Sierra Leone vs Somalia: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 9.91 million against 8.93 million in Sierra Leone, a difference of 976,760.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 48 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Somalia ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 95th and Somalia ranks 94th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sierra Leone averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000s | 451,978 | 333,286 | 118,693 | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 4.68 million | 5.09 million | 416,926 | Somalia |
| 2020s | 8.01 million | 8.84 million | 830,510 | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Sierra Leone or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 9.91 million against 8.93 million in Sierra Leone as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Sierra Leone and Somalia?
- 976,760, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Somalia?
- 48 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Sierra Leone and Somalia rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Sierra Leone ranks 95th and Somalia ranks 94th 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.