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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 7.1 | 72.2 | 76.9 | 80.9 | 89.9 | 78.5 | 82.0 | 76.0 | 72.9 | 76.4 | 81.3 | 85.2 | 94.9 | 105.7 | 116.0 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 35.3 | 46.1 | 58.1 | 63.5 | 68.5 | 76.9 | 79.7 | 90.2 | 94.6 | 97.1 | 103.0 | 112.2 | 119.5 | |
| केप वर्दे | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 16.8 | 72.9 | 77.5 | 83.1 | 97.5 | 119.7 | 119.3 | 117.4 | 119.4 | 118.9 | 115.9 | 105.8 | 114.2 | 113.2 | 113.0 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 11.7 | 69.4 | 75.5 | 77.1 | 81.0 | 90.1 | 100.6 | 105.6 | 118.8 | 123.1 | 132.6 | 138.7 | 150.3 | 161.2 | 172.0 |
| Ghana | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 12.8 | 68.4 | 81.1 | 95.8 | 102.3 | 108.3 | 122.0 | 130.5 | 122.5 | 133.6 | 130.7 | 126.9 | 124.4 | 120.8 | 98.8 |
| Guinea Bissau | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.2 | 43.2 | 45.6 | 63.5 | 55.4 | 63.7 | 69.3 | 70.2 | 76.4 | 77.0 | 80.8 | 95.1 | 108.6 | 125.9 | 128.1 |
| Liberia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 38.7 | 47.9 | 54.4 | 57.1 | 70.7 | 78.4 | 65.5 | 54.9 | 38.4 | 32.1 | 31.4 | 32.1 | ||
| Mali | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 5.6 | 46.7 | 65.7 | 86.2 | 113.1 | 130.4 | 122.1 | 105.3 | 111.2 | 107.4 | 108.8 | 116.6 | 108.7 | 112.1 | |
| Niger | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 22.2 | 27.6 | 30.2 | 37.8 | 42.9 | 44.9 | 36.1 | 41.0 | 52.8 | 60.0 | 61.5 | 63.4 | 65.7 | |
| Nigeria | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12.8 | 52.4 | 55.5 | 64.0 | 70.3 | 74.8 | 79.1 | 79.0 | 72.4 | 84.3 | 88.1 | 95.4 | 89.3 | 99.6 | 98.5 |
| Senegal | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 15.4 | 66.0 | 72.2 | 86.2 | 95.8 | 101.6 | 102.5 | 101.0 | 101.8 | 104.1 | 109.3 | 113.6 | 115.3 | 118.2 | 123.9 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 32.1 | 33.5 | 33.7 | 59.6 | 69.2 | 80.4 | 87.1 | 89.8 | 84.1 | 87.0 | 87.0 | 101.6 | 107.9 | ||
| Gambia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 14.8 | 76.7 | 70.6 | 74.7 | 87.9 | 105.5 | 122.1 | 124.3 | 126.6 | 132.6 | 105.2 | 106.4 | 108.8 | 106.8 | |
| Togo | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 7.4 | 38.7 | 39.0 | 46.6 | 58.5 | 60.4 | 63.4 | 70.1 | 75.3 | 74.4 | 73.7 | 75.2 | 70.4 | 72.2 | 75.8 |