DIGITAL LIFE

More than 5 billion use mobile device

Worldwide, 5.1 billion people use a mobile device, according to GSMA's Mobile Economy 2019 report.
The figure is high and represents 67% of the human population. On the other hand, growth is slowing and is expected to be at 1.9% over the next few years.
By 2025, according to a study cited by Agência Brasil, the number of people with cell phones is expected to rise to 5.8 billion, or 71% of the population expected for the same year.
Higher growth is expected to be observed in Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. However, about 30% of the world's people will remain without access to this type of product.
Europe leads the percentage of mobile phone usage at 85%, followed by the Commonwealth of Independent States (80%), North America (83%), Latin America (67%), Asia Pacific (66%), Middle East and North Africa (64%) and Sub-Saharan Africa (45%).
Cellular Internet access was accessible to 3.6 billion in 2018. The figure is 4.7 percent of the world's inhabitants and is expected to reach 5 billion by 2025, serving 60 percent of the world's population this year.

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