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Bangladesh: Mobile cellular subscriptions

108.08per 100 people · 2024+34.6% 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 Bangladesh from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024108.077
2023111.281
2022109.867
2021110.012
2020106.002
2019100.4
201898.929
201793.069
201684.56
201582.428
201480.313
201374.46
201262.668
201154.931
201044.627
200934.041
200829.865
200723.225
200613.067
20056.219
20041.946
20030.968
20020.774
20010.38
20000.207
19990.118
19980.06
19970.021
19960.003
19950.002
19940.001
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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