Tonga vs United States Virgin Islands: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Tonga
64,838
in 2022
United States Virgin Islands
79,121
in 2022
Tonga rank
197th
United States Virgin Islands rank
194th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Tonga
  • United States Virgin Islands
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k196019912022

How they compare

United States Virgin Islands currently reports 79,121 against 64,838 in Tonga, a difference of 14,283.

That makes United States Virgin Islands's figure about 1.2 times Tonga's.

Across all 32 years both countries report, United States Virgin Islands has been ahead every year.

Tonga ranks 197th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 194th of 214 countries.

United States Virgin Islands has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Tonga United States Virgin Islands Difference Ahead
1960s 0 0 0
1970s 0 0 0
1980s 0 0 0
1990s 97.5 17,750 17,652 United States Virgin Islands
2000s 10,207 52,492 42,285 United States Virgin Islands
2010s 62,104 80,000 17,896 United States Virgin Islands
2020s 63,722 79,707 15,985 United States Virgin Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile cellular subscriptions, Tonga or United States Virgin Islands?
United States Virgin Islands, at 79,121 against 64,838 in Tonga as of 2022.
What is the difference in mobile cellular subscriptions between Tonga and United States Virgin Islands?
14,283, with United States Virgin Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tonga and United States Virgin Islands?
32 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2022.
How do Tonga and United States Virgin Islands rank globally for mobile cellular subscriptions?
Tonga ranks 197th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 194th 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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Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
261 places, 13,046 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

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.