Mobile communications: postpaid vs. prepaid in Germany 2020

This statistic shows the results of a survey on the share of mobile phone users with a prepaid or postpaid phone plan in Germany from 2017 to 2020. In 2020, roughly 24.1 percent of German mobile phone users aged 14 years and older used a prepaid plan.

Share of mobile phone users with a prepaid or postpaid phone plan in Germany from 2017 to 2020

Characteristic	Postpaid	Prepaid
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Release date

November 2020

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2017 to 2020

Age group

14 years and older

Special properties

German-speaking mobile phone users

Method of interview

Face-to-face interview

Supplementary notes

Information on base:
German-speaking population age 14 and older

Information on random sample:
2017: 23,106 respondents, projected base of 70.09 million people
2018: 23,086 respondents, projected base of 70.45 million people
2019: 23,120 respondents, projected base of 70.60 million people
2020: 23,138 respondents, projected base of 70.63 million people
Information on target group "German-speaking mobile phone users":
2017: projected base of 62.59 million people
2018: projected base of 63.81 million people
2019: projected base of 63.31 million people
2020: projected base of 65.15 million people
The figures refer to the following studies:
2017: VuMA 2018; 2018: VuMA 2019; 2019: VuMA 2020; 2020: VuMA 2021.

For additional information on the methodology used, please see here.