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Portugal: Mobile cellular subscriptions

124.13per 100 people · 2024+8.6% 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 Portugal from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024124.13
2023123.002
2022122.801
2021119.769
2020114.276
2019115.146
2018114.859
2017113.874
2016111.847
2015112.964
2014114.313
2013114.655
2012113.359
2011116.837
2010115.425
2009111.524
2008132.99
2007127.786
2006116.175
2005108.991
2004100.856
200395.681
200283.261
200177.045
200064.814
199945.649
199830.204
199714.875
19966.579
19953.391
19941.732
19931.014
19920.373
19910.126
19900.065
19890.028
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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