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France: Mobile cellular subscriptions

116.69per 100 people · 2023+18.6% 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 France from 1960 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2023116.688
2022115.951
2021113.953
2020110.387
2019109.601
2018107.482
2017105.718
2016103.817
2015102.718
2014101.132
201398.348
201297.192
201193.853
201091.119
200991.778
200892.341
200788.669
200683.259
200578.033
200472.814
200368.655
200263.96
200161.76
200048.841
199936.731
199819.301
199710.058
19964.274
19952.268
19941.543
19931.003
19920.768
19910.662
19900.502
19890.318
19880.176
19870.071
19860.016
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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