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Burundi: Mobile cellular subscriptions

63.16per 100 people · 2023+159.9% since 2013

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 Burundi from 1960 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202363.163
202256.26
202159.701
202052.557
201953.3
201853.274
201751.453
201647.67
201545.238
201429.568
201324.301
201222.313
201119.701
201017.896
200910.29
20085.65
20073.308
20062.543
20052.017
20041.376
20030.909
20020.762
20010.504
20000.252
19990.013
19980.01
19970.01
19960.009
19950.01
19940.007
19930.006
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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