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Mauritania: Mobile cellular subscriptions

92.07per 100 people · 2024-5.6% 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 Mauritania from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202492.075
202390.772
2022109.884
2021137.54
2020126.277
2019105.441
2018105.275
201796.76
201688.438
201591.894
201497.527
2013106.798
2012111.231
201194.632
201081.866
200966.442
200865.718
200745.714
200635.177
200525.369
200418.211
200312.525
20029.028
20014.124
20000.585
19990
19980
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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