China vs India: Mobile phone subscriptions
China
1.87 billion
in 2024
India
1.15 billion
in 2024
China rank
1st
India rank
2nd
Mobile phone subscriptions over time
- China
- India
How they compare
China currently reports 1.87 billion against 1.15 billion in India, a difference of 718.65 million.
That makes China's figure about 1.6 times India's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was India ahead.
Globally, China ranks 1st and India ranks 2nd of 212 countries.