Mobile cellular subscriptions in Mongolia
Mongolia: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 4.89 million in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Mongolia, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
The most recent figure for mobile cellular subscriptions in Mongolia is 4.89 million, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 61.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Mongolia peaked at 4.89 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
Mongolia ranks 126th of 213 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,649 | 0 | 34,562 | 10 |
| 2000s | 785,218 | 154,600 | 2.25 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.37 million | 2.51 million | 4.42 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.72 million | 4.36 million | 4.89 million | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Mongolia
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 14.94 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 519,169 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 140.67 per 100 people (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 773,702 (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 7,240 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 26.52 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 34.8 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 10,135 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 85.1% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 9.8% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Mongolia?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Mongolia was 4.89 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Mongolia?
- The highest recorded value was 4.89 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Mongolia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Mongolia rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Mongolia ranks 126th out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Mongolia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 61.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mongolia data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions. 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.