Mobile cellular subscriptions in Tanzania
Tanzania: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 86.77 million in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in Tanzania, 1960–2024
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
Tanzania recorded 86.77 million for mobile cellular subscriptions in 2024. That is the highest value across all 53 years on record.
That represents a change of up 23.6% on the previous year and up 172.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Tanzania peaked at 86.77 million in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
Tanzania ranks 22nd of 213 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 | 12,200 | 0 | 50,950 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.15 million | 110,518 | 17.47 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 34.40 million | 20.98 million | 47.69 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.49 million | 51.22 million | 86.77 million | 5 |
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More infrastructure data for Tanzania
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 0.1142 per 100 people (2024)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 78,299 (2024)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 126.56 per 100 people (2024)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.91 million (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 81,604 (2023)
- Air transport, freight 20.04 million ton-km (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 84 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 1,298 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 31.2% (2024)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 10.2% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Tanzania?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in Tanzania was 86.77 million in 2024, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 86.77 million in 2024.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does Tanzania rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- Tanzania ranks 22nd out of 213 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 172.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tanzania 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.