Lower middle income vs Nigeria: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Lower middle income
- Nigeria
How they compare
Lower middle income currently reports 2.84 billion against 164.65 million in Nigeria, a difference of 2.68 billion.
That makes Lower middle income's figure about 17.3 times Nigeria's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 38 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nigeria ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 10th and Nigeria ranks 10th of 48 groups.
Lower middle income has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1,139 | 0 | 1,139 | Lower middle income |
| 1990s | 2.12 million | 10,885 | 2.11 million | Lower middle income |
| 2010s | 2.53 billion | 161.48 million | 2.37 billion | Lower middle income |
| 2020s | 2.82 billion | 202.13 million | 2.62 billion | Lower middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Lower middle income or Nigeria?
- Lower middle income, at 2.84 billion against 164.65 million in Nigeria as of 2025.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Lower middle income and Nigeria?
- 2.68 billion, with Lower middle income ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Nigeria?
- 38 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Lower middle income and Nigeria rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Lower middle income ranks 10th and Nigeria ranks 10th 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.