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Bahrain: Mobile cellular subscriptions

159.54per 100 people · 2024-10.1% 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 Bahrain from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024159.536
2023153.9
2022139.636
2021128.079
2020119.412
2019129.143
2018139.735
2017159.547
2016209.489
2015183.92
2014177.4
2013175.802
2012174.62
2011140.351
2010129.158
2009118.449
2008128.559
2007105.539
200691.234
200582.254
200474.562
200354.619
200251.714
200142.801
200030.725
199919.284
199813.69
19978.97
19966.334
19954.503
19942.969
19931.98
19921.746
19911.374
19900.995
19890.85
19880.597
19870.367
19860.137
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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