Business & Markets · Mobile subscriptions · Cameroon
Cameroon’s mobile subscriptions rose to 108.2 per 100 people in 2024.
108.2 per 100 people
2024
Up 11.7 per 100 people from 2023.
Updated 8 Oct 2026
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108.2 per 100 people
What it is. This measure counts active mobile cellular subscriptions, meaning SIM-based accounts with an operator, and divides them by the population. One person with two SIMs counts twice, so the figure can pass 100 per 100 people. It records connections rather than individual users, and it says nothing about network quality, data speeds or coverage.
Higher is better. Higher is better because each additional subscription is another connection for calls, messaging, mobile money and internet access. The latest figure, for 2024, is 108.2 per 100 people, up from 96.5 per 100 people a year earlier. That is a rise of 11.7 per 100 people, or 12.2%. Since 2015 the lowest level was 74.4 per 100 people in 2018, and the 2024 figure is the highest in that span.
Why it matters. A level above 100 means SIMs outnumber people in Cameroon, which usually reflects households and workers holding more than one SIM, for example to use different operators. Firms can reach customers and take payments by phone across a wider share of the population. The state has a larger base of connections on which telecom licence fees and taxes are collected.
| Period | Mobile subscriptions · Cameroon |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 79.8 per 100 people |
| 2016 | 79.8 per 100 people |
| 2017 | 83.5 per 100 people |
| 2018 | 74.4 per 100 people |
| 2019 | 83.9 per 100 people |
| 2020 | 85.3 per 100 people |
| 2021 | 80.8 per 100 people |
| 2022 | 89.8 per 100 people |
| 2023 | 96.5 per 100 people |
| 2024 | 108.2 per 100 people |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0) · Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Strata-AF™ Data, Mobile subscriptions, Cameroon, 2024; source World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0), retrieved 8 Oct 2026; https://data.strata-af.com/business/mobile-subscriptions/cameroon
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Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Unit: per 100 people.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (series IT.CEL.SETS.P2), retrieved through the World Bank API and published under CC BY 4.0. Updated annually; the World Bank's own source notes apply.