Mobile-cellular subscriptions
RecordSTO-01M2HY9T64-ZTD2K066E4-BAY4RJ
Global · 2024
Mobile-cellular subscriptions worldwide were 9.1 billion in 2024 (ITU).
Mobile-cellular subscriptions: every country and year, and how it is measured
- Publisher
- ITU
- Authority tier
- T1 Official
- Locator
- Third paragraph
- Retrieved
- 14 Sep 2026
- Status
- Verified
What the source says
At 9.1 billion, the number of mobile-cellular subscriptions exceeds the total world population by 12.1 per cent.
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APA
International Telecommunication Union. (2024). Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Subscriptions. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-subscriptions/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4RJ
Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
- MLA
- International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Subscriptions." 2024, https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-subscriptions/. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4RJ.
- Chicago
- International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Subscriptions." 2024. https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-subscriptions/. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4RJ.
- BibTeX
- @misc{itu2024mobilebay4rj, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Subscriptions}, year = {2024}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4RJ}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2024/11/10/ff24-subscriptions/. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }
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Primary source
- Publisher
- International Telecommunication Union · homepage ↗
- Authority tier
- Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
- Report
- Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2024 - Subscriptions
- Type
- Report
- Published
- 27 November 2024
- Locator
- Third paragraph
- Retrieved
- 14 September 2026
- Link status
- Reachable (HTTP 200)
- Report licence
- See the source
Verification
- Status
- Verified
- Review protocol
- Editorial review
- Checked on
- 15 September 2026
- Last revision
- 15 September 2026
- Permanent URL
- /stat/stat_01M2HY9T64ZTD2K066E4BAY4RJ