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Pakistan: Mobile cellular subscriptions

76.85per 100 people · 2024+21.3% 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 Pakistan from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202476.854
202376.54
202279.105
202178.801
202074.733
201971.666
201867.857
201764.73
201662.001
201557.941
201463.362
201360.518
201257.858
201153.446
201049.782
200948.536
200846.449
200734.07
200619.204
20057.279
20042.932
20031.439
20021.041
20010.466
20000.198
19990.177
19980.135
19970.096
19960.05
19950.031
19940.019
19930.013
19920.011
19910.007
19900.002
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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