Mobile broadband (3G or better) population coverage

Coverage by 3G or higher technology has reached 96 per cent of the world's population.

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International Telecommunication Union. (2025). Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile network coverage. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-network-coverage/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8ZD9776NAS1TRNZH7ZVYD9KTBA

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MLA

International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile network coverage." 2025, https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-network-coverage/. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8ZD9776NAS1TRNZH7ZVYD9KTBA.

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Chicago

International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile network coverage." 2025. https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-network-coverage/. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8ZD9776NAS1TRNZH7ZVYD9KTBA.

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@misc{itu2025mobiled9ktba, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile network coverage}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_8ZD9776NAS1TRNZH7ZVYD9KTBA}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-network-coverage/. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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