Mobile subscriptions in Nigeria

Nigeria had 71 mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2013.

Measure: Mobile phone subscriptions per 100 people Unit: Subscriptions per 100 people Data: 1960 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Nigeria, 2024 71 Subscriptions per 100 people
Change from 2023 −28per 100 people 2023: 98 per 100 people
World, 2024 110 per 100 people Official aggregate

Mobile subscriptions in Nigeria 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 2025
Period NigeriaWorld
2025 – 112 per 100 people
2024 71 per 100 people 110 per 100 people
2023 98 per 100 people 110 per 100 people
2022 100 per 100 people 108 per 100 people
2021 89 per 100 people 107 per 100 people
2020 95 per 100 people 105 per 100 people
2019 88 per 100 people 106 per 100 people
2018 84 per 100 people 103 per 100 people
2017 72 per 100 people 101 per 100 people
2016 79 per 100 people 99 per 100 people
2015 79 per 100 people 96 per 100 people
2014 75 per 100 people 97 per 100 people
2013 70 per 100 people 93 per 100 people
2012 64 per 100 people 89 per 100 people
2011 56 per 100 people 84 per 100 people
2010 52 per 100 people 77 per 100 people
2009 46 per 100 people 68 per 100 people
2008 40 per 100 people 60 per 100 people
2007 26 per 100 people 51 per 100 people
2006 22 per 100 people 42 per 100 people
2005 13 per 100 people 34 per 100 people
2004 6 per 100 people –
2003 2 per 100 people –
2002 1 per 100 people –
2001 0 per 100 people –

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −28 from 98 per 100 people in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 75 per 100 people, the figure has changed by −4.
  • 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 Nigeria
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