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Iceland: Mobile cellular subscriptions

120.93per 100 people · 2024+7.0% 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 Iceland from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024120.928
2023121.475
2022120.115
2021117.343
2020114.939
2019114.623
2018116.581
2017116.796
2016119.679
2015116.004
2014112.987
2013109.997
2012109.747
2011107.817
2010107.204
2009106.623
2008106.112
2007104.636
200699.358
200595.376
200499.281
200396.569
200290.553
200187.047
200076.399
199962.175
199838.019
199724.089
199617.391
199511.537
19948.205
19936.596
19925.837
19914.996
19903.925
19893.119
19882.608
19872.036
19861.086
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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