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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 30.0 | 63.6 | 72.5 | 81.2 | 89.1 | 92.7 | 92.5 | 97.2 | 104.1 | 116.2 | 122.7 | 120.5 | 121.5 | 124.2 | 128.2 |
| Russian Federation | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 83.0 | 165.1 | 141.5 | 144.2 | 151.0 | 152.5 | 156.4 | 157.2 | 155.5 | 156.7 | 163.6 | 163.1 | 169.1 | 168.5 | 180.8 |
| Brazil | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.3 | 46.7 | 101.7 | 120.0 | 126.1 | 136.6 | 140.3 | 127.8 | 120.1 | 108.1 | 101.6 | 97.4 | 98.6 | 104.8 | 101.2 | 101.0 |
| India | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.8 | 60.5 | 70.9 | 67.6 | 68.4 | 71.9 | 75.4 | 83.9 | 86.0 | 85.6 | 82.9 | 82.3 | 81.6 | 80.2 | 80.6 |
| 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 |