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Netherlands: Mobile cellular subscriptions

128.54per 100 people · 2024+11.9% 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 Netherlands from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024128.539
2023125.273
2022115.821
2021123.448
2020121.423
2019124.088
2018121.162
2017118.577
2016121.42
2015121.638
2014114.867
2013114.734
2012116.564
2011117.674
2010114.357
2009120.767
2008124.28
2007116.657
2006104.863
200596.163
200490.103
200380.651
200274.288
200175.389
200066.973
199942.659
199821.313
199710.985
19966.539
19953.489
19942.091
19931.416
19921.096
19910.764
19900.529
19890.377
19880.224
19870.165
19860.105
19850.033
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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