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Afghanistan: Mobile cellular subscriptions

60.10per 100 people · 2024+7.1% since 2014

Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services. Annual figures for Afghanistan from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202460.099
202355.547
202256.266
202156.694
202058.046
201959.647
201859.811
201767.051
201662.255
201558.256
201456.132
201353.149
201250.197
201147.015
201036.119
200938.229
200829.827
200718.017
20069.913
20054.917
20042.547
20030.88
20020.117
20010
20000
19990
19980
19970
19960
19950
19940
19930
19920
19910
19900
19890
19880
19870
19860
19850
19840
19830
19820
19810
19800
19790
19780
19770
19760
19750
19700
19650
19600

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by International Telecommunication Union. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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