Algeria vs Saudi Arabia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Algeria
54.05 million
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
54.18 million
in 2024
Algeria rank
35th
Saudi Arabia rank
34th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Algeria
  • Saudi Arabia
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How they compare

Saudi Arabia currently reports 54.18 million against 54.05 million in Algeria, a difference of 134,100.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Saudi Arabia ahead.

Globally, Algeria ranks 35th and Saudi Arabia ranks 34th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
260 places, 13,039 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.