Bangladesh vs Japan: Mobile phone subscriptions

Bangladesh
187.58 million
in 2024
Japan
221.92 million
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
9th
Japan rank
6th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

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

How they compare

Japan currently reports 221.92 million against 187.58 million in Bangladesh, a difference of 34.34 million.

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

Across all 44 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Globally, Bangladesh ranks 9th and Japan ranks 6th 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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