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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	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
EU (27 countries)	12	20	33	53	65 ⁽ⁱ⁾	71 ⁽ⁱ⁾	78 ⁽ⁱ⁾	87 ⁽ⁱ⁾	96	106	116	122
EU (25 countries)	12	21	35	56	68 ⁽ⁱ⁾	74 ⁽ⁱ⁾	81 ⁽ⁱ⁾	89 ⁽ⁱ⁾	98	107	116	123
EU (15 countries)	14	24	39	63	74 ⁽ⁱ⁾	79 ⁽ⁱ⁾	85 ⁽ⁱ⁾	92 ⁽ⁱ⁾	100	108	117	123
Euro area	13 ⁽ⁱ⁾	23 ⁽ⁱ⁾	39 ⁽ⁱ⁾	61 ⁽ⁱ⁾	74 ⁽ⁱ⁾	78 ⁽ⁱ⁾	83 ⁽ⁱ⁾	..	..	..	..	..
Belgium	10	17	31	51	68	71	75	81	84	89	96	102
Bulgaria	0	2	4	9	20	32	45	62	80	107	129	137
Czech Republic	5	9	19	42	68	84	95	106	115	124	124	133
Denmark	27	36	49	63	74	83	89	96	101	107	116	120 ^(b)
Germany	10	17	29	59	68	72	79	90	96	104	118	130
Estonia	10	18	28	41	54	65	77	93	107	117	120	121
Ireland	15	26	38	63	73	77	86	94	103	112	115	122
Greece	9	19	36	54	73	85	81	84	112	125	145	169
Spain	10	16	38	61	73	82	89	91	99	105	110	112
France	10	19	34	49	61	63	68	72	77	82	87	91
Italy	21	36	52	77	90 ⁽ⁱ⁾	95 ⁽ⁱ⁾	99 ⁽ⁱ⁾	108 ⁽ⁱ⁾	122	137	152	152
Cyprus	14	17	22	32	45	59	77	90	104	113	124	129
Latvia	3	7	12	17	26	39	52	66 ⁽ⁱ⁾	81	95	97	98
Lithuania	4	8	10	14	29	47	61	89	127	139	145	149
Luxembourg	16	50	49	70	93	107	120	143	156	152	144	146
Hungary	7	10	16	30	49	68	78	86	92	99	110	122
Malta	5	5	6	29	57	70	73	77	81	86	90	94
Netherlands	11	22	43	68	76	76	83	91	97	113	118	123
Austria	15	29	53	76	82	84	88	98	94	92	89	87
Poland	2	5	10	17	25	36	46	60	76	96	109	116
Portugal	15	30	46	65	81	83	90	93	109	116	127	140
Romania	1	3	5	9	21	23	32	47	62	81	106	114
Slovenia	5	10	33	57	76	77	87	93	88	91	96	102
Slovakia	4	9	12	21	41	54	68	79	84	91	100	102
Finland	41	55	63	72	81	87	91	96	103	108	115	130
Sweden	36	44	58	72	81	89	98	98	101	106	114	119
United Kingdom	15	25	41	68	76	84	91 ⁽ⁱ⁾	100 ⁽ⁱ⁾	109	116	121	126
Croatia	3 ⁽ⁱ⁾	4 ⁽ⁱ⁾	8	25	39	53	57	64	82	97	107	110
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	122
Turkey	3	5	12	23	27	34	40	49	61	73	89	93
Iceland	24	38	59	77	88	91	97	100	90	95	101	105
Liechtenstein	..	24	30	31	33	34	74	75	79	82	91	97
Norway	38	48	62	75	84	86	89	99	103	105	108	111
Switzerland	15	24	43	65	73	79	85	85	92	100	109	117

(..) - Not available
(i) - See explanatory text
(b) - Break in series

Source: Eurostat