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Barbados: Mobile cellular subscriptions

114.58per 100 people · 2022-9.2% since 2012

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 Barbados from 1960 to 2022.

19832022

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2022114.581
2021112.223
2020104.722
2019117.112
2018117.319
2017117.63
2016118.816
2015120.001
2014109.739
2013110.82
2012126.128
2011125.993
2010127.183
2009122.96
2008105.848
200794.953
200687.821
200576.734
200474.874
200352.676
200236.795
200120.239
200010.863
19997.688
19984.552
19973.044
19962.391
19951.759
19941.134
19930.598
19920.306
19910.187
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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