Iran vs Late-demographic dividend: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Iran
159.39 million
in 2024
Late-demographic dividend
2.99 billion
in 2022
Iran rank
11th
Late-demographic dividend rank
9th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Iran
  • Late-demographic dividend
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How they compare

Late-demographic dividend currently reports 2.99 billion against 159.39 million in Iran, a difference of 2.83 billion.

That makes Late-demographic dividend's figure about 18.7 times Iran's.

Across all 51 years both countries report, Late-demographic dividend has been ahead every year.

Iran ranks 11th and Late-demographic dividend ranks 9th of 214 countries.

Late-demographic dividend has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iran Late-demographic dividend Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0 —
1970s 0 0 0 —
1980s 0 40,354 40,354 Late-demographic dividend
1990s 120,446 19.21 million 19.09 million Late-demographic dividend
2000s 16.31 million 786.52 million 770.21 million Late-demographic dividend
2010s 75.10 million 2.42 billion 2.34 billion Late-demographic dividend
2020s 136.39 million 2.94 billion 2.80 billion Late-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Iran or Late-demographic dividend?
Late-demographic dividend, at 2.99 billion against 159.39 million in Iran as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Iran and Late-demographic dividend?
2.83 billion, with Late-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Late-demographic dividend?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Iran and Late-demographic dividend rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Iran ranks 11th and Late-demographic dividend ranks 9th 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.