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Bhutan: Mobile cellular subscriptions

99.76per 100 people · 2024+17.1% 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 Bhutan from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202499.758
202395.626
202295.13
2021100.331
202096.77
201995.347
201892.602
201796.857
201693.382
201591.241
201485.187
201375.053
201278.197
201168.256
201056.2
200948.839
200836.924
200722.02
200612.236
20055.439
20042.942
20030.354
20020
20010
20000
19990
19980
19970
19960
19950
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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