Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Bhutan

Number of mobile subscriptions in Bhutan in 2024 — 789,606 subs. Ranked 136 in the world out of 151.

2024 789,606 subs +5% vs 2023
World rank 136of 151
Period maximum 789,606 subs2024
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Bhutan, 1960–20240200,000400,000600,000800,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 0 subs1996: 0 subs1997: 0 subs1998: 0 subs1999: 0 subs2000: 0 subs2001: 0 subs2002: 0 subs2003: 2,255 subs2004: 19,138 subs2005: 36,000 subs2006: 82,078 subs2007: 149,439 subs2008: 253,429 subs2009: 338,938 subs2010: 394,316 subs2011: 484,189 subs2012: 560,890 subs2013: 544,337 subs2014: 624,536 subs2015: 675,747 subs2016: 698,373 subs2017: 730,623 subs2018: 703,554 subs2019: 729,239 subs2020: 745,137 subs2021: 778,008 subs2022: 742,882 subs2023: 751,989 subs2024: 789,606 subs
Change over the period: +789,606

Comparison, 2024

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

Bhutan 789,606 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 — Bhutan, by year Bhutan All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 789,606 +37,617 +5%
2023 751,989 +9,107 +1.23%
2022 742,882 −35,126 −4.51%
2021 778,008 +32,871 +4.41%
2020 745,137 +15,898 +2.18%
2019 729,239 +25,685 +3.65%
2018 703,554 −27,069 −3.7%
2017 730,623 +32,250 +4.62%
2016 698,373 +22,626 +3.35%
2015 675,747 +51,211 +8.2%
2014 624,536 +80,199 +14.73%
2013 544,337 −16,553 −2.95%
2012 560,890 +76,701 +15.84%
2011 484,189 +89,873 +22.79%
2010 394,316 +55,378 +16.34%
2009 338,938 +85,509 +33.74%
2008 253,429 +103,990 +69.59%
2007 149,439 +67,361 +82.07%
2006 82,078 +46,078 +127.99%
2005 36,000 +16,862 +88.11%
2004 19,138 +16,883 +748.69%
2003 2,255 +2,255
2002 0 +0
2001 0 +0
2000 0 +0
1999 0 +0
1998 0 +0
1997 0 +0
1996 0 +0
1995 0 +0
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.