Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Bolivia

Number of mobile subscriptions in Bolivia in 2024 — 12,168,623 subs. Ranked 75 in the world out of 151.

2024 12.17M subs −0.8% vs 2022
World rank 75of 151
Period maximum 12.27M subs2022
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Bolivia, 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: 0 subs1987: 0 subs1988: 0 subs1989: 0 subs1990: 0 subs1991: 295 subs1992: 1,551 subs1993: 2,659 subs1994: 4,056 subs1995: 7,229 subs1996: 33,400 subs1997: 118,433 subs1998: 239,272 subs1999: 420,344 subs2000: 582,620 subs2001: 779,917 subs2002: 1,023,333 subs2003: 1,278,844 subs2004: 1,800,789 subs2005: 2,421,402 subs2006: 2,876,143 subs2007: 3,254,410 subs2008: 5,038,600 subs2009: 6,464,390 subs2010: 7,179,293 subs2011: 8,353,273 subs2012: 9,493,207 subs2013: 10,425,704 subs2014: 10,450,341 subs2015: 10,162,829 subs2016: 10,106,216 subs2017: 10,963,224 subs2018: 11,445,830 subs2019: 11,688,830 subs2020: 11,804,343 subs2021: 12,033,941 subs2022: 12,266,947 subs2024: 12,168,623 subs
Change over the period: +12.17M

Comparison, 2024

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

Bolivia 12.17M subs
World 9.01B subs
South America computed 498M subs
Lower-middle-income countries computed 2.96B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Bolivia, by year Bolivia All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 12.17M
2022 12.27M +233,006 +1.94%
2021 12.03M +229,598 +1.95%
2020 11.8M +115,513 +0.99%
2019 11.69M +243,000 +2.12%
2018 11.45M +482,606 +4.4%
2017 10.96M +857,008 +8.48%
2016 10.11M −56,613 −0.56%
2015 10.16M −287,512 −2.75%
2014 10.45M +24,637 +0.24%
2013 10.43M +932,497 +9.82%
2012 9.49M +1.14M +13.65%
2011 8.35M +1.17M +16.35%
2010 7.18M +714,903 +11.06%
2009 6.46M +1.43M +28.3%
2008 5.04M +1.78M +54.82%
2007 3.25M +378,267 +13.15%
2006 2.88M +454,741 +18.78%
2005 2.42M +620,613 +34.46%
2004 1.8M +521,945 +40.81%
2003 1.28M +255,511 +24.97%
2002 1.02M +243,416 +31.21%
2001 779,917 +197,297 +33.86%
2000 582,620 +162,276 +38.61%
1999 420,344 +181,072 +75.68%
1998 239,272 +120,839 +102.03%
1997 118,433 +85,033 +254.59%
1996 33,400 +26,171 +362.03%
1995 7,229 +3,173 +78.23%
1994 4,056 +1,397 +52.54%
1993 2,659 +1,108 +71.44%
1992 1,551 +1,256 +425.76%
1991 295 +295
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.