The GSMA Intelligence, in a report shared by Datareportal, has revealed that 41.8 million cellular mobile connections were in Ghana at the end of 2025.
According to the GSMA Intelligence data, many Ghanaians use more than one mobile connection, which has led to mobile connection figures significantly exceeding Ghana’s total population.
Parts of the report stated, “Data from GSMA Intelligence shows that there were 41.8 million cellular mobile connections in Ghana at the end of 2025.
For perspective, many people make use of more than one mobile connection, so it’s not unusual for mobile connection figures to significantly exceed figures for the total population”.
“For example, the same person might have one mobile connection for personal use, but also use a separate mobile connection for work activities. The rise of eSIMs has made this even easier over recent years.
Indeed, GSMA Intelligence’s numbers indicate that mobile connections in Ghana were equivalent to 119 per cent of the total population in October 2025”, it further detailed.
The report also highlighted that mobile connections in Ghana increased by 3.6 million from 2024.
“Looking at trends over time, the number of mobile connections in Ghana increased by 3.6 million (+9.3 per cent) between the end of 2024 and the end of 2025.
Meanwhile, GSMA Intelligence’s data suggests that 96.0 per cent of mobile connections in Ghana can now be considered “broadband”, which means that they connect via 3G, 4G, or 5G mobile networks.
However, devices that connect to “broadband” mobile networks do not necessarily use cellular mobile data — for example, some subscription plans may only include access to voice and SMS services — so this broadband figure should not be considered a proxy for mobile internet use”.
In addition, Data revealed that at the end of 2025, Ghana had 26.3 million individuals using the internet.
The report highlighted that Ghana’s internet penetration rate stood at 74.6 per cent of the total population at the end of the year, with the figures also suggesting that 8.95 million people in Ghana did not use the internet at the end of 2025.
The reports shared by datareportal.com detailed, “At the time of report production, Kepios’s analysis of the latest available data indicated that there were 26.3 million internet users in Ghana in October 2025.
This means that Ghana’s internet penetration rate stood at 74.6 per cent of the total population at the end of the year”.
“Kepios’s analysis of this data indicates that the number of internet users in Ghana increased by 2.1 million (+8.6 per cent) between October 2024 and October 2025.
And for added perspective, Ghana’s internet adoption rate (i.e. the percentage of the total population that uses the internet) increased by a relative 6.6 per cent (+464 basis points) during the same period.
But these user figures also suggest that 8.95 million people in Ghana did not use the internet at the end of 2025, suggesting that 25.4 per cent of the population remained “offline” at the end of the year”, the datareportal report added.