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Somalia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

53.96per 100 people · 2023+34.0% since 2013

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 Somalia from 1960 to 2023.

19842023

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202353.958
202249.68
202151.206
202053.113
201951.319
201849.526
201747.725
201646.367
201542.269
201441.231
201340.273
201218.457
201114.576
20105.286
20095.359
20085.376
20075.299
20065.011
20054.697
20044.863
20032.018
20021.047
20010.924
20000.905
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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