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There are 5.11 billion unique mobile users in the world
today, up 100 million (2 percent) in the past year.

·There are 3.48 billion social media users in 2019, with
the worldwide total growing by 288 million (9 percent)
since the same time last year.
·3.26 billion people use social media on mobile devices in
January 2019, with a growth of 297 million new users
representing a year-on-year increase of more than 10
percent.

- Information source:
https://wearesocial.com/blog/2019/01/digital-2019-global-
internet-use-accelerates

Number of mobile connections worldwide in 2019:
According to GSMA real-time intelligence data, there are
now over 8.98 Billion mobile connections worldwide,
which surpasses the current world population of 7.69
Billion implied by UN digital analyst estimates.
It is important to state that not every person in the world
has a mobile device. The numbers are calculating with
mobile connections that come from people with multiple
devices, and a fraction with dual SIM's or other integrated
devices like cars.
- Sources: WorldoMeters U.N. data, GSMA Intelligence
- Information source:
https://www.bankmycell.com/blog/how-many-phones-are-
in-the-world

Percentage of Mobile phone usage worldwide
According to the information from the Statista Research

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