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

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 September 14, 2026, from https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-subscriptions/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_E10C4D334BB59RP7WFKWR9W6V6

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MLA

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 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_E10C4D334BB59RP7WFKWR9W6V6.

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Chicago

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 September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_E10C4D334BB59RP7WFKWR9W6V6.

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BibTeX

@misc{itu2025mobiler9w6v6, 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_E10C4D334BB59RP7WFKWR9W6V6}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-subscriptions/. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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