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Cameroon: Mobile cellular subscriptions

108.21per 100 people · 2024+40.1% 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 Cameroon from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024108.213
202396.482
202289.827
202180.808
202085.272
201983.904
201874.4
201783.45
201679.805
201579.78
201477.24
201373.191
201262.991
201151.831
201043.912
200941.876
200833.169
200725.13
200617.868
200513.192
20049.216
20036.664
20024.461
20012.726
20000.693
19990.041
19980.035
19970.03
19960.026
19950.021
19940.012
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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