Kiribati vs Tonga: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Kiribati
- Tonga
How they compare
Kiribati currently reports 72,000 against 64,838 in Tonga, a difference of 7,162.
That makes Kiribati's figure about 1.1 times Tonga's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tonga ahead.
Kiribati ranks 195th and Tonga ranks 197th of 214 countries.
Tonga has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kiribati | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 22.2 | 99.2 | 77 | Tonga |
| 2000s | 1,534 | 24,129 | 22,595 | Tonga |
| 2010s | 33,950 | 72,227 | 38,277 | Tonga |
| 2020s | 57,123 | 63,722 | 6,599 | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Kiribati or Tonga?
- Kiribati, at 72,000 against 64,838 in Tonga as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Kiribati and Tonga?
- 7,162, with Kiribati ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Tonga?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Kiribati and Tonga rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Kiribati ranks 195th and Tonga ranks 197th 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.