Mobile cellular subscriptions rose 1.88% to 81.0 mil in the United Kingdom in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile cellular subscriptions in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 81.0 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 0.050 mil in 1985. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, mobile cellular subscriptions in Belgium amounted to 11.5 mil, 72.0 mil in France, 107 mil in Germany and 5.16 mil in Ireland in 2019.
United Kingdom has been ranked 19th within the group of 178 countries we follow in terms of mobile cellular subscriptions, 6 places below 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 |
| Austria | mil | 13.5 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 10.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Belgium | mil | 12.8 | 12.6 | 11.4 | 11.4 | 11.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Canada | mil | 29.8 | 30.8 | 31.7 | 33.2 | 34.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| France | mil | 66.7 | 67.6 | 69.0 | 70.4 | 72.0 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Germany | mil | 96.4 | 103 | 110 | 108 | 107 | ||||||||||||||||
| Iceland | mil | 0.384 | 0.402 | 0.401 | 0.411 | 0.413 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | mil | 4.90 | 4.88 | 4.90 | 4.97 | 5.16 | ||||||||||||||||
| Italy | mil | 87.7 | 86.0 | 83.9 | 83.3 | 79.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | mil | 0.807 | 0.764 | 0.794 | 0.799 | 0.836 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Netherlands | mil | 20.8 | 20.9 | 20.5 | 21.1 | 21.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Poland | mil | 54.5 | 53.0 | 50.5 | 48.3 | 48.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Spain | mil | 51.1 | 51.5 | 52.5 | 54.2 | 55.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| United Kingdom | mil | 79.3 | 78.9 | 79.1 | 78.9 | 80.7 |
Helgi Library 
