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Japan: Mobile cellular subscriptions

178.43per 100 people · 2023+54.1% since 2013

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 Japan from 1960 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2023178.432
2022168.603
2021159.516
2020154.432
2019147.21
2018141.729
2017135.986
2016131.215
2015126.151
2014123.822
2013115.787
2012110.319
2011103.642
201096.179
200990.719
200886.141
200783.801
200677.991
200575.429
200471.567
200367.874
200263.63
200158.792
200052.575
199944.918
199837.454
199730.353
199621.401
19959.337
19943.462
19931.708
19921.376
19911.111
19900.702
19890.397
19880.198
19870.123
19860.078
19850.051
19840.034
19830.023
19820.017
19810.011
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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