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Nicaragua: Mobile cellular subscriptions

105.96per 100 people · 2024-9.1% 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 Nicaragua from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024105.961
2023105.843
2022104.278
202193.817
202090.814
201989.277
2018116.272
2017129.506
2016124.273
2015118.127
2014116.507
2013113.789
201299.16
201182.892
201069.059
200959.127
200855.733
200745.519
200633.775
200520.954
200414.008
20038.956
20024.607
20013.233
20001.798
19990.876
19980.368
19970.154
19960.106
19950.093
19940.047
19930.007
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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