Mobile cellular subscriptions rose 8.61% to 22.1 mil in Burkina Faso in 2020, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile cellular subscriptions in Burkina Faso reached an all time high of 22.1 mil in 2020 and an all time low of < 0.001 mil in 1996. When compared to Burkina Faso's main peers, mobile cellular subscriptions in Ghana amounted to 40.5 mil, 40.1 mil in Ivory Coast, 25.3 mil in Mali and 14.2 mil in Niger in 2020.
Burkina Faso has been ranked 55th within the group of 177 countries we follow in terms of mobile cellular subscriptions, 41 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chad | mil | 5.47 | 5.59 | 6.37 | 6.98 | 7.66 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ghana | mil | 35.0 | 38.3 | 36.8 | 40.9 | 40.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Guinea | mil | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.9 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ivory Coast | mil | 25.4 | 27.5 | 31.7 | 33.8 | 37.4 | ||||||||||||||||
| Liberia | mil | 3.65 | 3.12 | 2.66 | 2.66 | 1.94 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Libya | mil | 9.75 | 7.66 | 6.02 | 6.02 | 3.72 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Mali | mil | 22.7 | 20.2 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 22.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mauritania | mil | 3.64 | 3.61 | 4.07 | 4.57 | 4.71 | ||||||||||||||||
| Niger | mil | 8.96 | 7.47 | 8.78 | 8.78 | 12.1 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Togo | mil | 4.86 | 5.51 | 6.07 | 6.14 | 6.24 | ... |
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