Mobile Subscriptions per 100 People by Country, 2000-2023

About This Dataset

Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people in twelve countries at six points from 2000 to 2023, using World Bank data. Figures above 100 are normal and reflect people holding more than one SIM rather than more than one phone per person.

✨ AI Insight

Russia leads at 180.8 subscriptions per 100 people in 2023, from just 2.2 in 2000 - the largest increase in the group at 178.6. Japan is close behind on 178.4 and South Africa on 171.5. Nigeria illustrates how fast the rollout was where it started from nothing: 0.0 in 2000 to 98.5 in 2023. Four countries here have fewer subscriptions per 100 people in 2023 than at their peak in this series: Brazil, down from 127.8 in 2015 to 101.0; Indonesia, from 129.5 to 125.2; Germany, from 128.4 to 124.7; and India, from 82.3 in 2020 to 80.6. India is the lowest of the twelve on this per-person measure.

Source: World Bank Open Data

Key Findings

Auto-computed highlights from this dataset

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Russia leads with 181 in 2023.

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India grew fastest: +26766.7% from 2000 to 2023 (0.30 → 80.60).

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Average value in 2023: 128 · median: 124.

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2023 recorded the highest combined total across all categories.

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Gap in 2023: Russia is 2.2× larger than India.