Arab Region | Number of mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (Arab countries,1990–2021)
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
698
Source
| Year | Location |
value
Min
Max
|
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Algeria | 4781 |
| 1996 | Algeria | 11700 |
| 1998 | Algeria | 18000 |
| 2004 | Algeria | 4882414 |
| 2013 | Algeria | 39517045 |
| 2017 | Algeria | 45845665 |
| 2021 | Algeria | 47015757 |
| 1991 | Bahrain | 7354 |
| 1994 | Bahrain | 17616 |
| 2004 | Bahrain | 649764 |
| 2013 | Bahrain | 2210190 |
| 1998 | Djibouti | 220 |
| 2001 | Djibouti | 3000 |
| 2002 | Djibouti | 15000 |
| 2006 | Djibouti | 44817 |
| 2014 | Djibouti | 287049 |
| 2020 | Djibouti | 434035 |
| 1998 | Egypt | 90786 |
| 2000 | Egypt | 1359900 |
| 2010 | Egypt | 70661005 |
| 2011 | Egypt | 83425145 |
| 2015 | Egypt | 94016152 |
| 2021 | Egypt | 103449734 |
| 2004 | Iraq | 574000 |
| 2015 | Iraq | 33559000 |
| 2021 | Iraq | 40749364 |
| 1990 | Jordan | 1439 |
| 2003 | Jordan | 1325313 |
| 2015 | Jordan | 13797968 |
| 1990 | Comoros | 0 |
| 1995 | Comoros | 0 |
| 2001 | Comoros | 0 |
| 2012 | Comoros | 283511 |
| 2019 | Comoros | 575218 |
| 1996 | Lebanon | 198000 |
| 2010 | Lebanon | 2863664 |
| 2019 | Lebanon | 4237962 |
| 1992 | Libya | 0 |
| 1994 | Libya | 0 |
| 2005 | Libya | 2000000 |
| 2006 | Libya | 3927562 |
| 2012 | Libya | 9587000 |
| 1998 | Kuwait | 250000 |
| 2003 | Kuwait | 1420000 |
| 2004 | Kuwait | 1774567 |
| 2006 | Kuwait | 1179573 |
| 2018 | Kuwait | 7099848 |
| 1990 | Mauritania | 0 |
| 1992 | Mauritania | 0 |
| 1994 | Mauritania | 0 |
| 2008 | Mauritania | 2091992 |
| 2015 | Mauritania | 3644483 |
| 2016 | Mauritania | 3614172 |
| 2018 | Mauritania | 4566502 |
| 1995 | Morocco | 29511 |
| 1996 | Morocco | 42942 |
| 1997 | Morocco | 74472 |
| 1999 | Morocco | 369174 |
| 2000 | Morocco | 2342000 |
| 2010 | Oman | 4606133 |
| 2014 | Oman | 6194169 |
| 2017 | Oman | 6943910 |
| 1992 | Palestine | 0 |
| 2001 | Palestine | 175941 |
| 2002 | Palestine | 251602 |
| 2004 | Palestine | 436628 |
| 2012 | Palestine | 3134700 |
| 1993 | Qatar | 4289 |
| 1995 | Qatar | 18469 |
| 1996 | Qatar | 28772 |
| 1999 | Qatar | 84365 |
| 2010 | Qatar | 2186447 |
| 2012 | Qatar | 2601210 |
| 2005 | Saudi Arabia | 14164184 |
| 2006 | Saudi Arabia | 19700000 |
| 2008 | Saudi Arabia | 36000000 |
| 2013 | Saudi Arabia | 53104000 |
| 2008 | Somalia | 627000 |
| 1997 | Sudan | 3800 |
| 2002 | Sudan | 190778 |
| 2004 | Sudan | 1048558 |
| 2018 | Sudan | 30100412 |
| 1997 | Syria | 0 |
| 2012 | Syria | 12980000 |
| 2013 | Syria | 12291150 |
| 2017 | Syria | 15386000 |
| 2018 | Syria | 17129676 |
| 2021 | Syria | 16990714 |
| 2006 | Tunisia | 7339047 |
| 2010 | Tunisia | 11114206 |
| 2019 | Tunisia | 14771048 |
| 1993 | United Arab Emirates | 70586 |
| 2001 | United Arab Emirates | 1909303 |
| 2004 | United Arab Emirates | 3683117 |
| 2012 | United Arab Emirates | 13775252 |
| 2015 | United Arab Emirates | 17942560 |
| 2016 | United Arab Emirates | 19905093 |
| 2007 | Yemen | 4349000 |
| 2014 | Yemen | 17100000 |
| 2021 | Yemen | 15178000 |
Arab Region | Number of mobile-cellular telephone subscriptions (Arab countries,1990–2021)
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
698
Source