Small states vs Uganda: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Small states
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 41.60 million against 32.00 million in Small states, a difference of 9.60 million.
That makes Uganda's figure about 1.3 times Small states's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Uganda ahead.
Small states ranks 44th and Uganda ranks 41st of 47 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Small states averaged higher in 3 and Uganda in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Small states | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 3,304 | 0 | 3,304 | Small states |
| 1990s | 332,786 | 9,710 | 323,075 | Small states |
| 2000s | 7.33 million | 2.82 million | 4.51 million | Small states |
| 2010s | 18.94 million | 20.22 million | 1.28 million | Uganda |
| 2020s | 24.20 million | 33.94 million | 9.74 million | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Small states or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 41.60 million against 32.00 million in Small states as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Small states and Uganda?
- 9.60 million, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Small states and Uganda?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Small states and Uganda rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Small states ranks 44th and Uganda ranks 41st 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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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.