Papua New Guinea vs Palestine, State of: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Papua New Guinea
4.10 million
in 2024
Palestine, State of
4.15 million
in 2023
Papua New Guinea rank
133rd
Palestine, State of rank
131st

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Papua New Guinea
  • Palestine, State of
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How they compare

Palestine, State of currently reports 4.15 million against 4.10 million in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 48,420.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Palestine, State of ahead.

Papua New Guinea ranks 133rd and Palestine, State of ranks 131st of 213 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 1 and Palestine, State of in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Papua New Guinea Palestine, State of Difference Ahead
1990s 0 0 0 β€”
2000s 286,662 666,061 379,399 Palestine, State of
2010s 3.36 million 3.49 million 135,517 Palestine, State of
2020s 4.55 million 4.08 million 466,955 Papua New Guinea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Papua New Guinea or Palestine, State of?
Palestine, State of, at 4.15 million against 4.10 million in Papua New Guinea as of 2023.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Papua New Guinea and Palestine, State of?
48,420, with Palestine, State of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Palestine, State of?
29 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Papua New Guinea and Palestine, State of rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Papua New Guinea ranks 133rd and Palestine, State of ranks 131st of 213 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

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.