Mobile cellular subscriptions rose 5.51% to 54.0 mil in Tanzania in 2021, according to World Bank.
Historically, mobile cellular subscriptions in Tanzania reached an all time high of 54.0 mil in 2021 and an all time low of < 0.001 mil in 1994. When compared to Tanzania's main peers, mobile cellular subscriptions in Kenya amounted to 65.1 mil, 13.7 mil in Mozambique, 30.1 mil in Uganda and 20.2 mil in Zambia in 2021.
Tanzania has been ranked 29th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of mobile cellular subscriptions, 8 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 | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | mil | 37.8 | 28.9 | 35.4 | 36.5 | 37.1 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Ethiopia | mil | 42.3 | 51.2 | 39.6 | 39.5 | 41.9 | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Kenya | mil | 37.7 | 39.0 | 42.8 | 49.5 | 54.6 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malawi | mil | 6.57 | 7.18 | 7.77 | 7.08 | 8.90 | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | mil | 20.1 | 15.0 | 11.9 | 14.1 | 14.8 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | mil | 8.76 | 8.92 | 8.82 | 9.70 | 9.66 | ||||||||||||||||
| Somalia | mil | 5.84 | 6.65 | 7.12 | 7.65 | 8.23 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Africa | mil | 88.0 | 82.4 | 88.5 | 92.4 | 97.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | mil | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.90 | 2.70 | 2.79 | 1.92 | 2.22 | ... | ||||||
| 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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