Sao Tome and Principe vs Seychelles: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Seychelles
How they compare
Seychelles currently reports 163,827 against 147,061 in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 16,766.
That makes Seychelles's figure about 1.1 times Sao Tome and Principe's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Seychelles ahead.
Sao Tome and Principe ranks 184th and Seychelles ranks 183rd of 212 countries.
Seychelles has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sao Tome and Principe | Seychelles | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 2,485 | 2,485 | Seychelles |
| 2000s | 20,640 | 62,154 | 41,514 | Seychelles |
| 2010s | 145,912 | 150,879 | 4,967 | Seychelles |
| 2020s | 170,677 | 180,335 | 9,658 | Seychelles |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Sao Tome and Principe or Seychelles?
- Seychelles, at 163,827 against 147,061 in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles?
- 16,766, with Seychelles ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Sao Tome and Principe and Seychelles rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Sao Tome and Principe ranks 184th and Seychelles ranks 183rd of 212 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
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.