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Sweden: Mobile cellular subscriptions

140.69per 100 people · 2024+10.8% 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 Sweden from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024140.687
2023140.266
2022140.782
2021124.961
2020123.549
2019125.457
2018124.086
2017124.473
2016126.402
2015128.974
2014126.98
2013125.142
2012124.465
2011121.219
2010117.212
2009112.273
2008108.613
2007110.588
2006105.797
2005100.822
200497.678
200398.243
200289.064
200180.688
200071.824
199957.928
199846.542
199735.979
199628.365
199522.926
199415.831
19938.919
19927.592
19916.611
19905.395
19894.103
19882.87
19872.05
19861.339
19850.87
19840.692
19830.434
19820.327
19810.245
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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