World Bank · Infrastructure

Germany: Mobile cellular subscriptions

129.15per 100 people · 2024+5.6% 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 Germany from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024129.151
2023124.663
2022124.158
2021127.125
2020128.425
2019128.292
2018128.946
2017132.003
2016125.024
2015117.401
2014122.309
2013123.435
2012114.192
2011112.419
2010109.364
2009129.733
2008130.097
2007118.37
2006104.835
200596.617
200486.88
200378.917
200272.047
200168.502
200058.929
199928.748
199817.066
199710.163
19966.78
19954.592
19943.079
19932.202
19921.212
19910.667
19900.343
19890.207
19880.126
19870.062
19860.031
19850.001
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.

The dataset for every country, with quality and provenance →

Cite or download

World Bank (2026). Mobile cellular subscriptions. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-mobile-cellular-subscriptions (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

CSV, all countriesJSON, GermanyAPI and MCP

Mobile cellular subscriptions in other countries

Rank Germany against its region, see where publishers disagree, or ask a question in plain words on the Interva desk.

Germany: Mobile cellular subscriptions (1960–2024) · Interva