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Belgium: Mobile cellular subscriptions

103.90per 100 people · 2024-8.5% 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 Belgium from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024103.905
2023103.196
2022101.68
2021101.463
202099.91
2019100.165
2018100.164
201799.83
2016110.749
2015113.292
2014113.6
2013110.349
2012110.856
2011113.202
2010111.132
2009108.9
2008105.901
2007101.06
200693.354
200591.658
200487.625
200382.938
200278.407
200174.823
200054.908
199931.167
199817.238
19979.596
19964.724
19952.33
19941.272
19930.675
19920.614
19910.515
19900.431
19890.31
19880.193
19870.073
19860.038
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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