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Australia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

112.58per 100 people · 2024+6.0% 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 Australia from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024112.581
2023112.513
2022109.469
2021105.119
2020104.93
2019109.753
2018110.033
2017107.8
2016109.129
2015107.608
2014106.206
2013107.332
2012106.5
2011105.824
2010101.619
2009101.914
2008103.507
2007101.458
200695.966
200590.764
200482.208
200372.388
200264.658
200157.484
200044.751
199933.589
199826.438
199724.867
199621.909
199512.453
19946.852
19933.913
19922.846
19911.688
19901.085
19890.563
19880.191
19870.027
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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