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Zambia: Mobile cellular subscriptions

108.70per 100 people · 2024+70.8% 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 Zambia from 1960 to 2024.

19852024

Every year

YearValue (per 100 people)Note
2024108.705
2023102.062
202298.437
2021103.283
2020100.235
201993.015
201886.072
201777.05
201671.046
201570.478
201463.634
201367.51
201270.571
201156.55
201039.003
200932.665
200827.179
200721.003
200613.713
20058.103
20044.095
20032.194
20021.306
20011.174
20000.987
19990.293
19980.088
19970.05
19960.031
19950.018
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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