Mobile cellular subscriptions in Post-demographic dividend
Post-demographic dividend: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 124.35 per 100 people in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Post-demographic dividend, 1960–2022
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU). Measured in per 100 people.
Analysis
Post-demographic dividend recorded 124.35 per 100 people for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2022. That is the highest value across all 51 years on record.
The figure is up 1.5% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Post-demographic dividend peaked at 124.35 per 100 people in 2022 and was at its lowest, 0 per 100 people, in 1960.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 0 per 100 people | 6 |
| 1980s | 0.1768 per 100 people | 0.0026 per 100 people | 0.7407 per 100 people | 10 |
| 1990s | 10.79 per 100 people | 1.1 per 100 people | 34.5 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2000s | 78.41 per 100 people | 47.75 per 100 people | 104.36 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2010s | 113.86 per 100 people | 105.08 per 100 people | 120.33 per 100 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 122.3 per 100 people | 120.08 per 100 people | 124.35 per 100 people | 3 |
More infrastructure data for Post-demographic dividend
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 35.97 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 385.20 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 1.39 billion (2022)
- Air transport, passengers carried 2.02 billion (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 17.87 million (2023)
- Air transport, freight 122,852 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 8,884 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 8,008 cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 17.3% (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 41.9% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Post-demographic dividend?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Post-demographic dividend was 124.35 per 100 people in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 124.35 per 100 people in 2022.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Post-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 per 100 people in 1960.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Post-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Post-demographic dividend data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.