Mobile phone subscriptions

Per 100 inhabitants

This indicator shows the number of subscriptions to public mobile telecommunication systems using cellular technology related to the population. The total number of mobile subscriptions in the country is divided by the number of inhabitants of the country and multiplied by 100. Active pre-paid cards are treated as subscriptions. One person may have more than one subscription.

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	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
EU (27 countries)	20	33	53	65 ⁽ⁱ⁾	71 ⁽ⁱ⁾	78 ⁽ⁱ⁾	87 ⁽ⁱ⁾	96	106	116	122	125
Euro area (changing composition)	23 ⁽ⁱ⁾	39 ⁽ⁱ⁾	61 ⁽ⁱ⁾	74 ⁽ⁱ⁾	78 ⁽ⁱ⁾	83 ⁽ⁱ⁾	..	..	..	..	..	..
Belgium	17	31	51	68	71	75	81	84	89	98	105	108
Bulgaria	2	4	9	20	32	45	62	80	107	129	137	139
Czech Republic	9	19	42	68	84	95	106	115	124	124	133	136
Denmark	36	49	63	74	83	89	96	101	107	116	120 ^(b)	124
Germany	17	29	59	68	72	79	90	96	104	118	131	132
Estonia	18	28	41	54	65	77	93	107	117	120	121	117
Ireland	26	38	63	73	77	86	94	103	112	115	122	119
Greece	19	36	54	73	85	81	84	112	125	145	169	180
Spain	16	38	61	73	82	89	91	99	105	109	110	111
France	19	34	49	61	63	68	72	77	82	87	91	95
Italy	36	52	77	90 ⁽ⁱ⁾	95 ⁽ⁱ⁾	99 ⁽ⁱ⁾	108 ⁽ⁱ⁾	122	137	152	152	151
Cyprus	17	22	32	45	59	77	90	104	113	124	129	133
Latvia	7	12	17	26	39	52	66 ⁽ⁱ⁾	81	95	97	98	99
Lithuania	8	10	14	29	47	61	89	127	139	145	149	148
Luxembourg	50	49	70	93	107	120	143	156	152	144	146	146
Hungary	10	16	30	49	68	78	86	92	99	110	122	118
Malta	5	6	29	57	70	73	77	81	86	90	94	102
Netherlands	22	43	68	76	76	83	91	97	113	118	123	122
Austria	29	53	76	82	84	88	98	94	92	89	87	83
Poland	5	10	17	25	36	46	60	76	96	109	116	118
Portugal	30	46	65	81	83	90	93	109	116	127	141	151
Romania	3	5	9	21	23	32	47	62	81	106	114	118
Slovenia	10	33	57	76	77	87	93	88	91	96	102	103
Slovakia	9	12	21	41	54	68	79	84	91	112	102 ^(b)	102
Finland	55	63	72	81	87	91	96	103	108	115	130	145
Sweden	44	58	72	81	89	98	98	101	106	111	119	126
United Kingdom	25	41	68	76	84	91 ⁽ⁱ⁾	100 ⁽ⁱ⁾	109	116	121	126	130
Iceland	38	59	77	88	91	97	100	90	95	106	107	106
Liechtenstein	24	30	31	33	34	74	75	79	82	91	97	97
Norway	48	62	75	84	86	89	99	103	105	108	111	111
Switzerland	24	43	65	73	79	85	85	92	100	109	117	121
Montenegro	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Croatia	4 ⁽ⁱ⁾	8	25	39	53	57	64	82	97	107	110	91
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	122	95
Turkey	5	12	23	27	34	40	49	61	73	89	93	88

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(i) - see metadata
(b) - break in time series

Source: Eurostat