Lebanon vs Qatar: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Lebanon
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 4.68 million against 4.25 million in Lebanon, a difference of 430,990.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Lebanon's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Qatar ahead.
Lebanon ranks 130th and Qatar ranks 129th of 214 countries.
Lebanon has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lebanon | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 182,420 | 26,876 | 155,544 | Lebanon |
| 2000s | 1.11 million | 771,136 | 343,071 | Lebanon |
| 2010s | 4.03 million | 3.30 million | 739,222 | Lebanon |
| 2020s | 4.28 million | 4.12 million | 153,410 | Lebanon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Lebanon or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 4.68 million against 4.25 million in Lebanon as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Lebanon and Qatar?
- 430,990, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lebanon and Qatar?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Lebanon and Qatar rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Lebanon ranks 130th and Qatar ranks 129th 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.