Sri Lanka vs Sudan: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Mobile cellular subscriptions over time
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 34.67 million against 30.62 million in Sri Lanka, a difference of 4.05 million.
That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Sri Lanka's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 51 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sudan ahead.
Sri Lanka ranks 47th and Sudan ranks 45th of 214 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Sri Lanka averaged higher in 2 and Sudan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 1990s | 71,741 | 2,760 | 68,981 | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 4.98 million | 4.40 million | 582,552 | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 23.40 million | 27.38 million | 3.98 million | Sudan |
| 2020s | 31.71 million | 34.79 million | 3.07 million | Sudan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Sri Lanka or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 34.67 million against 30.62 million in Sri Lanka as of 2022.
- What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Sri Lanka and Sudan?
- 4.05 million, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Sudan?
- 51 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
- How do Sri Lanka and Sudan rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Sri Lanka ranks 47th and Sudan ranks 45th 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.