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Philippines: Mobile cellular subscriptions

115.30per 100 people · 2024+7.5% 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 Philippines from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024115.299
2023117.276
2022147.429
2021144.424
2020133.456
2019151.007
2018122.96
2017110.962
2016112.518
2015111.893
2014107.284
2013100.732
2012101.8
201195.869
201086.312
200980.084
200873.482
200762.964
200647.893
200539.514
200438.123
200326.566
200218.518
200114.937
20008.106
19993.738
19982.327
19971.848
19961.352
19950.713
19940.254
19930.155
19920.087
19910.055
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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