Mobile phone ownership rate (individuals aged 10+)

Globally, 82 per cent of individuals 10 years or older own a mobile phone.

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APA

International Telecommunication Union. (2025). Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile phone ownership. Retrieved September 14, 2026, from https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-phone-ownership/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_G3RS20X08DYR1ET680J1997GP7

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MLA

International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile phone ownership." 2025, https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-phone-ownership/. Accessed 14 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_G3RS20X08DYR1ET680J1997GP7.

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Chicago

International Telecommunication Union. "Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile phone ownership." 2025. https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-phone-ownership/. Accessed September 14, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_G3RS20X08DYR1ET680J1997GP7.

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BibTeX

@misc{itu2025mobile997gp7, author = {{International Telecommunication Union}}, title = {Measuring digital development: Facts and Figures 2025 - Mobile phone ownership}, year = {2025}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_G3RS20X08DYR1ET680J1997GP7}, note = {Original source: https://www.itu.int/itu-d/reports/statistics/2025/10/15/ff25-mobile-phone-ownership/. Accessed September 14, 2026.} }

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Record last modified 17 September 2026. Value type: estimate. Update cadence: annual. This page is permanently addressable at statorigin.org/stat/stat_G3RS20X08DYR1ET680J1997GP7.