* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Mobile phone subscribers, in millions, 2024:

The average for 2024 based on 35 countries was 28.87 million subscribers. The highest value was in Nigeria: 164.65 million subscribers and the lowest value was in Sao Tome and Principe: 0.15 million subscribers. The indicator is available from 1960 to 2024. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: million subscribers; Source: The International Telecommunication Union
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Countries Mobile phone subscribers, 2024 Global rank Available data
Nigeria 164.65 1 1960 - 2024
South Africa 114.79 2 1960 - 2024
Tanzania 86.77 3 1960 - 2024
Ethiopia 85.95 4 1960 - 2024
Kenya 71.38 5 1960 - 2024
DR Congo 63.96 6 1960 - 2024
Ivory Coast 58.72 7 1960 - 2024
Uganda 41.6 8 1960 - 2024
Ghana 39.13 9 1960 - 2024
Cameroon 31.52 10 1960 - 2024
Burkina Faso 27.46 11 1960 - 2024
Angola 26.41 12 1960 - 2024
Zambia 23.17 13 1960 - 2024
Senegal 22.92 14 1960 - 2024
Benin 18.21 15 1960 - 2024
Mozambique 17.14 16 1960 - 2024
Niger 16.38 17 1960 - 2024
Zimbabwe 15.68 18 1960 - 2024
Malawi 15 19 1960 - 2024
Chad 14.8 20 1960 - 2024
Rwanda 13.29 21 1960 - 2024
Togo 7.69 22 1960 - 2024
R. of Congo 6.05 23 1960 - 2024
Mauritania 4.76 24 1960 - 2024
Botswana 4.13 25 1960 - 2024
Gambia 3.48 26 1960 - 2024
G.-Bissau 3.24 27 1960 - 2024
Gabon 3.18 28 1960 - 2024
Namibia 2.58 29 1960 - 2024
Mauritius 2.2 30 1960 - 2024
Swaziland 1.74 31 1960 - 2024
Lesotho 1.64 32 1960 - 2024
Cape Verde 0.59 33 1960 - 2024
Seychelles 0.16 34 1960 - 2024
S.T.&Principe 0.15 35 1960 - 2024


New - World map: Mobile phone subscribers




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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