Low & middle income vs United States: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Low & middle income
6.51 billion
in 2022
United States
390.99 million
in 2024
Low & middle income rank
3rd
United States rank
3rd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Low & middle income
  • United States
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How they compare

Low & middle income currently reports 6.51 billion against 390.99 million in United States, a difference of 6.12 billion.

That makes Low & middle income's figure about 16.6 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United States ahead.

Low & middle income ranks 3rd and United States ranks 3rd of 48 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Low & middle income averaged higher in 3 and United States in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Low & middle income United States Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 38,292 1.13 million 1.09 million United States
1990s 24.42 million 35.24 million 10.82 million United States
2000s 1.27 billion 194.34 million 1.08 billion Low & middle income
2010s 5.26 billion 323.51 million 4.94 billion Low & middle income
2020s 6.56 billion 361.91 million 6.20 billion Low & middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Low & middle income or United States?
Low & middle income, at 6.51 billion against 390.99 million in United States as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Low & middle income and United States?
6.12 billion, with Low & middle income ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and United States?
48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Low & middle income and United States rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Low & middle income ranks 3rd and United States ranks 3rd of 48 groups.
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
260 places, 13,039 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.