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.
Mobile phone user penetration as percentage of the population worldwide from 2013 to 2019*
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eMarketer, & AP. (August 31, 2015). Mobile phone user penetration as percentage of the population worldwide from 2013 to 2019* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 25, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/470018/mobile-phone-user-penetration-worldwide/
eMarketer, und AP. "Mobile phone user penetration as percentage of the population worldwide from 2013 to 2019*." Chart. August 31, 2015. Statista. Accessed September 25, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/470018/mobile-phone-user-penetration-worldwide/
eMarketer, AP. (2015). Mobile phone user penetration as percentage of the population worldwide from 2013 to 2019*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: September 25, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/470018/mobile-phone-user-penetration-worldwide/
eMarketer, and AP. "Mobile Phone User Penetration as Percentage of The Population Worldwide from 2013 to 2019*." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Aug 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/470018/mobile-phone-user-penetration-worldwide/
eMarketer & AP, Mobile phone user penetration as percentage of the population worldwide from 2013 to 2019* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/470018/mobile-phone-user-penetration-worldwide/ (last visited September 25, 2020)
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