Laos vs Mongolia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Laos
4.96 million
in 2023
Mongolia
4.89 million
in 2024
Laos rank
124th
Mongolia rank
126th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Laos
  • Mongolia
02.0M4.0M6.0M196019922024

How they compare

Laos currently reports 4.96 million against 4.89 million in Mongolia, a difference of 74,720.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Mongolia ahead.

Laos ranks 124th and Mongolia ranks 126th of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Laos averaged higher in 3 and Mongolia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Laos Mongolia Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 3,003 4,649 1,646 Mongolia
2000s 881,612 785,218 96,394 Laos
2010s 4.27 million 3.37 million 901,654 Laos
2020s 4.80 million 4.68 million 120,930 Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Laos or Mongolia?
Laos, at 4.96 million against 4.89 million in Mongolia as of 2023.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Laos and Mongolia?
74,720, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Mongolia?
52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
How do Laos and Mongolia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Laos ranks 124th and Mongolia ranks 126th 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.