Mobile cellular subscriptions rose 6.87% to 185 mil in Nigeria in 2019, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile cellular subscriptions in Nigeria reached an all time high of 185 mil in 2019 and an all time low of 0.009 mil in 1993. When compared to Nigeria's main peers, mobile cellular subscriptions in Benin amounted to 10.3 mil, 21.4 mil in Cameroon, 7.66 mil in Chad and 8.78 mil in Niger in 2019.
Nigeria has been ranked 8th within the group of 178 countries we follow in terms of mobile cellular subscriptions, 7 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 |
| Algeria | mil | 43.2 | 47.0 | 45.8 | 47.2 | 45.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Benin | mil | 9.32 | 8.89 | 8.77 | 9.46 | 10.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burkina Faso | mil | 14.4 | 15.4 | 17.9 | 19.3 | 20.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Cameroon | mil | 18.2 | 18.7 | 20.1 | 18.5 | 21.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | mil | 1.24 | 1.25 | 1.18 | 1.28 | 1.60 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Chad | mil | 5.47 | 5.59 | 6.37 | 6.98 | 7.66 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Gabon | mil | 2.82 | 2.96 | 2.66 | 2.93 | 2.99 | ||||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 9.75 | 7.66 | 6.02 | 6.02 | 3.72 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 22.7 | 20.2 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 8.96 | 7.47 | 8.78 | 8.78 | 12.1 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Nigeria | mil | 151 | 154 | 145 | 173 | 185 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sudan | mil | 27.9 | 27.8 | 28.6 | 30.1 | 33.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Togo | mil | 4.86 | 5.51 | 6.07 | 6.14 | 6.24 | ... |
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