Nigeria vs Philippines: Mobile phone subscriptions

Nigeria
164.65 million
in 2024
Philippines
133.57 million
in 2024
Nigeria rank
10th
Philippines rank
13th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Nigeria
  • Philippines
050.0M100.0M150.0M200.0M198020022024

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 164.65 million against 133.57 million in Philippines, a difference of 31.08 million.

That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.2 times Philippines's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Philippines ahead.

Globally, Nigeria ranks 10th and Philippines ranks 13th 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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