Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Afghanistan

Number of mobile subscriptions in Afghanistan in 2024 — 25,630,751 subs. Ranked 51 in the world out of 151.

2024 25.63M subs +11.31% vs 2023
World rank 51of 151
Period maximum 25.63M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Afghanistan, 1960–2024010M20M30M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 0 subs1982: 0 subs1983: 0 subs1984: 0 subs1985: 0 subs1986: 0 subs1987: 0 subs1988: 0 subs1989: 0 subs1990: 0 subs1991: 0 subs1992: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 0 subs1996: 0 subs1997: 0 subs1998: 0 subs1999: 0 subs2000: 0 subs2001: 0 subs2002: 25,000 subs2003: 200,000 subs2004: 600,000 subs2005: 1,200,000 subs2006: 2,520,366 subs2007: 4,668,096 subs2008: 7,898,909 subs2009: 10,500,000 subs2010: 10,215,840 subs2011: 13,797,879 subs2012: 15,340,115 subs2013: 16,807,156 subs2014: 18,407,168 subs2015: 19,709,038 subs2016: 21,602,982 subs2017: 23,929,713 subs2018: 21,976,355 subs2019: 22,580,071 subs2020: 22,678,024 subs2021: 22,678,024 subs2022: 22,831,896 subs2023: 23,027,082 subs2024: 25,630,751 subs
Change over the period: +25.63M

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 25.63M subs
World 9.01B subs
South Asia 1.4B subs
Southern Asia computed 1.78B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 25.63M +2.6M +11.31%
2023 23.03M +195,186 +0.85%
2022 22.83M +153,872 +0.68%
2021 22.68M +0 +0%
2020 22.68M +97,953 +0.43%
2019 22.58M +603,716 +2.75%
2018 21.98M −1.95M −8.16%
2017 23.93M +2.33M +10.77%
2016 21.6M +1.89M +9.61%
2015 19.71M +1.3M +7.07%
2014 18.41M +1.6M +9.52%
2013 16.81M +1.47M +9.56%
2012 15.34M +1.54M +11.18%
2011 13.8M +3.58M +35.06%
2010 10.22M −284,160 −2.71%
2009 10.5M +2.6M +32.93%
2008 7.9M +3.23M +69.21%
2007 4.67M +2.15M +85.22%
2006 2.52M +1.32M +110.03%
2005 1.2M +600,000 +100%
2004 600,000 +400,000 +200%
2003 200,000 +175,000 +700%
2002 25,000 +25,000
2001 0 +0
2000 0 +0
1999 0 +0
1998 0 +0
1997 0 +0
1996 0 +0
1995 0 +0
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
1991 0 +0
1990 0 +0
1989 0 +0
1988 0 +0
1987 0 +0
1986 0 +0
1985 0 +0
1984 0 +0
1983 0 +0
1982 0 +0
1981 0 +0
1980 0 +0
1979 0 +0
1978 0 +0
1977 0 +0
1976 0 +0
1975 0
1970 0
1965 0
1960 0

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of active mobile cellular subscriptions. Subscriptions are counted, not people: one person can hold several SIM cards, and in countries where calls within a network are cheaper than calls between networks this is ordinary practice. That is exactly why the same indicator per hundred people in this catalog often runs above a hundred and fifty, and why the absolute series is easier to read: it speaks of the size of the market, not of the penetration of service.

Important: Subscriptions, not subscribers. Machine-to-machine connections — meters, cars, sensors — are counted differently from country to country.

Source: ICT Indicators (ITU), license ITU terms of use.