Italy vs United Kingdom: Mobile phone subscriptions

Italy
78.67 million
in 2024
United Kingdom
84.10 million
in 2024
Italy rank
25th
United Kingdom rank
24th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Italy
  • United Kingdom
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How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 84.10 million against 78.67 million in Italy, a difference of 5.43 million.

That makes United Kingdom's figure about 1.1 times Italy's.

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

Globally, Italy ranks 25th and United Kingdom ranks 24th 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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