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Burkina Faso: Mobile cellular subscriptions

116.59per 100 people · 2024+70.1% 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 Burkina Faso from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024116.59
2023116.163
2022113.996
2021112.198
2020102.973
201997.15
201894.622
201790.208
201679.67
201576.937
201468.54
201363.524
201258.094
201146.106
201035.285
200924.339
200819.82
200712.54
20067.073
20054.547
20042.933
20031.82
20020.875
20010.62
20000.212
19990.044
19980.024
19970.014
19960.005
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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