Pacific island small states vs Sri Lanka: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Pacific island small states
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 30.62 million against 1.98 million in Pacific island small states, a difference of 28.64 million.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 15.4 times Pacific island small states's.
Across all 50 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Pacific island small states ranks 47th and Sri Lanka ranks 47th of 48 groups.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Pacific island small states | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 6,016 | 71,741 | 65,725 | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 374,636 | 4.98 million | 4.60 million | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 1.73 million | 23.40 million | 21.67 million | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 1.98 million | 30.25 million | 28.27 million | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Pacific island small states or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 30.62 million against 1.98 million in Pacific island small states as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Pacific island small states and Sri Lanka?
- 28.64 million, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Pacific island small states and Sri Lanka?
- 50 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2021.
- How do Pacific island small states and Sri Lanka rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Pacific island small states ranks 47th and Sri Lanka ranks 47th 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.