Mobile cellular subscriptions fell 1.04% to 96.0 mil in South Africa in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile cellular subscriptions in South Africa reached an all time high of 97.0 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 0.004 mil in 1989. When compared to South Africa's main peers, mobile cellular subscriptions in Botswana amounted to 3.83 mil, 1.56 mil in Lesotho, 2.90 mil in Namibia and 1.24 mil in Swaziland in 2020.
South Africa has been ranked 17th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of mobile cellular subscriptions, 10 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Mobile Cellular Subscriptions | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
Angola | mil | 13.9 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 14.8 | ||||||||||||||||
Botswana | mil | 3.48 | 3.29 | 3.24 | 3.38 | 3.75 | ||||||||||||||||
Lesotho | mil | 2.14 | 2.28 | 2.38 | 1.58 | 1.68 | ||||||||||||||||
Mozambique | mil | 20.1 | 15.0 | 11.9 | 14.1 | 14.8 | ||||||||||||||||
Namibia | mil | 2.55 | 2.66 | 2.68 | 2.76 | 2.82 | ||||||||||||||||
South Africa | mil | 88.0 | 82.4 | 88.5 | 92.4 | 97.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Swaziland | mil | 0.941 | 0.995 | 1.05 | 1.05 | 1.18 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Zambia | mil | 11.6 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 15.5 | 17.2 | ||||||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | mil | 12.8 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 13.2 |