Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Botswana

Number of mobile subscriptions in Botswana in 2024 — 4,134,666 subs. Ranked 109 in the world out of 151.

2024 4.13M subs −6.88% vs 2023
World rank 109of 151
Period maximum 4.44M subs2023
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Botswana, 1960–202402M4M6M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 15,190 subs1999: 92,000 subs2000: 222,190 subs2001: 332,264 subs2002: 332,264 subs2003: 444,978 subs2004: 522,840 subs2005: 563,782 subs2006: 823,070 subs2007: 1,151,761 subs2008: 1,485,791 subs2009: 1,874,101 subs2010: 2,363,411 subs2011: 2,900,263 subs2012: 3,081,726 subs2013: 3,246,787 subs2014: 3,410,507 subs2015: 3,475,327 subs2016: 3,288,986 subs2017: 3,240,589 subs2018: 3,381,228 subs2019: 3,746,760 subs2020: 3,829,408 subs2021: 4,160,553 subs2022: 4,348,010 subs2023: 4,440,314 subs2024: 4,134,666 subs
Change over the period: +4.13M

Comparison, 2024

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

Botswana 4.13M subs
World 9.01B subs
Sub-Saharan Africa 1.15B subs
Southern Africa computed 125M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 4.13M −305,648 −6.88%
2023 4.44M +92,304 +2.12%
2022 4.35M +187,457 +4.51%
2021 4.16M +331,145 +8.65%
2020 3.83M +82,648 +2.21%
2019 3.75M +365,532 +10.81%
2018 3.38M +140,639 +4.34%
2017 3.24M −48,397 −1.47%
2016 3.29M −186,341 −5.36%
2015 3.48M +64,820 +1.9%
2014 3.41M +163,720 +5.04%
2013 3.25M +165,061 +5.36%
2012 3.08M +181,463 +6.26%
2011 2.9M +536,852 +22.72%
2010 2.36M +489,310 +26.11%
2009 1.87M +388,310 +26.13%
2008 1.49M +334,030 +29%
2007 1.15M +328,691 +39.93%
2006 823,070 +259,288 +45.99%
2005 563,782 +40,942 +7.83%
2004 522,840 +77,862 +17.5%
2003 444,978 +112,714 +33.92%
2002 332,264 +0 +0%
2001 332,264 +110,074 +49.54%
2000 222,190 +130,190 +141.51%
1999 92,000 +76,810 +505.66%
1998 15,190 +15,190
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

Southern Africa, 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.