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Namibia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

85.16per 100 people · 2024-26.3% 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 Namibia from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202485.165
202387.676
2022100.558
2021103.727
2020106.207
2019106.533
2018107.06
2017106.915
2016109.05
2015107.392
2014115.52
2013121.106
201297.821
2011102.244
201092.429
200978.54
200851.391
200739.645
200630.566
200522.824
200414.731
200311.665
20027.937
20015.74
20004.509
19991.687
19981.123
19970.738
19960.403
19950.218
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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