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Ghana: Mobile cellular subscriptions

113.65per 100 people · 2024+5.0% 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 Ghana from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024113.648
202398.806
2022120.803
2021124.403
2020126.887
2019130.705
2018133.61
2017122.472
2016130.481
2015121.997
2014108.27
2013102.338
201295.826
201181.11
201068.447
200960.769
200847.713
200732.163
200622.6
200512.805
20047.751
20033.735
20021.866
20011.209
20000.662
19990.365
19980.223
19970.12
19960.072
19950.036
19940.02
19930.01
19920.002
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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