Ghana vs Uganda: Mobile phone subscriptions

Ghana
39.13 million
in 2024
Uganda
41.60 million
in 2024
Ghana rank
43rd
Uganda rank
41st

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Ghana
  • Uganda
010.0M20.0M30.0M40.0M198020022024

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 41.60 million against 39.13 million in Ghana, a difference of 2.47 million.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

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

Globally, Ghana ranks 43rd and Uganda ranks 41st 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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