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Sao Tome and Principe: Mobile cellular subscriptions

62.44per 100 people · 2024-4.4% 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 Sao Tome and Principe from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202462.437
202363.454
202286.778
202185.258
202080.117
201977.679
201877.364
201784.052
201687.411
201592.351
201465.306
201364.888
201264.491
201161.965
201056.507
200945.447
200829.087
200717.737
200611.123
20057.395
20044.911
20033.133
20021.321
20010
20000
19990
19980
19970
19960
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 2026-11-07.

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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 2026-11-07.

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