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Russian Federation: Mobile cellular subscriptions

186.10per 100 people · 2024+22.0% 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 Russian Federation from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024186.104
2023180.842
2022168.476
2021169.073
2020163.101
2019163.646
2018156.683
2017155.486
2016157.174
2015156.419
2014152.513
2013150.964
2012144.198
2011141.451
2010165.137
2009159.902
2008138.738
2007119.005
2006104.56
200582.989
200450.78
200324.785
200212.066
20015.304
20002.224
19990.933
19980.507
19970.328
19960.151
19950.06
19940.019
19930.007
19920.004
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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