With 1.5 billion subscriptions in 2018, mobile penetration only reached 93.4% of the population in the Middle East & Africa (MEA), compared to triple-digit penetration rates in the other regions.
Future growth will be among the strongest globally within the region, adding 474 million mobile subscriptions over 2018-2023. This will result in a mobile penetration rate of 110.8% the population.
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Telecoms MEA 2023
Mobile subscription net additions over 2018-2023 (millions)
The expansion of the mobile subscriber base in the region will be supported by strong population growth, mobile network expansions to non-covered low-density and rural areas as well as the expanding disposable income fuelling mobile services adoption in less affluent parts of the region.
Additionally, M2M/IoT service adoption for use-cases including fleet management, smart city projects, smart transportation & smart manufacturing will also contribute to subscriptions growth in the more mature and developed telecom markets in the region.
Nigeria, the most populous country in the region, will account for 10% of the subscriptions net additions over 2018-2023, followed by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Iran and Egypt.
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