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United States: Mobile cellular subscriptions

113.19per 100 people · 2024+13.4% 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 States from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024113.19
2023112.411
2022108.786
2021106.325
2020103.855
2019105.321
2018103.935
2017102.381
2016102.752
2015101.832
201499.84
201397.06
201296.128
201194.683
201091.659
200989.046
200885.68
200782.592
200676.859
200568.884
200463.124
200355.41
200249.393
200145.202
200038.893
199930.821
199825.091
199720.306
199616.374
199512.718
19949.202
19936.187
19924.324
19913.004
19902.13
19891.432
19880.854
19870.513
19860.287
19850.145
19840.039
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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