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Papua New Guinea: Mobile cellular subscriptions

38.77per 100 people · 2024-1.6% 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 Papua New Guinea from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202438.765
202334.059
202249.191
202148.118
202049.084
201947.195
201845.771
201743.775
201642.202
201540.717
201439.408
201336.133
201233.521
201130.537
201025.009
200919.139
200812.168
20074.308
20061.482
20051.148
20040.763
20030.286
20020.253
20010.187
20000.155
19990.133
19980.108
19970.078
19960.048
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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