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Central African Republic: Mobile cellular subscriptions

38.82per 100 people · 2022+56.6% since 2012

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 Central African Republic from 1960 to 2022.

19832022

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202238.822
202135.817
202036.426
201932.263
201826.222
201724.52
201626.484
201526.84
201424.996
201329.302
201224.792
201121.74
201021.795
200919.069
200812.503
20077.619
20062.513
20052.332
20041.431
20030.975
20020.315
20010.281
20000.13
19990.114
19980.046
19970.04
19960.032
19950.001
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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