Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Albania

Number of mobile subscriptions in Albania in 2024 — 2,488,380 subs. Ranked 123 in the world out of 151.

2024 2.49M subs −4.83% vs 2023
World rank 123of 151
Period maximum 3.69M subs2013
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Albania, 1960–202401M2M3M4M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 2,300 subs1997: 3,300 subs1998: 5,600 subs1999: 11,008 subs2000: 29,791 subs2001: 392,650 subs2002: 851,000 subs2003: 1,100,000 subs2004: 1,259,590 subs2005: 1,530,244 subs2006: 1,909,885 subs2007: 2,322,436 subs2008: 1,859,632 subs2009: 2,463,741 subs2010: 2,692,372 subs2011: 3,100,000 subs2012: 3,500,000 subs2013: 3,685,983 subs2014: 3,359,654 subs2015: 3,400,955 subs2016: 3,369,756 subs2017: 3,625,699 subs2018: 2,714,878 subs2019: 2,630,076 subs2020: 2,618,880 subs2021: 2,635,466 subs2022: 2,782,226 subs2023: 2,614,764 subs2024: 2,488,380 subs
Change over the period: +2.49M

Comparison, 2024

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

Albania 2.49M subs
World 9.01B subs
Southern Europe computed 192M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Albania, by year Albania All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 2.49M −126,384 −4.83%
2023 2.61M −167,462 −6.02%
2022 2.78M +146,760 +5.57%
2021 2.64M +16,586 +0.63%
2020 2.62M −11,196 −0.43%
2019 2.63M −84,802 −3.12%
2018 2.71M −910,821 −25.12%
2017 3.63M +255,943 +7.6%
2016 3.37M −31,199 −0.92%
2015 3.4M +41,301 +1.23%
2014 3.36M −326,329 −8.85%
2013 3.69M +185,983 +5.31%
2012 3.5M +400,000 +12.9%
2011 3.1M +407,628 +15.14%
2010 2.69M +228,631 +9.28%
2009 2.46M +604,109 +32.49%
2008 1.86M −462,804 −19.93%
2007 2.32M +412,551 +21.6%
2006 1.91M +379,641 +24.81%
2005 1.53M +270,654 +21.49%
2004 1.26M +159,590 +14.51%
2003 1.1M +249,000 +29.26%
2002 851,000 +458,350 +116.73%
2001 392,650 +362,859 +1,218.02%
2000 29,791 +18,783 +170.63%
1999 11,008 +5,408 +96.57%
1998 5,600 +2,300 +69.7%
1997 3,300 +1,000 +43.48%
1996 2,300 +2,300
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

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.