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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Botswana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 30.6 | 116.2 | 139.9 | 146.1 | 151.7 | 157.0 | 157.7 | 147.2 | 143.0 | 147.1 | 160.7 | 161.9 | 173.3 | 178.2 | 179.0 |
| Comoros | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 25.2 | 32.4 | 41.6 | 49.9 | 53.8 | 58.5 | 61.3 | 62.0 | 64.7 | 73.1 | 97.4 | 104.3 | 100.5 | 109.9 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.7 | 17.2 | 22.1 | 27.4 | 37.3 | 47.3 | 46.6 | 34.4 | 40.6 | 40.5 | 39.9 | 42.5 | 47.3 | 48.7 | 53.2 |
| Lesotho | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 12.8 | 49.5 | 61.2 | 75.9 | 87.1 | 102.8 | 101.7 | 107.2 | 110.4 | 72.5 | 76.1 | 69.9 | 80.5 | 68.1 | 69.4 |
| Madagascar | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 34.8 | 38.0 | 37.4 | 35.1 | 39.2 | 42.1 | 30.6 | 32.6 | 38.8 | 46.1 | 54.8 | 53.9 | 64.7 | 75.5 |
| Malawi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 21.0 | 25.9 | 29.6 | 32.7 | 33.9 | 38.4 | 40.9 | 43.1 | 38.2 | 46.8 | 51.2 | 59.6 | 59.6 | 61.1 |
| Mauritius | 0.0 | 0.2 | 14.8 | 52.2 | 92.8 | 100.6 | 115.3 | 118.8 | 127.9 | 136.4 | 140.4 | 142.5 | 148.8 | 145.1 | 149.1 | 154.1 | 164.3 | 165.3 |
| Mozambique | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 31.4 | 33.2 | 36.2 | 49.5 | 71.7 | 75.8 | 55.0 | 42.2 | 48.5 | 49.4 | 50.2 | 43.2 | 45.8 | |
| Namibia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 22.8 | 92.4 | 102.2 | 97.8 | 121.1 | 115.5 | 107.4 | 109.1 | 106.9 | 107.1 | 106.5 | 106.2 | 103.7 | 100.6 | 87.7 |
| Seychelles | 0.0 | 0.0 | 31.2 | 65.9 | 123.8 | 130.5 | 137.1 | 134.0 | 144.6 | 138.2 | 138.3 | 148.8 | 155.6 | 164.6 | 152.5 | 149.5 | 163.4 | 184.9 |
| South Africa | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.7 | 68.6 | 96.2 | 120.8 | 127.2 | 140.6 | 142.6 | 155.1 | 143.9 | 153.5 | 157.7 | 162.7 | 158.4 | 163.1 | 160.7 | 171.5 |
| Eswatini | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.2 | 18.5 | 65.3 | 68.6 | 71.6 | 79.0 | 80.7 | 82.3 | 86.6 | 88.7 | 89.2 | 91.1 | 104.7 | 118.6 | 121.5 | 128.4 |
| 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 |
| Zambia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 8.1 | 39.0 | 56.5 | 70.6 | 67.5 | 63.6 | 70.5 | 71.0 | 77.1 | 86.1 | 93.0 | 100.2 | 103.3 | 98.4 | 102.1 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 5.2 | 57.6 | 67.7 | 91.3 | 97.3 | 83.0 | 88.6 | 88.2 | 95.1 | 85.9 | 86.4 | 85.0 | 90.3 | 89.0 | 91.6 |