Japan vs Russia: Mobile phone subscriptions

Japan
221.92 million
in 2023
Russia
269.52 million
in 2024
Japan rank
6th
Russia rank
5th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Japan
  • Russia
0100.0M200.0M300.0M198020022024

How they compare

Russia currently reports 269.52 million against 221.92 million in Japan, a difference of 47.60 million.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.2 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Russia ahead.

Globally, Japan ranks 6th and Russia ranks 5th 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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