Germany vs Netherlands: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Germany
129.15 per 100 people
in 2024
Netherlands
128.54 per 100 people
in 2024
Germany rank
60th
Netherlands rank
62nd

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Germany
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Germany currently reports 129.15 per 100 people against 128.54 per 100 people in Netherlands, a difference of 0.612 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 52 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Netherlands ahead.

Globally, Germany ranks 60th and Netherlands ranks 62nd of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)
Unit
per 100 people
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,015 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.