France: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

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 France

Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people

 Latest value 116.69
 Year 2023
 Measure subscribers per 100 people
 Data availability 1960 - 2023
 Average 44.15
 Min - Max 0.00 - 116.69
 Source The International Telecommunication Union
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The latest value from 2023 is 116.69 subscribers per 100 people, an increase from 115.95 subscribers per 100 people in 2022. In comparison, the world average is 119.66 subscribers per 100 people, based on data from 165 countries. Historically, the average for France from 1960 to 2023 is 44.15 subscribers per 100 people. The minimum value, 0 subscribers per 100 people, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 116.69 subscribers per 100 people was recorded in 2023. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values France: Mobile phone subscribers, per 100 people
 2023 116.69
 2022 115.95
 2021 113.95
 2020 110.39
 2019 109.60
 2018 107.48
 2017 105.72
 2016 103.82




Definition: 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.

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