Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service using cellular technology, which provide access to the public switched telephone network. Post-paid and prepaid subscriptions are included.
| 1970 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 17.9 | 19.7 | 22.3 | 24.3 | 29.6 | 45.2 | 47.7 | 51.5 | 53.3 | 53.3 | 52.6 | 59.7 | 56.3 | 63.2 |
| Kenya | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 60.0 | 65.7 | 70.0 | 70.8 | 73.0 | 80.1 | 81.0 | 87.0 | 98.6 | 106.5 | 117.6 | 122.3 | 121.2 | 120.6 |
| Rwanda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 34.4 | 42.0 | 52.5 | 60.3 | 68.2 | 75.3 | 74.9 | 72.3 | 77.7 | 75.6 | 81.2 | 81.6 | 80.6 | 91.5 |
| South Sudan | 15.4 | 17.5 | 21.4 | 25.6 | 25.6 | 26.1 | 24.9 | 27.2 | 18.9 | 21.3 | 30.2 | 48.5 | 46.6 | |||||
| Tanzania | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 46.9 | 55.8 | 57.5 | 56.2 | 63.3 | 76.2 | 74.4 | 71.8 | 75.7 | 80.6 | 84.0 | 86.0 | 93.0 | 105.4 |
| Uganda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 39.6 | 50.1 | 47.6 | 51.1 | 56.0 | 53.9 | 58.9 | 62.1 | 58.9 | 59.1 | 62.3 | 65.6 | 70.1 | 76.3 |