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.
France, 2023
117
Change from 2022
+1per 100 people
European Union, 2022
124 per 100 people
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2023
126 per 100 people
Position in 2023
94th of 172
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.
| Period | France | European 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.
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