Mobile cellular subscriptions
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.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 213
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
Provenance
Who produced these figures, as World Bank declares it — not inferred, and each line says which published field it was read from.
Produced by
International Telecommunication Union
World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
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Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 2024 | 60.10 | per 100 people |
| Albania | 2024 | 89.13 | per 100 people |
| Algeria | 2024 | 115.46 | per 100 people |
| Andorra | 2024 | 155.69 | per 100 people |
| Angola | 2024 | 69.70 | per 100 people |
| Argentina | 2024 | 140.23 | per 100 people |
| Armenia | 2024 | 134.89 | per 100 people |
| Australia | 2024 | 112.58 | per 100 people |
| Austria | 2024 | 124.46 | per 100 people |
| Azerbaijan | 2024 | 109.54 | per 100 people |
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