Madagascar vs Sierra Leone: Mobile phone subscribers

Madagascar
406.53 per 1,000 people
in 2011
Sierra Leone
356.32 per 1,000 people
in 2011
Madagascar rank
39th
Sierra Leone rank
42nd

Mobile phone subscribers over time

  • Madagascar
  • Sierra Leone
0100200300400196019852011

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 406.53 per 1,000 people against 356.32 per 1,000 people in Sierra Leone, a difference of 50.21 per 1,000 people.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 37 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Madagascar ranks 39th and Sierra Leone ranks 42nd of 53 countries.

Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1960s 0 per 1,000 people 0 per 1,000 people 0 per 1,000 people
1970s 0 per 1,000 people 0 per 1,000 people 0 per 1,000 people
1980s 0 per 1,000 people 0 per 1,000 people 0 per 1,000 people
1990s 0.3872 per 1,000 people 0 per 1,000 people 0.3872 per 1,000 people Madagascar
2000s 102.39 per 1,000 people 81.64 per 1,000 people 20.75 per 1,000 people Madagascar
2010s 389.41 per 1,000 people 348.59 per 1,000 people 40.82 per 1,000 people Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mobile phone subscribers, Madagascar or Sierra Leone?
Madagascar, at 406.53 per 1,000 people against 356.32 per 1,000 people in Sierra Leone as of 2011.
What is the difference in mobile phone subscribers between Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
50.21 per 1,000 people, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sierra Leone?
37 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2011.
How do Madagascar and Sierra Leone rank globally for mobile phone subscribers?
Madagascar ranks 39th and Sierra Leone ranks 42nd of 53 countries.
Where does this data come from?
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates, published as Mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Madagascar vs Sierra Leone: Mobile phone subscribers. Statizoid, drawing on International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates. Retrieved 21 August 2026, from https://science-tech.statizoid.com/compare/mobile-phone-subscribers-per-1-000-people/madagascar/sierra-leone/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://science-tech.statizoid.com/compare/mobile-phone-subscribers-per-1-000-people/madagascar/sierra-leone/">Madagascar vs Sierra Leone: Mobile phone subscribers</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Mobile phone subscribers (per 1,000 people)
Unit
per 1,000 people
Source
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication Development Report and database, and World Bank estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
59 places, 2,350 data points, 1960–2011
Last refreshed

Please cite the International Telecommunication Union for third-party use of these data. Mobile telephone subscribers are subscribers to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology.