Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — ASEAN

Number of mobile subscriptions in ASEAN in 2024 — 867,830,690 subs.

2024 868M subs −2.66% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 937M subs2019
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — ASEAN, 1960–20240250M500M750M1B19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 0 subs1965: 0 subs1970: 0 subs1975: 0 subs1976: 0 subs1977: 0 subs1978: 0 subs1979: 0 subs1980: 0 subs1981: 0 subs1982: 0 subs1983: 0 subs1984: 1,750 subs1985: 2,029 subs1986: 16,169 subs1987: 29,614 subs1988: 64,700 subs1989: 118,578 subs1990: 221,439 subs1991: 397,610 subs1992: 667,940 subs1993: 1,106,574 subs1994: 1,835,467 subs1995: 3,391,183 subs1996: 5,464,080 subs1997: 7,564,718 subs1998: 8,419,272 subs1999: 12,538,405 subs2000: 22,089,018 subs2001: 38,276,583 subs2002: 59,438,068 subs2003: 80,919,266 subs2004: 115,160,327 subs2005: 147,753,133 subs2006: 193,189,027 subs2007: 282,676,344 subs2008: 386,558,062 subs2009: 450,886,229 subs2010: 532,163,437 subs2011: 614,142,690 subs2012: 677,624,506 subs2013: 717,256,460 subs2014: 777,737,352 subs2015: 798,424,372 subs2016: 872,848,610 subs2017: 918,208,291 subs2018: 855,541,934 subs2019: 936,655,284 subs2020: 917,405,219 subs2021: 934,637,254 subs2022: 914,807,173 subs2023: 891,508,484 subs2024: 867,830,690 subs
Change over the period: +868M

Comparison, 2024

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

ASEAN 868M subs
World 9.01B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — ASEAN, by year ASEAN All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 868M −23.68M −2.66%
2023 892M −23.3M −2.55%
2022 915M −19.83M −2.12%
2021 935M +17.23M +1.88%
2020 917M −19.25M −2.06%
2019 937M +81.11M +9.48%
2018 856M −62.67M −6.82%
2017 918M +45.36M +5.2%
2016 873M +74.42M +9.32%
2015 798M +20.69M +2.66%
2014 778M +60.48M +8.43%
2013 717M +39.63M +5.85%
2012 678M +63.48M +10.34%
2011 614M +81.98M +15.4%
2010 532M +81.28M +18.03%
2009 451M +64.33M +16.64%
2008 387M +104M +36.75%
2007 283M +89.49M +46.32%
2006 193M +45.44M +30.75%
2005 148M +32.59M +28.3%
2004 115M +34.24M +42.32%
2003 80.92M +21.48M +36.14%
2002 59.44M +21.16M +55.29%
2001 38.28M +16.19M +73.28%
2000 22.09M +9.55M +76.17%
1999 12.54M +4.12M +48.93%
1998 8.42M +854,554 +11.3%
1997 7.56M +2.1M +38.44%
1996 5.46M +2.07M +61.13%
1995 3.39M +1.56M +84.76%
1994 1.84M +728,893 +65.87%
1993 1.11M +438,634 +65.67%
1992 667,940 +270,330 +67.99%
1991 397,610 +176,171 +79.56%
1990 221,439 +102,861 +86.75%
1989 118,578 +53,878 +83.27%
1988 64,700 +35,086 +118.48%
1987 29,614 +13,445 +83.15%
1986 16,169 +14,140 +696.9%
1985 2,029 +279 +15.94%
1984 1,750 +1,750
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.