What we count
Active SIMs and other mobile subscriber connections with access to a public mobile network.
Mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide
How many active mobile service subscriptions operators report worldwide.
Published value
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What lies behind this number
Active SIMs and other mobile subscriber connections with access to a public mobile network.
How the source derives it
The source combines official telecommunications statistics, household surveys and harmonised estimates for missing observations.
What one number cannot show
One subscription is not one person: some users have multiple SIMs and some connections belong to businesses or devices.
Source value
The displayed value is the latest global figure reported by World Bank / ITU — Mobile cellular subscriptions for 2025.
How the value is used: The value remains unchanged until a new aggregate figure is published.
Published value9,171,000,000subscriptions
- Period
- 2025
- Status
- published
- Primary data source
- World Bank / ITU — Mobile cellular subscriptions
How the number is calculated
We display the latest published global figure without a time-based calculation.
Formula used
V = latest published valueReference value9,171,000,0002025
Data typeunchangedwithout time calculation
DisplaypublishedWorld Bank / ITU — Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source value
World Bank / ITU — Mobile cellular subscriptions reports the latest published figure used on this page for 2025.
Value period
We display the latest published global figure without a time-based calculation.
Display
The published value is shown without moving final digits.
Where the data comes from
The source value comes from World Bank / ITU — Mobile cellular subscriptions and refers to 2025. It is the latest figure published by this source. The source combines official telecommunications statistics, household surveys and harmonised estimates for missing observations.
Latest published and verified source value
Primary data source
World Bank / ITU — Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source edition: 2026
Open source ↗- Publisher
- World Bank / ITU — Mobile cellular subscriptions
- Data period
- 2025
- Verified
- 13 August 2026
- Coverage
- Worldwide
- Use
- Direct display of the latest figure