Brazil vs Russia: Mobile phone subscriptions

Brazil
216.08 million
in 2024
Russia
269.52 million
in 2024
Brazil rank
7th
Russia rank
5th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Brazil
  • Russia
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How they compare

Russia currently reports 269.52 million against 216.08 million in Brazil, a difference of 53.43 million.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Russia ahead.

Globally, Brazil ranks 7th and Russia ranks 5th 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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