Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Algeria

Number of mobile subscriptions in Algeria in 2024 — 54,050,526 subs. Ranked 33 in the world out of 151.

2024 54.05M subs +4.91% vs 2023
World rank 33of 151
Period maximum 54.05M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Algeria, 1960–2024020M40M60M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 470 subs1991: 4,781 subs1992: 4,781 subs1993: 4,781 subs1994: 1,348 subs1995: 4,691 subs1996: 11,700 subs1997: 17,400 subs1998: 18,000 subs1999: 72,000 subs2000: 86,000 subs2001: 100,000 subs2002: 450,244 subs2003: 1,446,927 subs2004: 4,882,414 subs2005: 13,661,355 subs2006: 20,997,954 subs2007: 27,562,721 subs2008: 27,031,472 subs2009: 32,729,824 subs2010: 32,780,165 subs2011: 35,615,926 subs2012: 37,527,703 subs2013: 39,517,045 subs2014: 43,298,174 subs2015: 43,227,643 subs2016: 47,041,321 subs2017: 45,845,665 subs2018: 47,154,264 subs2019: 45,425,533 subs2020: 45,555,673 subs2021: 47,015,757 subs2022: 49,018,766 subs2023: 51,522,147 subs2024: 54,050,526 subs
Change over the period: +54.05M

Comparison, 2024

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

Algeria 54.05M subs
World 9.01B subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Algeria, by year Algeria All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 54.05M +2.53M +4.91%
2023 51.52M +2.5M +5.11%
2022 49.02M +2M +4.26%
2021 47.02M +1.46M +3.21%
2020 45.56M +130,140 +0.29%
2019 45.43M −1.73M −3.67%
2018 47.15M +1.31M +2.85%
2017 45.85M −1.2M −2.54%
2016 47.04M +3.81M +8.82%
2015 43.23M −70,531 −0.16%
2014 43.3M +3.78M +9.57%
2013 39.52M +1.99M +5.3%
2012 37.53M +1.91M +5.37%
2011 35.62M +2.84M +8.65%
2010 32.78M +50,341 +0.15%
2009 32.73M +5.7M +21.08%
2008 27.03M −531,249 −1.93%
2007 27.56M +6.56M +31.26%
2006 21M +7.34M +53.7%
2005 13.66M +8.78M +179.81%
2004 4.88M +3.44M +237.43%
2003 1.45M +996,683 +221.37%
2002 450,244 +350,244 +350.24%
2001 100,000 +14,000 +16.28%
2000 86,000 +14,000 +19.44%
1999 72,000 +54,000 +300%
1998 18,000 +600 +3.45%
1997 17,400 +5,700 +48.72%
1996 11,700 +7,009 +149.41%
1995 4,691 +3,343 +248%
1994 1,348 −3,433 −71.81%
1993 4,781 +0 +0%
1992 4,781 +0 +0%
1991 4,781 +4,311 +917.23%
1990 470 +470
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

Northern Africa, 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.