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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 45.1 | 98.0 | 100.0 | 105.7 | 105.2 | 103.6 | 79.6 | 84.1 | 87.4 | 92.5 | 91.4 | 88.3 | 95.0 | 98.1 | 101.0 |
| Venezuela, RB | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.2 | 46.7 | 96.8 | 98.6 | 103.4 | 103.3 | 100.9 | 95.2 | 89.7 | 80.1 | 69.6 | 63.8 | 58.2 | 60.2 | 66.5 | 70.2 |
| 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 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 11.8 | 69.8 | 71.5 | 73.3 | 81.1 | 84.5 | 89.8 | 96.1 | 102.4 | 103.0 | 135.6 | 145.5 | 153.6 | 162.7 | 166.3 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Angola | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 40.4 | 49.9 | 50.8 | 50.8 | 51.7 | 49.3 | 44.6 | 44.1 | 42.5 | 45.8 | 43.8 | 44.4 | 66.6 | 70.1 |
| Congo, Rep. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 15.1 | 83.3 | 84.3 | 90.4 | 95.9 | 99.1 | 102.3 | 103.9 | 94.5 | 91.2 | 91.1 | 97.7 | 95.9 | 93.6 | 94.9 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 10.2 | 33.6 | 38.6 | 38.7 | 37.9 | 36.9 | 36.7 | 38.2 | 36.2 | 36.6 | 36.9 | 43.3 | 46.4 | 49.5 | |
| Gabon | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 50.3 | 93.6 | 133.0 | 138.5 | 143.5 | 148.2 | 138.2 | 141.1 | 123.5 | 132.5 | 132.0 | 131.3 | 132.3 | 123.2 | 122.6 |
| Nigeria | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 52.4 | 55.5 | 64.0 | 70.3 | 74.8 | 79.1 | 79.0 | 72.4 | 84.3 | 88.1 | 95.4 | 89.3 | 99.6 | 98.5 |