Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) vs Spain: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
757.00 million
in 2025
Spain
62.41 million
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) rank
30th
Spain rank
30th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
  • Spain
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How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) currently reports 757.00 million against 62.41 million in Spain, a difference of 694.59 million.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)'s figure about 12.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Spain ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 30th and Spain ranks 30th of 45 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) Spain Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 1,628 6,759 5,131 Spain
1990s 506,973 3.07 million 2.57 million Spain
2000s 83.93 million 40.08 million 43.85 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2010s 348.36 million 52.02 million 296.34 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)
2020s 679.60 million 59.01 million 620.59 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) or Spain?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD), at 757.00 million against 62.41 million in Spain as of 2025.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) and Spain?
694.59 million, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) and Spain?
50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) and Spain rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) ranks 30th and Spain ranks 30th of 45 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.