Sierra Leone vs Singapore: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Sierra Leone
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 9.96 million against 8.93 million in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1.03 million.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
Across all 44 years both countries report, Singapore has been ahead every year.
Sierra Leone ranks 95th and Singapore ranks 93rd of 214 countries.
Singapore has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 6,187 | 6,187 | Singapore |
| 1990s | 0 | 497,937 | 497,937 | Singapore |
| 2000s | 451,978 | 4.55 million | 4.10 million | Singapore |
| 2010s | 4.68 million | 8.25 million | 3.57 million | Singapore |
| 2020s | 8.01 million | 8.99 million | 980,277 | Singapore |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Sierra Leone or Singapore?
- Singapore, at 9.96 million against 8.93 million in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Sierra Leone and Singapore?
- 1.03 million, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Singapore?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Sierra Leone and Singapore rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Sierra Leone ranks 95th and Singapore ranks 93rd of 214 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.