Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Bangladesh

Number of mobile subscriptions in Bangladesh in 2024 — 187,581,061 subs. Ranked 8 in the world out of 151.

2024 188M subs −1.69% vs 2023
World rank 8of 151
Period maximum 191M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Bangladesh, 1960–2024050M100M150M200M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 250 subs1993: 500 subs1994: 1,104 subs1995: 2,500 subs1996: 4,000 subs1997: 26,000 subs1998: 75,000 subs1999: 149,000 subs2000: 279,000 subs2001: 520,000 subs2002: 1,075,000 subs2003: 1,365,000 subs2004: 2,781,560 subs2005: 9,000,000 subs2006: 19,130,983 subs2007: 34,370,000 subs2008: 44,640,000 subs2009: 51,359,315 subs2010: 67,923,887 subs2011: 84,368,700 subs2012: 97,180,000 subs2013: 116,553,076 subs2014: 126,866,091 subs2015: 131,375,724 subs2016: 135,981,846 subs2017: 150,945,000 subs2018: 161,771,617 subs2019: 165,572,000 subs2020: 176,279,465 subs2021: 184,444,949 subs2022: 186,097,327 subs2023: 190,810,000 subs2024: 187,581,061 subs
Change over the period: +188M

Comparison, 2024

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

Bangladesh 188M subs
World 9.01B subs
South Asia 1.4B subs
Southern Asia computed 1.78B subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Bangladesh, by year Bangladesh All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 188M −3.23M −1.69%
2023 191M +4.71M +2.53%
2022 186M +1.65M +0.9%
2021 184M +8.17M +4.63%
2020 176M +10.71M +6.47%
2019 166M +3.8M +2.35%
2018 162M +10.83M +7.17%
2017 151M +14.96M +11%
2016 136M +4.61M +3.51%
2015 131M +4.51M +3.55%
2014 127M +10.31M +8.85%
2013 117M +19.37M +19.94%
2012 97.18M +12.81M +15.18%
2011 84.37M +16.44M +24.21%
2010 67.92M +16.56M +32.25%
2009 51.36M +6.72M +15.05%
2008 44.64M +10.27M +29.88%
2007 34.37M +15.24M +79.66%
2006 19.13M +10.13M +112.57%
2005 9M +6.22M +223.56%
2004 2.78M +1.42M +103.78%
2003 1.37M +290,000 +26.98%
2002 1.08M +555,000 +106.73%
2001 520,000 +241,000 +86.38%
2000 279,000 +130,000 +87.25%
1999 149,000 +74,000 +98.67%
1998 75,000 +49,000 +188.46%
1997 26,000 +22,000 +550%
1996 4,000 +1,500 +60%
1995 2,500 +1,396 +126.45%
1994 1,104 +604 +120.8%
1993 500 +250 +100%
1992 250 +250
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.