Japan vs Middle income: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Japan
- Middle income
How they compare
Middle income currently reports 6.20 billion against 221.92 million in Japan, a difference of 5.98 billion.
That makes Middle income's figure about 27.9 times Japan's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Middle income ahead.
Japan ranks 6th and Middle income ranks 4th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Middle income in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 114,082 | 26,804 | 87,278 | Japan |
| 1990s | 19.14 million | 24.37 million | 5.22 million | Middle income |
| 2000s | 93.12 million | 1.24 billion | 1.15 billion | Middle income |
| 2010s | 156.95 million | 5.00 billion | 4.84 billion | Middle income |
| 2020s | 202.09 million | 6.20 billion | 5.99 billion | Middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Japan or Middle income?
- Middle income, at 6.20 billion against 221.92 million in Japan as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Japan and Middle income?
- 5.98 billion, with Middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Middle income?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Japan and Middle income rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Japan ranks 6th and Middle income ranks 4th 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
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.