Sri Lanka: Mobile phone subscribers
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Sri Lanka |
Mobile phone subscribers, in millions |
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Latest value | 31.24 |
Year | 2022 |
Measure | million subscribers |
Data availability | 1960 - 2022 |
Average | 7.38 |
Min - Max | 0.00 - 31.24 |
Source | The International Telecommunication Union |
The latest value from 2022 is 31.24 million subscribers, an increase from 30.76 million subscribers in 2021. In comparison, the world average is 52.98 million subscribers, based on data from 157 countries. Historically, the average for Sri Lanka from 1960 to 2022 is 7.38 million subscribers. The minimum value, 0 million subscribers, was reached in 1960 while the maximum of 31.24 million subscribers was recorded in 2022.
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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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