Lebanon vs Papua New Guinea: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Lebanon
4.25 million
in 2022
Papua New Guinea
4.10 million
in 2024
Lebanon rank
130th
Papua New Guinea rank
133rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Lebanon
  • Papua New Guinea
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How they compare

Lebanon currently reports 4.25 million against 4.10 million in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 151,770.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.

Lebanon ranks 130th and Papua New Guinea ranks 133rd of 214 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Lebanon averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lebanon Papua New Guinea Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 182,420 1,876 180,544 Lebanon
2000s 1.11 million 286,662 827,545 Lebanon
2010s 4.03 million 3.36 million 677,145 Lebanon
2020s 4.28 million 4.89 million 608,933 Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Lebanon or Papua New Guinea?
Lebanon, at 4.25 million against 4.10 million in Papua New Guinea as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Lebanon and Papua New Guinea?
151,770, with Lebanon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Papua New Guinea?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Lebanon and Papua New Guinea rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Lebanon ranks 130th and Papua New Guinea ranks 133rd 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.