Low & middle income vs United States: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Low & middle income
- United States
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
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.