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Nepal: Mobile cellular subscriptions

99.85per 100 people · 2024+20.0% 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 Nepal from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202499.847
2023117.76
2022121.114
2021129.645
2020131.921
2019136.186
2018139.526
2017128.864
2016114.898
201598.895
201483.193
201377.428
201260.318
201148.625
201033.632
200920.601
200815.561
200712.203
20064.356
20050.864
20040.449
20030.319
20020.086
20010.069
20000.042
19990.023
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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