Australia vs Hong Kong: Mobile phone subscriptions

Australia
30.07 million
in 2024
Hong Kong
27.05 million
in 2024
Australia rank
48th
Hong Kong rank
51st

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Australia
  • Hong Kong
010.0M20.0M30.0M198020022024

How they compare

Australia currently reports 30.07 million against 27.05 million in Hong Kong, a difference of 3.02 million.

That makes Australia's figure about 1.1 times Hong Kong's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Hong Kong ahead.

Globally, Australia ranks 48th and Hong Kong ranks 51st of 212 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile phone subscriptions
Source
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
212 places, 9,009 data points, 1980–2024
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