Pre-demographic dividend vs United Kingdom: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Pre-demographic dividend
783.02 million
in 2022
United Kingdom
84.10 million
in 2024
Pre-demographic dividend rank
26th
United Kingdom rank
24th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Pre-demographic dividend
  • United Kingdom
0200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M196019922024

How they compare

Pre-demographic dividend currently reports 783.02 million against 84.10 million in United Kingdom, a difference of 698.91 million.

That makes Pre-demographic dividend's figure about 9.3 times United Kingdom's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Pre-demographic dividend ranks 26th and United Kingdom ranks 24th of 47 groups.

Across the 7 decades both report, Pre-demographic dividend averaged higher in 3 and United Kingdom in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Pre-demographic dividend United Kingdom Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 200,500 200,500 United Kingdom
1990s 138,788 7.40 million 7.26 million United Kingdom
2000s 84.20 million 61.37 million 22.83 million Pre-demographic dividend
2010s 543.19 million 78.62 million 464.57 million Pre-demographic dividend
2020s 794.26 million 80.16 million 714.10 million Pre-demographic dividend

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Pre-demographic dividend or United Kingdom?
Pre-demographic dividend, at 783.02 million against 84.10 million in United Kingdom as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Pre-demographic dividend and United Kingdom?
698.91 million, with Pre-demographic dividend ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Pre-demographic dividend and United Kingdom?
51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Pre-demographic dividend and United Kingdom rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Pre-demographic dividend ranks 26th and United Kingdom ranks 24th 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.