Bangladesh vs Pakistan: Mobile phone subscriptions

Bangladesh
187.58 million
in 2024
Pakistan
193.11 million
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
9th
Pakistan rank
8th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

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

How they compare

Pakistan currently reports 193.11 million against 187.58 million in Bangladesh, a difference of 5.53 million.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Pakistan ahead.

Globally, Bangladesh ranks 9th and Pakistan ranks 8th 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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