Mobile subscriptions in Namibia

Namibia had 85 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2009.

Measure: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Namibia, 2024 85 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2023 −3per 100 people 2023: 88 per 100 people
World, 2024 110 per 100 people Official aggregate

Mobile subscriptions in Namibia 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 2024
Period Namibia
2024 85 per 100 people
2023 88 per 100 people
2022 101 per 100 people
2021 104 per 100 people
2020 106 per 100 people
2019 107 per 100 people
2018 107 per 100 people
2017 107 per 100 people
2016 109 per 100 people
2015 107 per 100 people
2014 116 per 100 people
2013 121 per 100 people
2012 98 per 100 people
2011 102 per 100 people
2010 92 per 100 people
2009 79 per 100 people
2008 51 per 100 people
2007 40 per 100 people
2006 31 per 100 people
2005 23 per 100 people
2004 15 per 100 people
2003 12 per 100 people
2002 8 per 100 people
2001 6 per 100 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −3 from 88 per 100 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 116 per 100 people, the figure has changed by −30.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 110 per 100 people.

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 2024 for Namibia
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