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India – Mobile Subscriptions

Name: India Mobile Subscriptions
Creator: World Bank
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Number of mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Includes both prepaid and postpaid subscriptions. · World Bank

80.56 +0.38 from 2022 G20 rank: 136th · all-time high: 85.97 (2017)

APA

India Mobile Subscriptions. HistorySaid. Retrieved March 10, 2026, from https://historysaid.com/india/mobile-subscriptions

BibTeX

@misc{historysaid_india_mobile-subscriptions,
  title = {India Mobile Subscriptions},
  url = {https://historysaid.com/india/mobile-subscriptions},
  publisher = {HistorySaid},
  year = {2026}
}

Data & Projection▾

Year	Value	Change	Rank
2026* trend	78.13	–	–
2025* trend	78.80	–	–
2023	80.56	+0.38	136th
2022	80.18	−1.42	168th
2021	81.60	−0.65	167th
2020	82.25	−0.64	164th
2019	82.90	−2.65	163rd
2018	85.55	−0.42	149th
2017	85.97	+2.05	151st
2016	83.92	+8.54	150th
2015	75.38	+3.44	164th
2014	71.94	+3.54	158th
2013	68.40	+0.77	159th
2012	67.63	−3.25	157th
2011	70.87	+10.38	143rd
2010	60.49	+17.64	150th
2009	42.85	+14.13	159th
2008	28.72	+9.10	166th
2007	19.62	+5.46	167th
2006	14.16	+6.35	158th
2005	7.81	+3.21	159th
2004	4.60	+1.58	164th
2003	3.02	+1.83	158th
2002	1.18	+0.58	166th
2001	0.61	+0.27	164th
2000	0.34	+0.16	160th
1999	0.18	+0.06	155th
1998	0.12	+0.03	152nd
1997	0.09	+0.05	137th
1996	0.03	+0.03	142nd
1995	0.01	+0.01	141st
1994	0.00	+0.00	154th
1993	0.00	+0.00	146th
1992	0.00	+0.00	135th
1991	0.00	+0.00	125th
1990	0.00	+0.00	119th
1989	0.00	+0.00	105th
1988	0.00	+0.00	104th
1987	0.00	+0.00	102nd
1986	0.00	+0.00	102nd
1985	0.00	+0.00	95th
1984	0.00	+0.00	90th
1983	0.00	+0.00	89th
1982	0.00	+0.00	90th
1981	0.00	+0.00	89th
1980	0.00	+0.00	86th
1979	0.00	+0.00	85th
1978	0.00	+0.00	85th
1977	0.00	+0.00	85th
1976	0.00	+0.00	85th
1975	0.00	+0.00	85th
1970	0.00	+0.00	85th
1965	0.00	+0.00	85th
1960	0.00	–	85th

Show all years (1960–2023)

* Linear trend extrapolation from last 5 data points

Detected Pattern▾

Fiscal Dominance Trap

Government debt exceeding 80% of GDP with real interest rates negative and inflation above 10%. Monetary policy effectiveness impaired by fiscal pressures.

Inflation 12.0% Real rate -2.0%

This pattern occurred 329 times in G20 history, 239 successful

Angola 2024

Inflation

28.2%

Real rate

-4.2%

Argentina 2024

Inflation

219.9%

Real rate

-47.4%

Egypt, Arab Republic of 2024

Inflation

28.3%

Real rate

-7.0%

South Sudan 2024

Inflation

91.4%

Real rate

-26.9%

Angola 2023

Inflation

13.6%

Real rate

-0.9%

Argentina 2023

Inflation

133.5%

Real rate

-17.3%

HistorySaid – pattern alert

In 239 of 329 past occurrences of this pattern, the outcome was successful (73% of cases). India matched this pattern in 2010. View full analysis →

HistorySaid

Over the last decade, India's mobile subscriptions averaged 81.03. The 2023 figure of 80.56 is below this long-run average. Based on recent trends, HistorySaid estimates 78.80 by 2025.