Libya vs Rwanda: Mobile cellular subscriptions

Libya
13.94 million
in 2022
Rwanda
13.29 million
in 2024
Libya rank
79th
Rwanda rank
81st

Mobile cellular subscriptions over time

  • Libya
  • Rwanda
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How they compare

Libya currently reports 13.94 million against 13.29 million in Rwanda, a difference of 652,700.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 50 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Rwanda ahead.

Globally, Libya ranks 79th and Rwanda ranks 81st 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.