Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Bahrain

Number of mobile subscriptions in Bahrain in 2024 — 2,563,824 subs. Ranked 122 in the world out of 151.

2024 2.56M subs +6.13% vs 2023
World rank 122of 151
Period maximum 2.99M subs2016
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Bahrain, 1960–202401M2M3M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 618 subs1987: 1,712 subs1988: 2,886 subs1989: 4,251 subs1990: 5,147 subs1991: 7,354 subs1992: 9,683 subs1993: 11,360 subs1994: 17,616 subs1995: 27,600 subs1996: 40,080 subs1997: 58,543 subs1998: 92,063 subs1999: 133,468 subs2000: 205,727 subs2001: 299,587 subs2002: 388,990 subs2003: 443,109 subs2004: 649,764 subs2005: 767,103 subs2006: 907,433 subs2007: 1,115,979 subs2008: 1,440,782 subs2009: 1,401,974 subs2010: 1,567,000 subs2011: 1,693,650 subs2012: 2,123,903 subs2013: 2,210,190 subs2014: 2,328,994 subs2015: 2,519,055 subs2016: 2,994,865 subs2017: 2,364,477 subs2018: 2,092,714 subs2019: 1,918,635 subs2020: 1,770,966 subs2021: 1,923,443 subs2022: 2,141,263 subs2023: 2,415,715 subs2024: 2,563,824 subs
Change over the period: +2.56M

Comparison, 2024

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

Bahrain 2.56M subs
World 9.01B subs
Western Asia computed 296M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Bahrain, by year Bahrain All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 2.56M +148,109 +6.13%
2023 2.42M +274,452 +12.82%
2022 2.14M +217,820 +11.32%
2021 1.92M +152,477 +8.61%
2020 1.77M −147,669 −7.7%
2019 1.92M −174,079 −8.32%
2018 2.09M −271,763 −11.49%
2017 2.36M −630,388 −21.05%
2016 2.99M +475,810 +18.89%
2015 2.52M +190,061 +8.16%
2014 2.33M +118,804 +5.38%
2013 2.21M +86,287 +4.06%
2012 2.12M +430,253 +25.4%
2011 1.69M +126,650 +8.08%
2010 1.57M +165,026 +11.77%
2009 1.4M −38,808 −2.69%
2008 1.44M +324,803 +29.1%
2007 1.12M +208,546 +22.98%
2006 907,433 +140,330 +18.29%
2005 767,103 +117,339 +18.06%
2004 649,764 +206,655 +46.64%
2003 443,109 +54,119 +13.91%
2002 388,990 +89,403 +29.84%
2001 299,587 +93,860 +45.62%
2000 205,727 +72,259 +54.14%
1999 133,468 +41,405 +44.97%
1998 92,063 +33,520 +57.26%
1997 58,543 +18,463 +46.07%
1996 40,080 +12,480 +45.22%
1995 27,600 +9,984 +56.68%
1994 17,616 +6,256 +55.07%
1993 11,360 +1,677 +17.32%
1992 9,683 +2,329 +31.67%
1991 7,354 +2,207 +42.88%
1990 5,147 +896 +21.08%
1989 4,251 +1,365 +47.3%
1988 2,886 +1,174 +68.57%
1987 1,712 +1,094 +177.02%
1986 618 +618
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.