Luxembourg vs Macao: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Luxembourg
- Macao
How they compare
Macao currently reports 1.45 million against 960,900 in Luxembourg, a difference of 487,810.
That makes Macao's figure about 1.5 times Luxembourg's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Macao ahead.
Luxembourg ranks 161st and Macao ranks 159th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Luxembourg averaged higher in 3 and Macao in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Luxembourg | Macao | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 191.4 | 135.6 | 55.8 | Luxembourg |
| 1990s | 49,980 | 38,790 | 11,190 | Luxembourg |
| 2000s | 552,884 | 534,155 | 18,729 | Luxembourg |
| 2010s | 782,527 | 1.86 million | 1.07 million | Macao |
| 2020s | 896,932 | 1.37 million | 473,898 | Macao |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Luxembourg or Macao?
- Macao, at 1.45 million against 960,900 in Luxembourg as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Luxembourg and Macao?
- 487,810, with Macao ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Luxembourg and Macao?
- 52 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2023.
- How do Luxembourg and Macao rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Luxembourg ranks 161st and Macao ranks 159th 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.