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Brazil: Mobile cellular subscriptions

101.93per 100 people · 2024-27.4% 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 Brazil from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024101.927
2023101.02
2022101.245
2021104.825
202098.646
201997.375
2018101.602
2017108.093
2016120.101
2015127.836
2014140.305
2013136.589
2012126.132
2011120.008
2010101.667
200988.185
200879.132
200764.163
200653.532
200546.679
200435.913
200325.674
200219.541
200116.305
200013.325
19998.665
19984.308
19972.7
19961.505
19950.786
19940.357
19930.115
19920.021
19910.004
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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