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Bulgaria: Mobile cellular subscriptions

118.07per 100 people · 2024-10.1% 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 Bulgaria from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024118.067
2023117.933
2022116.679
2021114.912
2020114.597
2019116.617
2018119.395
2017120.596
2016125.906
2015128.103
2014131.335
2013144.355
2012147.338
2011141.938
2010137.14
2009139.621
2008138.397
2007130.455
2006108.025
200581.155
200461.033
200344.858
200233.04
200119.55
20009.224
19994.288
19981.542
19970.841
19960.316
19950.247
19940.076
19930.012
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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