Refers to the subscriptions to a public mobile telephone service and provides access to Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) using cellular technology, including number of pre-paid SIM cards active during the past three months. This includes both analogue and digital cellular systems (IMT-2000 (Third Generation, 3G) and 4G subscriptions, but excludes mobile broadband subscriptions via data cards or USB modems. Subscriptions to public mobile data services, private trunked mobile radio, telepoint or radio paging, and telemetry services should also be excluded. This should include all mobile cellular subscriptions that offer voice communications.
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazakhstan | 197 300 | 5 398 000 | 19 402 600 | 25 240 800 | 30 235 400 | 30 364 900 | 28 595 600 | 26 309 300 | 25 534 800 | 26 693 300 | 26 065 600 | 25 709 000 |
| Kirghizstan | 9 000 | 541 652 | 5 275 477 | 6 277 108 | 6 797 852 | 6 737 487 | 7 563 444 | 7 579 439 | 7 613 528 | 8 467 966 | 8 735 246 | 8 622 565 |
| Pakistan | 306 493 | 12 771 203 | 99 185 844 | 108 894 518 | 120 151 237 | 127 737 286 | 135 762 031 | 125 899 638 | 136 489 014 | 144 525 637 | 153 986 607 | 165 405 847 |
| Tadjikistan | 1 160 | 265 000 | 5 940 842 | 6 324 000 | 6 528 000 | 7 537 100 | 7 999 100 | 8 489 000 | 9 400 000 | 9 904 000 | ||
| Chine | 85 260 000 | 393 406 000 | 859 003 000 | 986 253 000 | 1 112 155 000 | 1 229 113 000 | 1 286 093 000 | 1 291 984 200 | 1 364 934 000 | 1 469 882 500 | 1 649 301 700 | 1 725 695 000 |
| Fédération de Russie | 3 263 200 | 120 000 000 | 237 689 224 | 203 751 647 | 208 065 063 | 218 300 372 | 221 030 353 | 227 288 088 | 229 126 152 | 227 299 663 | 229 431 008 | 239 795 946 |