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Lao People's Democratic Republic: Mobile cellular subscriptions

64.76per 100 people · 2023-7.2% 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 Lao People's Democratic Republic from 1960 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202364.759
202263.355
202164.71
202063.114
201964.067
201851.379
201752.889
201657.297
201554.798
201468.901
201369.768
201265.961
201185.284
201063.203
200951.824
200832.886
200724.411
200616.93
200511.202
20043.532
20031.97
20020.983
20010.535
20000.233
19990.226
19980.123
19970.095
19960.075
19950.031
19940.013
19930.007
19920.006
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 2026-11-07.

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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 2026-11-07.

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