Mobile cellular subscriptions in East Asia & Pacific
East Asia & Pacific: Mobile cellular subscriptions was 3.24 billion in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Mobile cellular subscriptions in East Asia & Pacific, 1960–2025
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
Analysis
The most recent figure for mobile cellular subscriptions in East Asia & Pacific is 3.24 billion, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 34.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in East Asia & Pacific peaked at 3.24 billion in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.
That places East Asia & Pacific 7th out of 48 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1980s | 185,937 | 0 | 909,037 | 10 |
| 1990s | 44.18 million | 1.65 million | 159.91 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 745.80 million | 234.86 million | 1.44 billion | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.38 billion | 1.64 billion | 3.04 billion | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.12 billion | 3.01 billion | 3.24 billion | 6 |
Countries ranked near East Asia & Pacific
More infrastructure data for East Asia & Pacific
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 12 per 100 people (2025)
- Fixed telephone subscriptions 288.00 million (2025)
- Mobile cellular subscriptions 135.1 per 100 people (2025)
- Air transport, passengers carried 1.28 billion (2023)
- Air transport, freight 71,444 million ton-km (2023)
- Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 9.79 million (2023)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 10,106 billion cubic meters (2022)
- Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 4,306 cubic meters (2022)
- Individuals using the Internet 88.4% (2025)
- Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 15.0% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is mobile cellular subscriptions in East Asia & Pacific?
- Mobile cellular subscriptions in East Asia & Pacific was 3.24 billion in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
- What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The highest recorded value was 3.24 billion in 2025.
- What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in East Asia & Pacific?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
- How does East Asia & Pacific rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 7th out of 48 groups with data for 2025.
- Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific?
- Over the last ten years it is up 34.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific data come from?
- The figures come from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), published as part of Mobile cellular subscriptions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Mobile cellular telephone subscriptions are subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service that provide access to the PSTN using cellular technology. The indicator includes (and is split into) the number of postpaid subscriptions, and the number of active prepaid accounts (i.e. that have been used during the last three months). The indicator applies to all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications. It excludes subscriptions via data cards or USB modems, subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint, radio paging and telemetry services.