What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?

The highest recorded value was 765.00 million in 2025.

What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?

The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.

How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 28th out of 48 groups with data for 2025.

Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?

Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

Name: Mobile cellular subscriptions in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)
Creator: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries): Mobile cellular subscriptions was 765.00 million in 2025. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2025)

765.00 million

Change on year

up 2.5%

Rank

28th

of 48 groups

All-time high

765.00 million

in 2025

All-time low

in 1960

Years of data

1960–2025

Mobile cellular subscriptions in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries), 1960–2025

Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).

Analysis

In 2025, mobile cellular subscriptions in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) stood at 765.00 million. That is the highest value across all 54 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.5% on the previous year and up 11.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mobile cellular subscriptions in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) peaked at 765.00 million in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1960.

That places Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 28th out of 48 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.

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	2,267	0	19,371	10
1990s	8.62 million	103,195	39.24 million	10
2000s	243.02 million	62.35 million	510.12 million	10
2010s	661.33 million	568.45 million	705.72 million	10
2020s	715.33 million	653.00 million	765.00 million	6

Countries ranked near Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

25 Italy 78.67 million compare
26 France 77.53 million compare
27 Kenya 71.38 million compare
28 Argentina 64.08 million compare
29 Democratic Republic of Congo 63.96 million compare
30 Spain 62.41 million compare
31 Myanmar 62.31 million compare

See the full ranking of 260 places →

More infrastructure data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)

Fixed telephone subscriptions 11.8 per 100 people (2025)
Fixed telephone subscriptions 77.00 million (2025)
Mobile cellular subscriptions 117.5 per 100 people (2025)
Air transport, passengers carried 314.68 million (2023)
Air transport, freight 6,744 million ton-km (2023)
Air transport, registered carrier departures worldwide 2.60 million (2023)
Renewable internal freshwater resources, total 13,822 billion cubic meters (2022)
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita 21,670 cubic meters (2022)
Individuals using the Internet 83.9% (2025)
Annual freshwater withdrawals, domestic 16.3% (2022)

All data for Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) →

Frequently asked questions

What is mobile cellular subscriptions in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: Mobile cellular subscriptions in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) was 765.00 million in 2025, according to World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU).
What is the highest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: The highest recorded value was 765.00 million in 2025.
What is the lowest mobile cellular subscriptions recorded in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1960.
How does Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) rank for mobile cellular subscriptions?: Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 28th out of 48 groups with data for 2025.
Is mobile cellular subscriptions rising or falling in Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)?: Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 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

Indicator: Mobile cellular subscriptions
Source: World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 260 places, 13,039 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

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.