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Ireland: Mobile cellular subscriptions

112.64per 100 people · 2024+6.8% 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 Ireland from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024112.639
2023110.798
2022110.609
2021106.87
2020105.046
2019104.598
2018102.03
2017101.842
2016102.558
2015104.243
2014105.461
2013105.538
2012108.99
2011107.135
2010103.123
2009103.766
2008112.531
2007113.138
2006109.871
2005102.761
200494.932
200387.655
200276.366
200176.884
200064.719
199945.082
199825.716
199714.972
19968.002
19954.414
19942.472
19931.723
19921.247
19910.913
19900.717
19890.39
19880.18
19870.099
19860.043
19850.009
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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