Japan vs United States: Mobile phone subscriptions

Japan
221.92 million
in 2023
United States
390.99 million
in 2024
Japan rank
6th
United States rank
3rd

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Japan
  • United States
0100.0M200.0M300.0M400.0M198020022024

How they compare

United States currently reports 390.99 million against 221.92 million in Japan, a difference of 169.07 million.

That makes United States's figure about 1.8 times Japan's.

Across all 41 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Globally, Japan ranks 6th and United States ranks 3rd of 212 countries.

Individual pages

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
Last refreshed