Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — British Virgin Islands

Number of mobile subscriptions in the British Virgin Islands in 2024 — 36,760 subs. Ranked 151 in the world out of 151.

2024 36,760 subs +3.82% vs 2023
World rank 151of 151
Period maximum 57,195 subs2015
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — British Virgin Islands, 1960–2024020,00040,00060,00019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 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 subs1990: 0 subs1996: 1,200 subs2002: 8,000 subs2007: 20,700 subs2008: 23,000 subs2009: 47,031 subs2010: 47,524 subs2011: 46,597 subs2012: 48,703 subs2013: 53,406 subs2014: 54,764 subs2015: 57,195 subs2016: 39,689 subs2017: 44,043 subs2018: 39,954 subs2019: 39,534 subs2020: 35,163 subs2021: 37,641 subs2022: 35,595 subs2023: 35,408 subs2024: 36,760 subs
Change over the period: +36,760

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: British Virgin Islands

British Virgin Islands 36,760 subs
World 9.01B subs
High-income countries computed 1.59B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — British Virgin Islands, by year British Virgin Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 36,760 +1,352 +3.82%
2023 35,408 −187 −0.53%
2022 35,595 −2,046 −5.44%
2021 37,641 +2,478 +7.05%
2020 35,163 −4,371 −11.06%
2019 39,534 −420 −1.05%
2018 39,954 −4,089 −9.28%
2017 44,043 +4,354 +10.97%
2016 39,689 −17,506 −30.61%
2015 57,195 +2,431 +4.44%
2014 54,764 +1,358 +2.54%
2013 53,406 +4,703 +9.66%
2012 48,703 +2,106 +4.52%
2011 46,597 −927 −1.95%
2010 47,524 +493 +1.05%
2009 47,031 +24,031 +104.48%
2008 23,000 +2,300 +11.11%
2007 20,700
2002 8,000
1996 1,200
1990 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.