India vs Namibia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

India
79.35 per 100 people
in 2024
Namibia
85.16 per 100 people
in 2024
India rank
167th
Namibia rank
164th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • India
  • Namibia
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How they compare

Namibia currently reports 85.16 per 100 people against 79.35 per 100 people in India, a difference of 5.81 per 100 people.

That makes Namibia's figure about 1.1 times India's.

Across all 53 years both countries report, Namibia has been ahead every year.

Globally, India ranks 167th and Namibia ranks 164th 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.