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Sierra Leone: Mobile cellular subscriptions

107.88per 100 people · 2022+219.8% since 2012

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 Sierra Leone from 1960 to 2022.

19802022

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2022107.882
2021101.637
202087.003
201987.038
201884.123
201789.778
201687.148
201580.382
201469.176
201359.577
201233.735
201133.457
201032.14
200919.156
200817.114
200713.497
20032.187
20021.348
20010.573
20000.27
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 2026-11-05.

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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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