020s | 1.60 billion | 143.85 million | 1.46 billion | IDA total |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, IDA total or Iran?
- IDA total, at 1.73 billion against 159.39 million in Iran as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between IDA total and Iran?
- 1.57 billion, with IDA total ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for IDA total and Iran?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do IDA total and Iran rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- IDA total ranks 14th and Iran ranks 11th 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.