China vs Indonesia: Mobile phone subscriptions

China
1.87 billion
in 2024
Indonesia
347.31 million
in 2024
China rank
1st
Indonesia rank
4th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • China
  • Indonesia
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How they compare

China currently reports 1.87 billion against 347.31 million in Indonesia, a difference of 1.52 billion.

That makes China's figure about 5.4 times Indonesia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Indonesia ahead.

Globally, China ranks 1st and Indonesia ranks 4th 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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