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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 41.3 | 90.6 | 96.5 | 99.7 | 102.9 | 110.4 | 108.0 | 115.2 | 110.0 | 110.9 | 104.9 | 103.4 | 105.0 | 107.8 | 111.6 |
| Bahrain | 0.0 | 1.0 | 30.7 | 82.3 | 129.2 | 140.4 | 174.6 | 175.8 | 177.4 | 183.9 | 209.5 | 159.5 | 139.7 | 129.1 | 119.4 | 128.1 | 139.6 | 153.9 |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 16.8 | 79.2 | 91.6 | 103.9 | 104.6 | 97.7 | 94.4 | 96.2 | 99.3 | 88.7 | 88.6 | 87.2 | 84.1 | 90.7 | 92.8 |
| Iraq | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 74.9 | 79.3 | 79.5 | 92.0 | 90.3 | 89.3 | 86.9 | 84.9 | 90.7 | 90.4 | 89.0 | 94.6 | 99.1 | 101.4 |
| Kuwait | 0.0 | 1.2 | 24.4 | 61.8 | 135.2 | 157.5 | 152.8 | 182.7 | 207.3 | 199.9 | 191.3 | 171.8 | 164.2 | 164.9 | 153.9 | 158.6 | 168.4 | 167.7 |
| Libya | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 34.1 | 167.7 | 157.6 | 155.1 | 162.3 | 132.2 | 149.2 | 115.5 | 89.3 | 164.0 | 165.0 | 195.1 | 193.0 | ||
| Qatar | 0.0 | 0.9 | 18.7 | 86.8 | 127.9 | 127.1 | 136.4 | 162.9 | 149.0 | 154.1 | 140.5 | 147.4 | 142.9 | 140.0 | 135.5 | 137.7 | 162.2 | 157.8 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.1 | 8.5 | 68.9 | 205.0 | 206.9 | 195.8 | 189.5 | 181.9 | 176.1 | 156.0 | 130.6 | 136.0 | 135.5 | 139.4 | 145.0 | 149.8 | 157.8 | |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 15.7 | 52.0 | 56.5 | 57.0 | 56.7 | 69.3 | 73.7 | 69.6 | 80.0 | 87.5 | 87.1 | 79.1 | 78.6 | 78.7 | 72.4 |
| Tunisia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 55.4 | 103.2 | 113.8 | 116.7 | 114.1 | 126.7 | 128.0 | 123.9 | 123.0 | 125.5 | 124.4 | 124.0 | 129.8 | 131.9 | 134.1 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1.8 | 40.9 | 97.2 | 157.5 | 162.9 | 183.7 | 205.1 | 204.2 | 206.8 | 220.4 | 214.7 | 214.8 | 209.0 | 194.5 | 186.3 | 195.6 | 199.4 |