Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan vs Tanzania, United Republic of: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
884.00 million
in 2025
Tanzania, United Republic of
86.77 million
in 2024
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan rank
25th
Tanzania, United Republic of rank
22nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
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How they compare

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan currently reports 884.00 million against 86.77 million in Tanzania, United Republic of, a difference of 797.23 million.

That makes Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan's figure about 10.2 times Tanzania, United Republic of's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 25th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 22nd of 47 groups.

Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan Tanzania, United Republic of Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 17,155 0 17,155 Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
1990s 2.03 million 12,200 2.01 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
2000s 118.52 million 5.15 million 113.37 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
2010s 445.89 million 34.40 million 411.49 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
2020s 787.60 million 64.49 million 723.11 million Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan or Tanzania, United Republic of?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, at 884.00 million against 86.77 million in Tanzania, United Republic of as of 2025.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Tanzania, United Republic of?
797.23 million, with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Tanzania, United Republic of?
53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan and Tanzania, United Republic of rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan ranks 25th and Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 22nd of 47 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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Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 13,046 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.