Mobile cellular subscriptions rose 10.9% to 19.1 mil in Zambia in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile cellular subscriptions in Zambia reached an all time high of 19.1 mil in 2020 and an all time low of 0.002 mil in 1994. When compared to Zambia's main peers, mobile cellular subscriptions in Angola amounted to 14.6 mil, 51.2 mil in Tanzania, 13.2 mil in Zimbabwe and 40.8 mil in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2020.
Zambia has been ranked 60th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of mobile cellular subscriptions, 38 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | mil | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.18 | 1.28 | 1.60 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Congo | mil | 5.22 | 5.42 | 5.06 | 5.00 | 4.95 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | mil | 37.8 | 28.9 | 35.4 | 36.5 | 37.1 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Kenya | mil | 37.7 | 39.0 | 42.8 | 49.5 | 54.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | mil | 39.7 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 43.5 | 47.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | mil | 20.2 | 22.8 | 24.9 | 24.5 | 25.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | mil | 11.6 | 12.0 | 13.4 | 15.5 | 17.2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | mil | 12.8 | 12.9 | 14.1 | 12.9 | 13.2 |
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