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Hong Kong: Mobile cellular subscriptions

364.85per 100 people · 2024+57.5% 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 Hong Kong from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024364.849
2023319.494
2022292.808
2021319.852
2020291.916
2019286.619
2018266.34
2017247.079
2016237.378
2015227.037
2014231.702
2013233.65
2012227.571
2011214.098
2010194.234
2009178.317
2008164.943
2007154.226
2006136.258
2005123.678
2004119.247
2003107.148
200293.76
200185.27
200081.247
199964.364
199848.493
199734.619
199621.503
199512.787
19947.859
19934.776
19923.884
19913.202
19902.294
19891.55
19880.905
19870.503
19860.182
19850.081
19840.019
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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