Belgium vs Switzerland: Mobile phone subscriptions

Belgium
12.20 million
in 2024
Switzerland
11.55 million
in 2024
Belgium rank
83rd
Switzerland rank
86th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Belgium
  • Switzerland
05.0M10.0M15.0M198020022024

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 12.20 million against 11.55 million in Switzerland, a difference of 645,700.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Switzerland ahead.

Globally, Belgium ranks 83rd and Switzerland ranks 86th 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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