Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Brazil

Number of mobile subscriptions in Brazil in 2024 — 216,083,460 subs. Ranked 6 in the world out of 151.

2024 216M subs +1.31% vs 2023
World rank 6of 151
Period maximum 281M subs2014
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Brazil, 1960–20240100M200M300M19601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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: 667 subs1991: 6,700 subs1992: 32,000 subs1993: 182,000 subs1994: 574,009 subs1995: 1,285,533 subs1996: 2,498,154 subs1997: 4,550,000 subs1998: 7,368,218 subs1999: 15,032,698 subs2000: 23,188,171 subs2001: 28,745,769 subs2002: 34,880,964 subs2003: 46,373,266 subs2004: 65,605,000 subs2005: 86,210,336 subs2006: 99,918,621 subs2007: 120,980,103 subs2008: 150,641,403 subs2009: 169,385,584 subs2010: 196,929,978 subs2011: 234,357,507 subs2012: 248,323,703 subs2013: 271,099,799 subs2014: 280,728,796 subs2015: 257,814,274 subs2016: 244,067,356 subs2017: 221,269,215 subs2018: 209,410,048 subs2019: 202,009,209 subs2020: 205,834,781 subs2021: 219,660,524 subs2022: 212,925,716 subs2023: 213,294,905 subs2024: 216,083,460 subs
Change over the period: +216M

Comparison, 2024

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

Brazil 216M subs
World 9.01B subs
South America computed 498M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Brazil, by year Brazil All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 216M +2.79M +1.31%
2023 213M +369,189 +0.17%
2022 213M −6.73M −3.07%
2021 220M +13.83M +6.72%
2020 206M +3.83M +1.89%
2019 202M −7.4M −3.53%
2018 209M −11.86M −5.36%
2017 221M −22.8M −9.34%
2016 244M −13.75M −5.33%
2015 258M −22.91M −8.16%
2014 281M +9.63M +3.55%
2013 271M +22.78M +9.17%
2012 248M +13.97M +5.96%
2011 234M +37.43M +19.01%
2010 197M +27.54M +16.26%
2009 169M +18.74M +12.44%
2008 151M +29.66M +24.52%
2007 121M +21.06M +21.08%
2006 99.92M +13.71M +15.9%
2005 86.21M +20.61M +31.41%
2004 65.61M +19.23M +41.47%
2003 46.37M +11.49M +32.95%
2002 34.88M +6.14M +21.34%
2001 28.75M +5.56M +23.97%
2000 23.19M +8.16M +54.25%
1999 15.03M +7.66M +104.02%
1998 7.37M +2.82M +61.94%
1997 4.55M +2.05M +82.13%
1996 2.5M +1.21M +94.33%
1995 1.29M +711,524 +123.96%
1994 574,009 +392,009 +215.39%
1993 182,000 +150,000 +468.75%
1992 32,000 +25,300 +377.61%
1991 6,700 +6,033 +904.5%
1990 667 +667
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.