More than 600 million new mobile connections are expected globally by 2025, with two-thirds coming from Asia Pacific and Sub-Saharan Africa. Asia Pacific is projected to have the most new connections at 610 million. There will be 8.6 billion total mobile connections worldwide by 2025, and 5 billion mobile internet subscribers accounting for 61% of the global population.

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MOBILE CONNECTIONS GROWTH BY 2025
Asia Pacific
Total New
Connections by
2025
610million
CIS
Europe
Sub-Saharan
Africa
MENA
Latin America
Greater China
7
10
18
57
58
71
142
247
North America
Mobile connections in millions
There will be 8.6 billion mobile
connections*
More than 600 million new connections,
two-thirds being from Asia Pacific and
Sub-Saharan Africa.
There will be 5 billion mobile
internet subscribers
Accounting to 61% of the worldwide
population.
Total unique SIM cards (or phone numbers, where SIM cards are not used) excluding
cellular IoT, that have been registered on the mobile network at the end of the period.
Connections differ from subscribers such that a unique subscriber can have multiple
connections.
*
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