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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 0.0 | 0.0 | 17.5 | 56.7 | 138.9 | 146.2 | 153.3 | 158.9 | 143.0 | 143.0 | 145.9 | 140.5 | 131.9 | 125.9 | 121.6 | 130.5 | 132.4 |
| Bolivia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8 | 25.8 | 70.2 | 80.3 | 89.8 | 97.0 | 95.7 | 91.6 | 89.7 | 95.9 | 98.6 | 99.2 | 98.9 | 99.6 | |
| Brazil | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 46.2 | 100.3 | 118.3 | 124.2 | 134.4 | 138.0 | 125.6 | 118.0 | 106.1 | 99.6 | 95.4 | 96.5 | 102.5 | 98.9 |
| Chile | 0.0 | 0.1 | 22.2 | 65.3 | 116.7 | 129.9 | 138.1 | 135.1 | 133.9 | 129.9 | 128.9 | 125.3 | 134.6 | 131.6 | 129.9 | 136.3 | 134.7 |
| Colombia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.8 | 51.8 | 99.2 | 102.0 | 107.2 | 108.8 | 118.5 | 121.7 | 123.2 | 128.7 | 130.9 | 132.1 | 132.9 | 145.7 | 155.8 |
| Cuba | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 8.9 | 11.6 | 14.9 | 17.6 | 22.3 | 29.4 | 35.2 | 40.7 | 47.4 | 53.4 | 59.0 | 63.1 | 67.8 |
| Ecuador | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3.8 | 45.4 | 98.6 | 100.6 | 106.3 | 105.7 | 104.1 | 79.9 | 84.4 | 87.7 | 92.7 | 91.4 | 88.0 | 94.3 | 97.2 |
| Mexico | 0.0 | 0.1 | 14.4 | 44.7 | 81.2 | 82.9 | 87.0 | 91.0 | 88.4 | 89.6 | 91.9 | 93.1 | 96.9 | 97.6 | 97.5 | 99.8 | 100.3 |
| Panama | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 52.9 | 183.4 | 182.6 | 165.5 | 162.4 | 177.6 | 145.1 | 127.7 | 128.9 | 137.4 | 137.6 | 142.2 | 147.7 | 156.3 |
| Paraguay | 0.0 | 0.0 | 16.0 | 34.5 | 102.6 | 111.7 | 114.7 | 117.4 | 119.9 | 120.0 | 119.5 | 117.5 | 115.5 | 118.9 | 118.8 | 119.0 | 127.7 |
| Peru | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 19.8 | 99.6 | 110.1 | 98.8 | 99.2 | 105.0 | 111.5 | 118.6 | 123.1 | 130.9 | 121.4 | 118.2 | 127.8 | 122.0 |
| Uruguay | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 34.8 | 132.3 | 141.5 | 148.2 | 155.8 | 162.1 | 151.8 | 149.9 | 149.0 | 130.1 | 132.0 | 132.7 | 136.9 | 138.5 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 22.3 | 46.9 | 97.1 | 98.9 | 103.7 | 103.5 | 101.1 | 95.3 | 89.8 | 80.1 | 69.5 | 63.8 | 58.1 | 60.3 | 63.4 |