Nigeria vs Sudan: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people

Nigeria

70.76 per 100 people

in 2024

Sudan

70.21 per 100 people

in 2022

Nigeria rank

178th

Sudan rank

180th

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people over time

Nigeria currently reports 70.76 per 100 people against 70.21 per 100 people in Sudan, a difference of 0.5535 per 100 people.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Sudan ahead.

Nigeria ranks 178th and Sudan ranks 180th 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.