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Iran, Islamic Republic of: Mobile cellular subscriptions

174.07per 100 people · 2024+105.9% 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 Iran, Islamic Republic of from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024174.066
2023166.28
2022162.713
2021153.625
2020145.486
2019135.622
2018103.024
2017102.376
201696.072
201589.832
201484.527
201381.137
201273.273
201171.498
201069.816
200968.737
200856.943
200739.905
200620.963
200511.848
20047.225
20035.017
20023.351
20013.095
20001.449
19990.761
19980.615
19970.382
19960.097
19950.026
19940.015
19930
19920
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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