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The statistic shows the mobile phone user penetration as share of the population worldwide from 2013 to 2019. In 2013, 56.5 percent of the global population used a mobile phone.
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Global mobile phone user penetration 2013-2019
Mobile phone user penetration as percentage of the population worldwide from 2013 to 2019*
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Global smartphone shipments forecast 2010-2021
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+Global market share held by mobile phone vendors 1997-2014
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