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Kiribati: Mobile cellular subscriptions

53.52per 100 people · 2024+105.8% 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 Kiribati from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202453.524
202351.254
202249.112
202140.998
202043.348
201944.107
201843.69
201738.348
201643.89
201535.098
201426.013
201317.569
201216.031
201112.461
20109.747
20099.305
20080.959
20070.735
20060.7
20050.663
20040.64
20030.559
20020.537
20010.437
20000.339
19990.229
19980.026
19970
19960
19950
19940
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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