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South Africa Mobile Subscriptions

179.3as of 2024Reported+4.6% vs 2023

Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Source: World Bank — World Development Indicators. Retrieved 15 Oct 2026.

Trend

2000 – 2024 · World Bank

History

most recent 12 periods · World Bank
PeriodMobile Subscriptions
2024179.3
2023171.5
2022160.7
2021163.1
2020158.4
2019162.7
2018157.7
2017153.5
2016143.9
2015155.1
2014142.6
2013140.6

Mobile Subscriptions across Africa

All 54 countries →
CountryMobile SubscriptionsPeriod
Nigeria70.82024
Kenya126.52024
Egypt97.12024
Ghana113.62024
Ethiopia65.12024
Tanzania126.62024

Mobile Subscriptions in every African country

46 countries carry a recent mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people figure. Each opens its own page with the history, the source and the API request.

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