Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Barbados

Number of mobile subscriptions in Barbados in 2022 — 323,482 subs. Ranked 176 in the world out of 209.

2022 323,482 subs +2.16% vs 2021
World rank 176of 209
Period maximum 350,061 subs2010
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2022 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Barbados, 1960–20220100,000200,000300,000400,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620221960: 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: 486 subs1992: 796 subs1993: 1,560 subs1994: 2,967 subs1995: 4,614 subs1996: 6,283 subs1997: 8,013 subs1998: 12,000 subs1999: 20,309 subs2000: 28,467 subs2001: 53,111 subs2002: 97,193 subs2003: 140,000 subs2004: 200,138 subs2005: 206,190 subs2006: 237,119 subs2007: 257,596 subs2008: 288,662 subs2009: 337,061 subs2010: 350,061 subs2011: 347,917 subs2012: 349,296 subs2013: 307,708 subs2014: 305,456 subs2015: 334,792 subs2016: 332,208 subs2017: 329,565 subs2018: 329,326 subs2019: 329,326 subs2020: 295,000 subs2021: 316,633 subs2022: 323,482 subs
Change over the period: +323,482

Comparison, 2022

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

Barbados 323,482 subs
World 8.65B subs
Caribbean computed 36.18M subs
High-income countries computed 1.8B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2022 323,482 +6,849 +2.16%
2021 316,633 +21,633 +7.33%
2020 295,000 −34,326 −10.42%
2019 329,326 +0 +0%
2018 329,326 −239 −0.07%
2017 329,565 −2,643 −0.8%
2016 332,208 −2,584 −0.77%
2015 334,792 +29,336 +9.6%
2014 305,456 −2,252 −0.73%
2013 307,708 −41,588 −11.91%
2012 349,296 +1,379 +0.4%
2011 347,917 −2,144 −0.61%
2010 350,061 +13,000 +3.86%
2009 337,061 +48,399 +16.77%
2008 288,662 +31,066 +12.06%
2007 257,596 +20,477 +8.64%
2006 237,119 +30,929 +15%
2005 206,190 +6,052 +3.02%
2004 200,138 +60,138 +42.96%
2003 140,000 +42,807 +44.04%
2002 97,193 +44,082 +83%
2001 53,111 +24,644 +86.57%
2000 28,467 +8,158 +40.17%
1999 20,309 +8,309 +69.24%
1998 12,000 +3,987 +49.76%
1997 8,013 +1,730 +27.53%
1996 6,283 +1,669 +36.17%
1995 4,614 +1,647 +55.51%
1994 2,967 +1,407 +90.19%
1993 1,560 +764 +95.98%
1992 796 +310 +63.79%
1991 486 +486
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.