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Uganda: Mobile cellular subscriptions

83.17per 100 people · 2024+48.6% 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 Uganda from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
202483.165
202376.297
202270.14
202165.622
202062.282
201959.06
201858.875
201762.097
201658.863
201553.876
201455.957
201351.132
201247.634
201150.059
201039.605
200929.836
200828.012
200714.148
20066.977
20054.704
20044.29
20032.945
20021.54
20011.146
20000.529
19990.242
19980.133
19970.023
19960.019
19950.008
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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