Mobile subscriptions in France

France had 117 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 1960 to 2023 Source: World Bank
France, 2023 117 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2022 +1per 100 people 2022: 116 per 100 people
European Union, 2022 124 per 100 people Official aggregate Not the same period as France (2023).
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023 126 per 100 people Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2023 94th of 172 See the full ranking

Mobile subscriptions in France over time

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Subscriptions per 100 people. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people (subscriptions per 100 people), 2001 to 2023
Period FranceEuropean Union
2023 117 per 100 people –
2022 116 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2021 114 per 100 people 123 per 100 people
2020 110 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2019 110 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2018 107 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2017 106 per 100 people 123 per 100 people
2016 104 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2015 103 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2014 101 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2013 98 per 100 people 125 per 100 people
2012 97 per 100 people 124 per 100 people
2011 94 per 100 people 122 per 100 people
2010 91 per 100 people 118 per 100 people
2009 92 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2008 92 per 100 people 121 per 100 people
2007 89 per 100 people 115 per 100 people
2006 83 per 100 people 105 per 100 people
2005 78 per 100 people 95 per 100 people
2004 73 per 100 people 85 per 100 people
2003 69 per 100 people 77 per 100 people
2002 64 per 100 people 70 per 100 people
2001 62 per 100 people 63 per 100 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1 from 116 per 100 people in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 98 per 100 people, the figure has changed by +18.
  • Among the 172 countries with data for 2023, France has the 94th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2023 for France
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Telecommunication Union, World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database