5G technology is forecast to cover about ** percent of the global population by 2029. While this coverage remains lower than LTE and 3GPP networks, the latter which remains stable at ** percent coverage of the world population, 5G networks have seen an exponential increase - from *** percent in 2019 to ** percent in 2024 - and are expected to continue accelerating their coverage from 2024 onwards even though short term factors point to a slower pace in certain countries due to potential delays in the licensing of 5G spectrum due to COVID-19.

In 2024, global LTE population coverage was around ** percent, while the newest mobile technology 5G covered around ** percent. However, 5G is forecasted to have ** percent population coverage by 2028.