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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.1 | 18.4 | 20.2 | 22.9 | 25.0 | 30.4 | 46.6 | 49.1 | 53.1 | 55.0 | 55.0 | 54.3 | 61.7 | 58.0 |
| Kenya | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 12.9 | 60.1 | 65.9 | 70.3 | 71.1 | 73.4 | 80.5 | 81.4 | 87.5 | 99.1 | 107.1 | 118.1 | 122.8 | 121.7 |
| Rwanda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 2.5 | 34.4 | 42.0 | 52.5 | 60.3 | 68.1 | 75.2 | 74.8 | 72.1 | 77.4 | 75.3 | 80.7 | 81.0 | 79.9 |
| South Sudan | 15.4 | 17.6 | 21.5 | 25.7 | 25.6 | 25.9 | 24.4 | 26.2 | 18.4 | 21.3 | 12.7 | 30.5 | 30.0 | ||||
| United Republic of Tanzania | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 46.5 | 55.3 | 57.0 | 55.7 | 62.7 | 75.5 | 73.6 | 71.0 | 74.9 | 79.6 | 83.0 | 85.0 | 91.9 |
| Uganda | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 39.7 | 50.1 | 47.7 | 51.2 | 56.0 | 54.0 | 58.9 | 62.2 | 58.9 | 59.1 | 62.4 | 65.7 | 70.0 |