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Maldives: Mobile cellular subscriptions

148.14per 100 people · 2024-8.0% 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 Maldives from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024148.137
2023141.601
2022136.459
2021136.789
2020142.936
2019169.774
2018181.343
2017196.41
2016183.197
2015172.786
2014160.975
2013156.263
2012144.912
2011141.955
2010137.018
2009131.439
2008129.585
200796.628
200686.364
200566.449
200437.572
200322.418
200214.368
20016.589
20002.708
19991.052
19980.587
19970.479
19960.008
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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