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United Kingdom: Mobile cellular subscriptions

121.64per 100 people · 2024+0.6% 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 United Kingdom from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024121.643
2023122.782
2022119.834
2021117.887
2020117.305
2019120.25
2018118.184
2017119.207
2016119.787
2015121.212
2014120.958
2013122.185
2012122.465
2011121.498
2010121.781
2009122.357
2008120.819
2007119.989
2006114.786
2005108.046
200499.199
200390.699
200282.679
200178.065
200073.576
199946.363
199825.459
199715.178
199612.48
19959.901
19946.818
19933.934
19922.62
19912.197
19901.947
19891.708
19880.983
19870.51
19860.229
19850.088
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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