Bhutan vs Nepal: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people

Bhutan

99.76 per 100 people

in 2024

Nepal

99.85 per 100 people

in 2024

Bhutan rank

139th

Nepal rank

138th

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

Nepal currently reports 99.85 per 100 people against 99.76 per 100 people in Bhutan, a difference of 0.0894 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Nepal ahead.

Bhutan ranks 139th and Nepal ranks 138th of 212 countries.

Indicator: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people
Unit: per 100 people
Source: International Telecommunication Union (ITU), via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 212 places, 8,985 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

This number can get over 100 when the average person has more than one subscription to a mobile service.