Number of mobile subscriptions — all countries

Number of mobile subscriptions — Bulgaria

Number of mobile subscriptions in Bulgaria in 2024 — 7,978,611 subs. Ranked 88 in the world out of 151.

2024 7.98M subs −0.45% vs 2023
World rank 88of 151
Period maximum 10.78M subs2012
Period minimum 0 subs1960

Trend over time

1960–2024 · subscriptions

Number of mobile subscriptions — Bulgaria, 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: 0 subs1992: 0 subs1993: 1,000 subs1994: 6,500 subs1995: 20,920 subs1996: 26,588 subs1997: 70,000 subs1998: 127,000 subs1999: 350,000 subs2000: 738,000 subs2001: 1,550,000 subs2002: 2,597,548 subs2003: 3,500,869 subs2004: 4,729,731 subs2005: 6,244,922 subs2006: 8,253,416 subs2007: 9,897,477 subs2008: 10,429,012 subs2009: 10,454,822 subs2010: 10,199,942 subs2011: 10,475,083 subs2012: 10,780,732 subs2013: 10,486,824 subs2014: 9,486,927 subs2015: 9,194,633 subs2016: 8,973,869 subs2017: 8,532,908 subs2018: 8,387,160 subs2019: 8,134,581 subs2020: 7,945,739 subs2021: 7,902,756 subs2022: 7,964,361 subs2023: 8,014,473 subs2024: 7,978,611 subs
Change over the period: +7.98M

Comparison, 2024

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

Bulgaria 7.98M subs
World 9.01B subs
Eastern Europe computed 400M subs
Upper-middle-income countries computed 3.44B subs
Number of mobile subscriptions — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year subs Change Change, %
2024 7.98M −35,862 −0.45%
2023 8.01M +50,112 +0.63%
2022 7.96M +61,605 +0.78%
2021 7.9M −42,983 −0.54%
2020 7.95M −188,842 −2.32%
2019 8.13M −252,579 −3.01%
2018 8.39M −145,748 −1.71%
2017 8.53M −440,961 −4.91%
2016 8.97M −220,764 −2.4%
2015 9.19M −292,294 −3.08%
2014 9.49M −999,897 −9.53%
2013 10.49M −293,908 −2.73%
2012 10.78M +305,649 +2.92%
2011 10.48M +275,141 +2.7%
2010 10.2M −254,880 −2.44%
2009 10.45M +25,810 +0.25%
2008 10.43M +531,535 +5.37%
2007 9.9M +1.64M +19.92%
2006 8.25M +2.01M +32.16%
2005 6.24M +1.52M +32.04%
2004 4.73M +1.23M +35.1%
2003 3.5M +903,321 +34.78%
2002 2.6M +1.05M +67.58%
2001 1.55M +812,000 +110.03%
2000 738,000 +388,000 +110.86%
1999 350,000 +223,000 +175.59%
1998 127,000 +57,000 +81.43%
1997 70,000 +43,412 +163.28%
1996 26,588 +5,668 +27.09%
1995 20,920 +14,420 +221.85%
1994 6,500 +5,500 +550%
1993 1,000 +1,000
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

Eastern Europe, 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.