Mobile cellular subscriptions in Pre-demographic dividend
Pre-demographic dividend: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 783.02 million in 2022. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Pre-demographic dividend, 1960–2022
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
The most recent figure for mobile cellular subscriptions in Pre-demographic dividend is 783.02 million, measured in 2022.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and up 77.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Pre-demographic dividend peaked at 812.73 million in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0, 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 138,788 | 0 | 733,698 | 10 |
| 2000s | 84.20 million | 1.95 million | 267.86 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 543.19 million | 326.57 million | 725.26 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 794.26 million | 783.02 million | 812.73 million | 3 |
More infrastructure data for Pre-demographic dividend
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.6589 per 100 people (2022)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 5.21 million (2022)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 86.78 per 100 people (2022)
- Air transport, passengers carried 26.83 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 380,555 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 577.92 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 3,570 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 3,399 cubic meters (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 12.3% (2022)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, industry 5.7% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Pre-demographic dividend was 783.02 million in 2022, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The highest recorded value was 812.73 million in 2021.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Pre-demographic dividend?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Pre-demographic dividend?
- Over the last ten years it is up 77.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pre-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. 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.