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Mexico: Mobile cellular subscriptions

116.49per 100 people · 2024+33.0% 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 Mexico from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024116.487
2023111.735
2022105.721
202199.095
202096.924
201997.036
201896.461
201792.649
201691.394
201588.945
201487.614
201390.201
201286.226
201182.073
201080.426
200974.28
200868.226
200761.19
200651.649
200544.54
200436.833
200329.227
200225.533
200121.736
200014.274
19998.026
19983.534
19971.868
19961.116
19950.765
19940.645
19930.446
19920.368
19910.193
19900.078
19890.011
19880.002
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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