Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Benin

Number of mobile subscriptions in Benin in 2024 — 18,214,481 subs. Ranked 61 in the world out of 151.

2024 18.21M subs +11.24% vs 2023
World rank 61of 151
Period maximum 18.21M subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Benin, 1960–202405M10M15M20M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1993: 0 subs1994: 0 subs1995: 1,050 subs1996: 2,707 subs1997: 4,295 subs1998: 6,286 subs1999: 7,269 subs2000: 55,476 subs2001: 125,000 subs2002: 218,770 subs2003: 236,175 subs2004: 459,322 subs2005: 596,267 subs2006: 1,055,727 subs2007: 2,051,776 subs2008: 3,625,366 subs2009: 5,033,349 subs2010: 7,074,914 subs2011: 7,765,206 subs2012: 8,407,846 subs2013: 9,627,447 subs2014: 8,660,432 subs2015: 9,317,955 subs2016: 8,892,490 subs2017: 8,773,044 subs2018: 9,461,872 subs2019: 10,349,847 subs2020: 11,140,891 subs2021: 12,731,782 subs2022: 14,549,987 subs2023: 16,373,886 subs2024: 18,214,481 subs
Change over the period: +18.21M

Comparison, 2024

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

Benin 18.21M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Western Africa computed 367M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Benin, by year Benin All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 18.21M +1.84M +11.24%
2023 16.37M +1.82M +12.54%
2022 14.55M +1.82M +14.28%
2021 12.73M +1.59M +14.28%
2020 11.14M +791,044 +7.64%
2019 10.35M +887,975 +9.38%
2018 9.46M +688,828 +7.85%
2017 8.77M −119,446 −1.34%
2016 8.89M −425,465 −4.57%
2015 9.32M +657,523 +7.59%
2014 8.66M −967,015 −10.04%
2013 9.63M +1.22M +14.51%
2012 8.41M +642,640 +8.28%
2011 7.77M +690,292 +9.76%
2010 7.07M +2.04M +40.56%
2009 5.03M +1.41M +38.84%
2008 3.63M +1.57M +76.69%
2007 2.05M +996,049 +94.35%
2006 1.06M +459,460 +77.06%
2005 596,267 +136,945 +29.81%
2004 459,322 +223,147 +94.48%
2003 236,175 +17,405 +7.96%
2002 218,770 +93,770 +75.02%
2001 125,000 +69,524 +125.32%
2000 55,476 +48,207 +663.19%
1999 7,269 +983 +15.64%
1998 6,286 +1,991 +46.36%
1997 4,295 +1,588 +58.66%
1996 2,707 +1,657 +157.81%
1995 1,050 +1,050
1994 0 +0
1993 0 +0
1992 0 +0
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.