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Benin: Mobile cellular subscriptions

125.94per 100 people · 2024+60.4% 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 Benin from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024125.941
2023116.036
2022105.745
202194.918
202085.239
201981.324
201876.408
201772.867
201676.018
201582.019
201478.517
201389.902
201280.863
201176.932
201072.212
200952.93
200839.285
200722.915
200612.144
20057.076
20045.63
20032.985
20022.85
20011.679
20000.768
19990.107
19980.095
19970.067
19960.044
19950.017
19940
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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