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Nigeria: Mobile cellular subscriptions

70.76per 100 people · 2024-5.3% 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 Nigeria from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202470.762
202398.477
202299.585
202189.292
202095.436
201988.117
201884.284
201772.368
201678.97
201579.105
201474.751
201370.283
201264.005
201155.53
201052.386
200945.985
200839.969
200726.356
200621.681
200512.817
20046.485
20032.295
20021.176
20010.205
20000.024
19990.021
19980.017
19970.013
19960.013
19950.012
19940.012
19930.009
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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