India vs Indonesia: Mobile phone subscriptions

India
1.15 billion
in 2024
Indonesia
347.31 million
in 2024
India rank
2nd
Indonesia rank
4th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • India
  • Indonesia
0250.0M500.0M750.0M1.0B1.2B198020022024

How they compare

India currently reports 1.15 billion against 347.31 million in Indonesia, a difference of 804.04 million.

That makes India's figure about 3.3 times Indonesia's.

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

Globally, India ranks 2nd 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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