Mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, high-income countries

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In high-income countries, this level rises to 142 mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants which is twice the level in low-income countries where there are 70 mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.

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International Telecommunication Union. (2025). Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Subscriptions. Retrieved 14 September 2026, from StatOrigin: https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4PT

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International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Subscriptions." 2025, https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-subscriptions/. Accessed 14 September 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4PT.

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International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Subscriptions." 2025. https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-subscriptions/. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4PT.

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@misc{itu2025mobile, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Subscriptions}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4PT}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-subscriptions/. Accessed 14 September 2026.} }

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