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Mobile Phone Penetration (As % of Population) rose 2.54% to 65.0% in Laos in 2021

Mobile Phone Penetration (As % of Population) (%), 2021
Telcos & Hi-Tech | Laos | March 1, 2023
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Mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population rose 2.54% to 65.0% in Laos in 2021, according to World Bank.

Historically, mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population in Laos reached an all time high of 85.4% in 2011 and an all time low of 0.006% in 1992. When compared to Laos's main peers, mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population in Cambodia amounted to 120%, 122% in China, 169% in Thailand and 139% in Vietnam in 2021.

Laos has been ranked 134th within the group of 144 countries we follow in terms of mobile phone penetration as a percentage of population, 27 places below the position seen 10 years ago.

Mobile Phone Penetration (As % of Population) Unit 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Cambodia % 135% 127% 117% 121% 132%
China % 92.7% 97.4% 104% 116% 123%
India % 75.7% 84.3% 86.3% 85.9% 83.3%
Japan % 126% 131% 136% 142% 148%
Laos % 54.9% 57.4% 53.0% 51.5% 64.3%
Malaysia % 142% 138% 132% 131% 136%
Myanmar % 79.6% 97.5% 91.7% 116% 154%
Russia % 157% 158% 156% 157% 164%
Thailand % 146% 169% 171% 176% 182%
USA % 102% 103% 103% 105% 106%
Vietnam % 131% 130% 128% 148% 142%