Philippines vs Thailand: Mobile phone subscriptions

Philippines
133.57 million
in 2024
Thailand
115.13 million
in 2024
Philippines rank
13th
Thailand rank
15th

Mobile phone subscriptions over time

  • Philippines
  • Thailand
050.0M100.0M150.0M198020022024

How they compare

Philippines currently reports 133.57 million against 115.13 million in Thailand, a difference of 18.44 million.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Thailand ahead.

Globally, Philippines ranks 13th and Thailand ranks 15th 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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