Cameroon vs Zambia: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people

Cameroon

108.21 per 100 people

in 2024

Zambia

108.7 per 100 people

in 2024

Cameroon rank

125th

Zambia rank

122nd

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

Zambia currently reports 108.7 per 100 people against 108.21 per 100 people in Cameroon, a difference of 0.492 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Zambia ahead.

Cameroon ranks 125th and Zambia ranks 122nd 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.