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A pair of series

Internet and mobile

People online and SIMs per 100 residents. Two access files.

Internet users is people. Mobile subscriptions can exceed 100. Different denominators.

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Internet users

People online. From ~0 to ~90% in Poland; world ~74%.

The file

Share of people using the internet, from 1990. A hockey stick.

The indicator

IT.NET.USER.ZS. “Using” changes meaning over time. This is not subscriptions or smartphones.

What the numbers show

From ~0 to ~89% in Poland, ~94% in DE/US; world ~74% (2025). Steep to 2010, then catch-up. Prerequisite: Access to electricity; backdrop: Urban population.

Longseries, “Internet users”. World Bank Open Data (IT.NET.USER.ZS), 1990–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. https://longseries.com/en/d/internet-users/

Latest values

Sorted by the latest published value. The rest of the file is under the fold.

15 places — sorted by latest value
CountryYearValue
Netherlands202497.0
Sweden202595.8
Spain202495.8
United Kingdom202495.5
United States202494.7
Germany202493.5
China202591.6
Italy202489.2
The rest of the places (7)
Remaining 7 places
France202488.7
Poland202488.6
Czechia202487.7
Japan202485.5
Brazil202484.5
World202573.6
India202570.0

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-8.917.744.370.997.4199020012013202488.6
Poland

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We compute from the published level in the selected years. Nothing is invented — CAGR and Δ are functions of those rows.

Poland

Internet users

0.0→88.6

Change
+88.6 pts
Years
1990–2024

Poland: 0.0 (1990) → 88.6 (2024). Difference +88.6 pts. Highest 88.6 in 2024; lowest 0.0 in 1990.

Internet users — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland88.6
2023Poland86.4
2022Poland86.9
2021Poland85.4
2020Poland83.2
2019Poland80.4
2018Poland77.5
2017Poland76.0
2016Poland73.3
2015Poland68.0
2014Poland66.6
2013Poland62.8
2012Poland62.3
2011Poland61.9
2010Poland62.3
2009Poland59.0
2008Poland53.1
2007Poland48.6
2006Poland44.6
2005Poland38.8
2004Poland32.5
2003Poland24.9
2002Poland21.2
2001Poland9.9
2000Poland7.3
1999Poland5.5
1998Poland4.1
1997Poland2.1
1996Poland1.3
1995Poland0.6
1994Poland0.4
1993Poland0.1
1992Poland0.1
1991Poland0.0
1990Poland0.0

Mobile subscriptions

Cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Bank. Can exceed 100; not the GUS dependency unit.

The file

Mobile-cellular subscriptions per 100 people. Bank / ITU.

The indicator

IT.CEL.SETS.P2. Prepaid and postpaid. Above 100 means more SIMs than residents.

What the numbers show

Not the GUS Demographic dependency (GUS) per-hundred unit. Pair: Internet users.

Longseries, “Mobile subscriptions”. World Bank Open Data (IT.CEL.SETS.P2), 1960–2025, Brazil, China, Czechia, Germany, Spain, France, United Kingdom, India, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, United States, World. Retrieved 2026-09-15. CC BY 4.0. https://longseries.com/en/d/mobile-subscriptions/

Latest values

Sorted by the latest published value. The rest of the file is under the fold.

15 places — sorted by latest value
CountryYearValue
Japan2023178.4
Sweden2024140.7
Poland2024138.0
Italy2024132.6
China2024131.8
Spain2024130.3
Germany2024129.2
Netherlands2024128.5
The rest of the places (7)
Remaining 7 places
Czechia2024126.6
United Kingdom2024121.6
France2023116.7
United States2024113.2
World2025111.5
Brazil2024101.9
India202479.4

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-14.929.874.5119.1163.81960198120032024138.0
Poland

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We compute from the published level in the selected years. Nothing is invented — CAGR and Δ are functions of those rows.

Poland

Mobile subscriptions

0.0→138.0

Change
+138.0 pts
Years
1960–2024

Poland: 0.0 (1960) → 138.0 (2024). Difference +138.0 pts. Highest 148.9 in 2013; lowest 0.0 in 1960.

Mobile subscriptions — Poland
YearCountryValue
2024Poland138.0
2023Poland135.1
2022Poland137.0
2021Poland133.0
2020Poland129.3
2019Poland126.6
2018Poland126.3
2017Poland131.9
2016Poland138.5
2015Poland142.5
2014Poland148.7
2013Poland148.9
2012Poland141.4
2011Poland131.3
2010Poland123.2
2009Poland117.9
2008Poland115.6
2007Poland108.9
2006Poland96.5
2005Poland76.5
2004Poland60.5
2003Poland45.5
2002Poland36.4
2001Poland26.2
2000Poland17.6
1999Poland10.3
1998Poland5.0
1997Poland2.1
1996Poland0.6
1995Poland0.2
1994Poland0.1
1993Poland0.0
1992Poland0.0
1991Poland0.0
1990Poland0.0
1989Poland0.0
1988Poland0.0
1987Poland0.0
1986Poland0.0
1985Poland0.0
1984Poland0.0
1983Poland0.0
1982Poland0.0
1981Poland0.0
1980Poland0.0
1979Poland0.0
1978Poland0.0
1977Poland0.0
1976Poland0.0
1975Poland0.0
1970Poland0.0
1965Poland0.0
1960Poland0.0