Bangladesh vs Iran: Mobile phone subscriptions

Bangladesh
187.58 million
in 2024
Iran
159.39 million
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
9th
Iran rank
11th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Bangladesh
  • Iran
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M198020022024

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 187.58 million against 159.39 million in Iran, a difference of 28.19 million.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.2 times Iran's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Iran ahead.

Globally, Bangladesh ranks 9th and Iran ranks 11th 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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