Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions
| Year | Value | Footnotes |
|---|
| 1990 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 300 | |
| 1992 | 6000 | |
| 1993 | 10000 | |
| 1994 | 27744 | |
| 1995 | 88526 | |
| 1996 | 223002 | |
| 1997 | 484883 | |
| 1998 | 747160 | |
| 1999 | 1370630 | |
| 2000 | 3263200 | |
| 2001 | 7750499 | |
| 2002 | 17608756 | |
| 2003 | 36135135 | |
| 2004 | 73722222 | |
| 2005 | 120000000 | |
| 2006 | 150674000 | |
| 2007 | 171200000 | |
| 2008 | 199522340 | |
| 2009 | 230500000 | |
| 2010 | 237689224 | |
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions per 100 population
| Year | Value | Footnotes |
|---|
| 1990 | 0 | |
| 1991 | 0 | |
| 1992 | 0 | |
| 1993 | 0.01 | |
| 1994 | 0.02 | |
| 1995 | 0.06 | |
| 1996 | 0.15 | |
| 1997 | 0.33 | |
| 1998 | 0.51 | |
| 1999 | 0.93 | |
| 2000 | 2.22 | |
| 2001 | 5.3 | |
| 2002 | 12.1 | |
| 2003 | 24.94 | |
| 2004 | 51.09 | |
| 2005 | 83.42 | |
| 2006 | 104.99 | |
| 2007 | 119.47 | |
| 2008 | 139.37 | |
| 2009 | 161.12 | |
| 2010 | 166.26 | |
Source: United Nations Statistics Division