Namibia vs Turkmenistan: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people

Namibia

85.16 per 100 people

in 2024

Turkmenistan

88.19 per 100 people

in 2021

Namibia rank

164th

Turkmenistan rank

161st

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

Turkmenistan currently reports 88.19 per 100 people against 85.16 per 100 people in Namibia, a difference of 3.03 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Turkmenistan ahead.

Namibia ranks 164th and Turkmenistan ranks 161st 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.