Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Belgium

Number of mobile subscriptions in Belgium in 2024 — 12,197,121 subs. Ranked 74 in the world out of 151.

2024 12.2M subs +0.91% vs 2023
World rank 74of 151
Period maximum 12.77M subs2015
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Belgium, 1960–202405M10M15M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 3,798 subs1987: 7,223 subs1988: 19,154 subs1989: 30,791 subs1990: 42,880 subs1991: 51,420 subs1992: 61,460 subs1993: 67,771 subs1994: 128,071 subs1995: 235,258 subs1996: 478,172 subs1997: 974,494 subs1998: 1,756,287 subs1999: 3,186,602 subs2000: 5,629,000 subs2001: 7,697,000 subs2002: 8,101,777 subs2003: 8,605,834 subs2004: 9,131,705 subs2005: 9,604,695 subs2006: 9,847,375 subs2007: 10,738,121 subs2008: 11,341,704 subs2009: 11,775,240 subs2010: 12,154,041 subs2011: 12,495,934 subs2012: 12,313,375 subs2013: 12,315,217 subs2014: 12,734,724 subs2015: 12,774,090 subs2016: 12,550,821 subs2017: 11,357,286 subs2018: 11,447,351 subs2019: 11,509,573 subs2020: 11,529,728 subs2021: 11,740,118 subs2022: 11,837,444 subs2023: 12,087,287 subs2024: 12,197,121 subs
Change over the period: +12.2M

Comparison, 2024

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

Belgium 12.2M subs
World 9.01B subs
Western Europe computed 168M subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Belgium, by year Belgium All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 12.2M +109,834 +0.91%
2023 12.09M +249,843 +2.11%
2022 11.84M +97,326 +0.83%
2021 11.74M +210,390 +1.82%
2020 11.53M +20,155 +0.18%
2019 11.51M +62,222 +0.54%
2018 11.45M +90,065 +0.79%
2017 11.36M −1.19M −9.51%
2016 12.55M −223,269 −1.75%
2015 12.77M +39,366 +0.31%
2014 12.73M +419,507 +3.41%
2013 12.32M +1,842 +0.01%
2012 12.31M −182,559 −1.46%
2011 12.5M +341,893 +2.81%
2010 12.15M +378,801 +3.22%
2009 11.78M +433,536 +3.82%
2008 11.34M +603,583 +5.62%
2007 10.74M +890,746 +9.05%
2006 9.85M +242,680 +2.53%
2005 9.6M +472,990 +5.18%
2004 9.13M +525,871 +6.11%
2003 8.61M +504,057 +6.22%
2002 8.1M +404,777 +5.26%
2001 7.7M +2.07M +36.74%
2000 5.63M +2.44M +76.65%
1999 3.19M +1.43M +81.44%
1998 1.76M +781,793 +80.23%
1997 974,494 +496,322 +103.8%
1996 478,172 +242,914 +103.25%
1995 235,258 +107,187 +83.69%
1994 128,071 +60,300 +88.98%
1993 67,771 +6,311 +10.27%
1992 61,460 +10,040 +19.53%
1991 51,420 +8,540 +19.92%
1990 42,880 +12,089 +39.26%
1989 30,791 +11,637 +60.75%
1988 19,154 +11,931 +165.18%
1987 7,223 +3,425 +90.18%
1986 3,798 +3,798
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

Western Europe, 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.