Mexico vs Nigeria: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Mexico
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 164.65 million against 152.44 million in Mexico, a difference of 12.21 million.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Nigeria ahead.
Mexico ranks 12th and Nigeria ranks 10th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 1,000 | 0 | 1,000 | Mexico |
| 1990s | 1.60 million | 10,885 | 1.59 million | Mexico |
| 2000s | 45.79 million | 24.30 million | 21.49 million | Mexico |
| 2010s | 107.43 million | 136.89 million | 29.45 million | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 136.55 million | 202.13 million | 65.58 million | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Mexico or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 164.65 million against 152.44 million in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Mexico and Nigeria?
- 12.21 million, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Nigeria?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and Nigeria rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Mexico ranks 12th and Nigeria ranks 10th 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.