Mobile phone users near 5.5bn end 2023
The total number of people across the world that own or use a mobile phone will rise to almost 5.47 billion by the end of this year, according to the latest research by MEF, up 2.6% on the end of 2022. At the same time, people accessing the mobile internet via their phones will rise 4% to 4.72 billion, with over 89% of them using a smartphone.