Israel vs Syria: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Israel
16.65 million
in 2024
Syria
17.57 million
in 2024
Israel rank
71st
Syria rank
69th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Israel
  • Syria
05.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M196019922024

How they compare

Syria currently reports 17.57 million against 16.65 million in Israel, a difference of 920,800.

That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Israel's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Israel ahead.

Israel ranks 71st and Syria ranks 69th of 214 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Israel averaged higher in 2 and Syria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Israel Syria Difference Ahead
1990s 846,473 400 846,073 Israel
2000s 7.31 million 3.51 million 3.80 million Israel
2010s 10.06 million 14.18 million 4.12 million Syria
2020s 13.87 million 17.20 million 3.32 million Syria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Israel or Syria?
Syria, at 17.57 million against 16.65 million in Israel as of 2024.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Israel and Syria?
920,800, with Syria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Israel and Syria?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Israel and Syria rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Israel ranks 71st and Syria ranks 69th 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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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
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.