Democratic Republic of Congo vs France: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Democratic Republic of Congo
63.96 million
in 2024
France
77.53 million
in 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
29th
France rank
26th

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • France
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How they compare

France currently reports 77.53 million against 63.96 million in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 13.56 million.

That makes France's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 49 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

Globally, Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 29th and France ranks 26th 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.